Social Innovation in Asia

April 23, 2012

Volans and Asia House teamed up last week for a signature conference on Social Innovation in Asia, focused on new business models and thought... More...

Recyclebank in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Rankings

February 14, 2012

Fast Company has just named Recyclebank – one of the portfolio of some 30 organizations we help though serving on Boards or Advisory Boards... More...

An Unreasonable Partnership

November 8, 2011

Since Volans co-founders John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan published The Power of Unreasonable People in 2008, social and environmental entrepreneurs have continued... More...

FQ Star Spotlight: Ushahidi

October 24, 2011

The FQ Report recognizes Ushahidi as a superstar – shining brilliant and energizing all around them. Ushahidi, meaning ‘testimony’ in Swahili, uses open-source software and... More...

Rewarding Londoners for behaviour change

October 18, 2011

Recyclebank and Transport for London today announced what we think is an exciting new scheme that will incentivise Londoners to cycle and walk... More...

Social OPEX expands

September 8, 2011

Social OPEX is a leadership development programme, co-developed by Allianz and Volans, that seeks to transfer business skills to high-impact social enterprises, helping... More...

Interview with founder of Patients Know Best

September 6, 2011

Patients Know Best is a young, but steadily growing social enterprise based in Cambridge, UK that is bringing innovation to the UK’s healthcare... More...

Driving social innovation in the classroom

September 5, 2011

The private sector can drive social innovation, and Hewlett Packard continues to prove it.  As Gabi Zedlmayer, VP of the Office of Global Social... More...

Blue Planet Goes Barefoot

July 27, 2011

Barefoot College, founded by Volans advisory Board member Bunker Roy, is one of the winners of this year’s Blue Planet Prize—which is in its twentieth... More...

Volans Joins Designers Accord

June 15, 2011

We are delighted to have joined the Designers Accord, as a Corporate Adopter. Adopters of the Designers Accord commit to five guidelines that... More...