Ashoka Spotlights Hybrid Value Chains in HBR

John Elkington

September 4, 2010

I read the latest issue of the Harvard Business Review on a train ride alongside Lac Leman on Thursday, including the wonderful piece by... More...

The World That Changes the World

John Elkington

August 26, 2010

A new book – The World That Changes the World – will be launched at the Social Innovation Exchange, SMU, Singapore, on 16 September.... More...

Earth Overshoot Day 2010

John Elkington

August 21, 2010

Sadly, not a day to celebrate. It has taken our species less than nine months to exhaust our entire ecological budget for 2010, according to... More...

News from Volans

Sam Lakha

August 10, 2010

Volans is delighted to have just launched our first Newsletter, where we share a round-up of our latest activities as we advance the ‘business of... More...

IIRC Pursues Second Tiger

John Elkington

August 2, 2010

In our latest report, The Transparent Economy, we identify six key trends that will shape the degree of transparency and accountability over the next decade –... More...

Working with Investors on Natural Capital

Alejandro Litovsky

July 30, 2010

In partnership with UNEP-Finance Initiative, and F&C Asset Management we convened a collaborative workshop for the finance sector on the 14th of July... More...

TBE at ‘Business for Biodiversity’ Forum

Alejandro Litovsky

July 22, 2010

Our report The Biosphere Economy (TBE) was heralded as the new agenda business CEOs, at the closing plenary of the First Global Business of Biodiversity... More...

Interview: GRI’s Nelmara Arbex

Alejandro Litovsky

John Elkington interviews Nelmara Arbex, Deputy Chief Executive at the Global Reporting Initiative, following the publication of the Volans-GRI report, The Transparent Economy and... More...

CNN profiles RSA innovation event

Charmian Love

June 24, 2010

On Monday, Charmian Love, Volans Chief Executive, moderated a  discussion at the RSA on the importance of  transatlantic networks in building enlightened and... More...

Social investors as game-changers

Alejandro Litovsky

June 23, 2010

On Wednesday 16th of June we launched the special issue of Alliance magazine on how foundations and social investors are rethinking scale. The... More...