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Finding opportunity in the ‘Ageless Economy’

The Skoll World Forum this year has taken off! We are excited that Charmian Love, CEO of Volans, will be facilitating a discussion at the Forum on Thursday 31 March… More…

With failure comes learning

For those able to find the silver lining in every dark cloud, misadventures offer wonderful opportunity to learn and improve. Former Procter & Gamble CEI AG Lafley insisted: “I think… More…

What is sustainable business?

…and why does it matter? John Elkington spoke at the The Economist’s Sustainable Business Summit, ‘Business in Evolution’ last week in London on how sustainability became mainstream…the need for systemic change and… More…

Making sustainable supply chains

“Each time I cycle in to work, I pass the huge statue of Achilles in Hyde Park – which my former London office looked out on – and often think… More…

News from Tokyo – radiation risk high

A guest blog from Peter David Pedersen, CEO of E-Square Inc based in Toyko, Japan Dear Friend and Colleagues You may have heard from friends in Japan about the terrible devastation caused… More…

MyBnk founder honoured as Young Global Leader

Congratulations from the Volans team to Lily Lapenna, Founder and Managing Director award-winning social enterprise MyBnk. Lily was recently honoured as a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum… More…

Volans-Japan Networking on 17 March 2011

Join us for an evening of networking with delegates from Japan as part of their Social Innovation Study Tour in the UK. Date: Thursday, 17 March 2011 Time: 18:30 to… More…

Recyclebank No. 1 in WSJ cleantech listing

Congratulations! The Wall Street Journal has just named Recyclebank as the #1 venture-capital-backed cleantech company. The Top 10 Clean-Tech ranking, announced yesterday evening at the Journal‘s ECO:nomics Executive Conference in Santa… More…

New Eco-Label scheme drive by retailers

A new FT article features efforts by the world’s largest clothing and footwear manufacturers and retailers to create a scheme that allows products to be labelled with information on the… More…

Volans, a Serendipity Generator

Directed by a tweet this morning from Joanna Higgins, who used to be Editor of Director magazine, where I contribute a monthly column, to an HBR blog on serendipity. This has… More…

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