The Copenhagen Call
John Elkington
May 30, 2009
I spent Saturday-to-Tuesday late at the World Business Summit on Climate Change, facilitating a session on forestry. A blog summary of the event and... More...
Phoenix 50 Pioneer has a new website – check it out!
Charmian Love
May 27, 2009
I was impressed to find a FANTASTIC new website for The Global Impact Investing Network. There is some great information on some of their... More...
Thinking about Retirement …
John Elkington
May 23, 2009
… but not in that way. Although I celebrate my sixtieth birthday in June, I have recently been thinking of retirement and retirees for very different... More...
ADP’s ‘Non of Our Business?’ event
John Elkington
On 20 May, I spoke at the Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) event to debate the new paper from Gib Bulloch and Jane Nelson,
The Earth is hiring
John Elkington
Well worth a read is Paul Hawken’s extraordinary commencement speech for students at the University of Portland. A quote: “Hey, Class of 2009: you are going... More...
Middle Eastern social entrepreneurs recognised
John Elkington
May 14, 2009
Two new social entrepreneurs with significant impact in the region have been recognized by the Schwab Foundation as winners of the Middle East Regional... More...
EDF on environmental innovation
John Elkington
May 4, 2009
Each year, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) surveys the landscape of environmental innovation in business. The aim is to track down the “most compelling, and... More...
Preparing B-schools for the 21st century
John Elkington
We began to sketch out a new syllabus for business schools in The Phoenix Economy. In that context, I really liked this piece... More...
Creating shared value
John Elkington
May 3, 2009
I spent much of last week in New York, primarily to take part in the first meeting of the new Nestlé Creating Shared Value... More...
Ela Bhatt and the meaning of freedom
John Elkington
One of our favourite social entrepreneurs, Ela Bhatt of India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), is covered in The New York Times. One of... More...
