BP’s Agonies Herald Transparent Economy

John Elkington

May 30, 2010

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, for those watching from the sidelines. But, for me, the Deepwater Horizon tragedy signals the new market dynamics we discuss... More...

IDE Wins First Nestlé Creating Shared Value Prize

John Elkington

May 29, 2010

This week, Volans was a key player in the first Creating Shared Value Forum to be held in London. During the Forum, the first Nestlé... More...

HBR Case Commentary

Charmian Love

May 28, 2010

In this month’s issue of Harvard Business Review, Charmian Love, Volans’ Chief Executive, provides her perspective in a case commentary ‘When  the CEO’s Personal... More...

$137 million microinsurance fund

Charmian Love

May 25, 2010

Last week Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced that after 18 months of fundraising,  they were pleased to announce the world’s first microinsurance fund. ... More...

Green secrets to be shared with industry

Sam Lakha

May 21, 2010

An initiative to promote environmental thinking in global manufacturing was announced yesterday through a move by two entrepreneurs to give away their commercial secrets to... More...

Here comes The Biosphere Economy

Sam Lakha

May 20, 2010

John Elkington talks TEEB in an blog for CSRWire Talkback: read the post here ... More...

On Sustainability Reporting Trends

Sam Lakha

John was filmed discussing the shift in corporate sustainability from push reporting to pull reporting at the SAPPHIRE NOW Conference in Frankfurt this week: watch the... More...

Employee Engagement doesn’t need to break the bank

Charmian Love

May 19, 2010

McKinsey recently came out with a study which shows that employee engagement doesn’t necessarily need to be a big ticket item at budget... More...

Nick Hurd and the future of Office of the Third Sector

Charmian Love

May 14, 2010

There has been a buzz in the UK social enterprise world about the inevitable announcement of Nick Hurd as Minister of what-was-formally-known-as The Office... More...

Launching Ecological Footprint Survey

Alejandro Litovsky

How can we accelerate the use of new metrics for a Biosphere Economy? The Global Footprint Network and Volans are asking people in government... More...