Volans engages with various media from newspapers to journals, to TV and radio with the aim of ‘spreading the word’ and pushing the boundaries through conversation and debate.

We regularly write articles, opinion pieces and commentary – click here to read latest pieces.

Some of our recent media coverage is summarised here:

  • The Annoying Thing About Social Entrepreneurs (April 2011) “Dividing social entrepreneurs from commercial entrepreneurs makes social enterprise the poor cousin…all enterprise should be social” says Pamela Hartigan in The Times. Access article here.
  • What’s The Proper Business of Business? (April 2011) The Greater Lansing Business Monthly notes that the business world is now picking up John Elkington‘s TBL approach to business of a decade ago. Read article here
  • The State of Global Sustainability (March 2011). ‘Forward Thinking’ interviews John Elkington on sustainability developments globally, and progress in the Asia Pacific region. Read more here
  • Putting Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the Business Agenda (February 2011) - INSEAD Knowledge interviews John Elkington on the changing agenda of companies. Read more here, and view an exclusive video of the interview here.
  • John Elkington – the Diplomatic Provocater (October 2010), by Momentum – read more here
  • Tipping Point: Traceability in Supply Chains (September 2010) - the Financial Times spotlights John Elkington‘s thoughts on the sectors leading the way on supply chain traceability. Read the FT article here.
  • Investors, NGOs convene for natural capital workshop (August 2010) to debate the way forward for investing in ‘the biosphere economy’, as reported on the responsible- investor.com site. The resulting report can be read here
  • The launch of the International Integrated Reporting Committee is announced (August 2010), of which John Elkington is a member, bringing together a range of different actors in the field, including Prince Charles’s Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with whom Volans partnered on The Transparent Economy report. Read more about the IIRC here.
  • From SustainAbility to social enterprise (July 2010)  John Elkington discusses how the sustainability agenda is evolving. Watch here
  • After The Crash: Building A Transparent Economy” (June 2010) – coverage of John Elkington‘s presentation at the Eurocharity CEO & CSR Money Conference 2010 in June. Read more here (also download John’s talk)
  • Sustainability: ‘Level of Reporting Transparency will Explode” (May 2010) John Elkington told delegates at SAP‘s SAPPHIRE NOW Conference in Frankfurt. Read more here
  • The future of sustainability reporting and corporate responsibility (March 2010) Ethical Corporation picks-up on the move towards single, integrated reporting, what John Elkington calls the ‘holy grail’ of reporting. Read more here
  • Clean & Cool: The future of cities (February 2010) Wired.co.uk‘s Tom Cheshire followed John Elkington and other ‘Clean & Cool’ missionaries around San Francisco, spotlighting “cleantech” start-ups, entrepreneurs and forward-thinkers. Read more here
  • Why the Triple Bottom Line Matters More Than Ever (January 2010) John Elkington first laid this down as the essential challenge to business leaders; now it’s being seen as a way to simultaneously please your investors and impress your grandchildren. Read more here
  • ‘The Economist’: The challenge of measuring planet and people accounts in the same way as profit (November 2009) Read the Economist.com article on the Triple Bottom Line here
  • ‘The Guardian’: Energy Consultants Predict Zero-Carbon Economy by 2050 (November 2009) Heatingoil.com opinion piece responding to Elkington/Kendall recent Guardian article on Big Oil – how realistic is it that we can really be carbon-free by 2050? Read opinion piece here
  • Triple Bottom Line: profit, people, planet (August 2009) The Economist looks at one of the most influential business ideas, conceptualised by John Elkington. Read article here
  • ‘Transient Caretakers – How to make life on Earth sustainable’ (August 2009) Mervyn King’s book launched in South Africa at an event which included an ‘expert speaker’ video message from John Elkington. Read article here
  • Top Green Pioneers (August 2009) John Elkington is profiled by Exec Digital as a business leader who ‘went green’ before it was ‘politically correct’ to do so. Read article here

  • BBC Radio 4, You and Yours – Energy Saving Trust interview (June 2009) John Elkington talks with Philip Sellwood, CEO of the Energy Savings Trust. Listen here
  • It’s the unreasonable people who really shape the future (May 2009) Read article in Shanghai Daily here. Read article in China View here
  • Putting the squeeze on sustainability spending (May 2009) INSEAD Knowledge: “the negative impact is potentially profound as the gathering economic downturn squeezes corporate safety, health, environment and sustainability budgets.” – John Elkington. Read interview here
  • L’Entreprise Verte, Changer L’Entreprise Pour Changer Le Monde (May 2009) Read article from Planete Facility (in French) here,
  • Sea Change Radio (April 2009) Co-Hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with green business guru John Elkington about the new Phoenix Economy report. Listen to interview here

  • Rising from the ashes (April 2009) Growth at any cost is an idea that has finally lost its legitimacy, and this time, the main drivers will be the social inequity and massive ecological debt that we face. Read article here

  • “Todo progreso se le debe al hombre irracional” (Progress depends on the unreasonable man’) (April 2009) Interview with John Elkington on The Power of Unreasonable People. Read article from Dinero.com here

  • Desquiciados por ayudar (Crazing for Caring”) (April 2009) Examples of the incalculable power of social entrepreneurs. Read article from Dinero.com here

  • Movimento avança, mas provoca poucas mudanças (The movement advances but generates little change) (April 2009) Mercado tico (Brazilian branch of the Ethical Markets Media) interviews John Elkington about the current financial, environmental, political crises. Read article here (in Portuguese)
  • Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: People + Planet = Profit (March 2009) Sustainable Business Magazine. Environmentalism is not just about saving the planet. It is about the company’s bottom-line too. Read article here

  • Business leaders rally to report on sustainability (March 2009) The Financial Express. GRI’s Amsterdam Declaration on Transparency and Reporting. Read article here

  • A new form of capitalism (March 2009) O Globo magazine, Brazil. Read article (in Portuguese) here

  • The Phoenix Economy – a new paradigm for sustainable business (March 2009) Circle of Blue Radio’s series Five in 15 features global thought leaders responding to five key questions in fifteen minutes, more or less. John Elkington responds. Read and/or listen to the interview here

  • The Triple Bottom Line Explained (February 2009). Read blog page here