What’s in a name, or rather a tagline?
John Elkington
September 14, 2011
When we set up Volans early in 2008, we adopted the tagline: ‘The Business of Social Innovation,’ a phrase which soon went into the language. ... More...
Zero lessons from Total Quality Management
Jacqueline Lim
September 7, 2011
John Elkington has continued to work on his new book, The Zeronauts. Much progress was made earlier in the year during the first stage... More...
Guardian Sustainable Business
Sam Lakha
September 6, 2011
Every month, John Elkington continues to contribute columns for publications and websites in Brazil, China, Denmark, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. ... More...
RIP Ray Anderson, ‘Zeronaut’
John Elkington
August 9, 2011
I was enormously saddened yesterday to hear of the death of Ray Anderson, founder of Interface, a self-described ‘Radical Industrialist’ and long-time champion of sustainability. ... More...
Stewardship and family businesses
Sam Lakha
June 10, 2011
There has been a shift in the stewardship agenda among businesses from product development and supply chain management in the 1970s, to a broader... More...
The Power of Storytelling
Sam Lakha
May 12, 2011
What comes to mind when you hear these four words: The Wizard of Oz? Unless you have been hiding in a cave for years, even decades,... More...
Supercharging human ingenuity for sustainability
Sam Lakha
May 5, 2011
September will see the 80th anniversary of one of the most important events in British history, as it later transpired. On 13 September 1931, the... More...
Environmentalists Say Yes to Fairer Votes
Sam Lakha
May 4, 2011
John Elkington joins other leading environmentalists & campaigners including Jonathan Porritt, Tim Smit, Ed Gillespie, Joanna Yarrow, Sara Parkin, Lord Puttnam and Tony Jupiter to support AV... More...
Tribute to an extraordinary gentleman
Sam Lakha
April 13, 2011
John Elkington reflects on the life and legacy of the late Sir Geoffrey Chandler, a towering figure in sustainability, human rights and business and... More...
NYT: TBL Needn’t Doom You – Become a B-Corp!
John Elkington
In an interesting article, the New York Times raises the question whether being a triple bottom line (TBL) company dooms you to being taken... More...
