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Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Great Disruption

Volans was pleased to host a visit by Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption, and his researcher, Paul Ferris in our sunny London office last week. Click here to… More…

Happy Earth Day, from NASA

I can still remember the first moment I saw the ‘Blue Marble’ shot in 1972, of Planet Earth from space. As is often said, it – and the cornucopia of… More…

Creative Destruction on Steroids

The war on global warming will be a bloody battle, and whole industries will be wiped out and replaced by more planet-friendly alternatives before it is won, says John Elkington for… More…

Talking Disruptive Transformational Change

As part of their 50th anniversary, WWF asked 50 business & thought leaders to share their vision on how business can drive transformational change. John Elkington, WWF Ambassador, is mildly… More…

Annoying thing about social entrepreneurs

“Dividing social entrepreneurs from commercial entrepreneurs makes social enterprise the poor cousin…all enterprise should be social” says Pamela Hartigan, Volans Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director and Director of the Skoll Centre for… More…

Tribute to an extraordinary gentleman

John Elkington reflects on the life and legacy of the late Sir Geoffrey Chandler, a towering figure in sustainability, human rights and business and a man who knew his trees.… More…

NYT: TBL Needn’t Doom You – Become a B-Corp!

In an interesting article, the New York Times raises the question whether being a triple bottom line (TBL) company dooms you to being taken over by the sector leader? It… More…

In conversation with Paul Gilding

Paul Gilding is an independent writer, advisor and advocate for action on climate change and sustainability. Over the last 35 years, he has served as CEO of various organisations such… More…

Blue Sky Thinking for Sustainability

Physics might hold the solution to lightening humans’ impact on the planet. Winton Capital Management has just provided £20 million in funding to Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University for the… More…

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