The Zeronauts
Due for publication in the Spring of 2012, The Zeronauts spotlights a new breed of innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and policy-makers who are pushing towards zero in such areas as population growth, pandemic risk, poverty, pollution and the proliferation of... More...
The Future Quotient
We are at a critical point in the history of global development. We have a choice to continue living in a world where ‘quarterly capitalism’ is the norm, or we can begin a process of transforming the way our economy works, the values it embraces, the cultures it builds and the future it incubates. More…
The London Project
2012 will see a succession of sustainability-related milestones with the first ‘One Planet’ Olympics held here in London — in the wider context of the 20th anniversary of the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the 25th... More...
The Transparent Economy
What is the future for corporate transparency and sustainability reporting—sometimes called ‘non-‘ or ‘extra-financial’ reporting? This is the question we tackle in The Transparent Economy, a joint report by Volans and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The task: to... More...
The Biosphere Economy
Welcome to the Biosphere Economy, a revolution ignited by global ecological overshoot, which is transforming the way business, investors, and governments view, value and manage natural capital. More…
Ageing and Sustainability
Picture a Venn diagram in which the ageing, entrepreneurship and sustainability agendas overlap. That’s what a consortium of the Volans Innovation Lab, Cranfield University and Accenture began to do late in 2009, mapping and exploring a rich opportunity space... More...
Rethinking Scale – Special Issue
What do Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype, Richard Branson of Virgin Group and Jeff Raikes, CEO of Gates Foundation have in common? The answer: Their interest in creating large scale changes through their social investments. Launched in June 2010, a special... More...
Youth Summit in Sweden
Over the past year we have been working with the Tallberg Foundation to organize the Rework the World Summit in Sweden, 2-5 June 2010. As part of this work, we developed a portfolio of 100+ innovative initiatives for sustainable... More...
The Phoenix Economy
From the ashes of the downturn, a new economy is self-assembling—focused on providing social and environmental solutions, where markets and governments have failed. More…
Updates
March 30, 2011
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... More...October 26, 2010
Jennifer Biringer reports from SoCap
Our friend Jennifer Biringer of SustainAbility chaired a panel on The Biosphere Economy at the Social Capital Markets (SoCap) Conference in San Francisco last year with leading philanthropic foundations... More...September 15, 2010
Ageing Studio: Helsinki Design Lab
I was invited to participate of the Helsinki Design Lab global meeting in Finland, from 1st to 3rd of September. The initiative, sponsored by Sitra –the Finnish Innovation Fund,... More...August 2, 2010
IIRC Pursues Second Tiger
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 – the second if which is... More...July 30, 2010
