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‘Capitalism is both the greatest source of prosperity and progress in human history and the greatest threat to it.

Better news! In 2020, for the first time, Earth Overshoot Day — the day in the year when our total consumption of resources overtakes our…

The Bankers for NetZero initiative is making the built environment its first focus sector, in partnership with the UK Green Building…

Walk to Work #5

A regional regeneration partnership in Fife is a potential model for a bottom-up green recovery. Here’s why.

The pandemic has made further disruptive shocks — both positive and negative — more likely over the decade ahead.

John Elkington

John Elkington

John Elkington

John Elkington

By John Elkington

As world leaders gather in Davos this week, we are hearing lots of chatter about stakeholder capitalism. But how serious is the talk?

Three key takeaways from a discussion on what it will take for procurement teams to play their part in the shift to a regenerative economy.

Week of 14th October 2019

What ethical blindspots will future generations judge us for, in the way that we judge our forebears for condoning slavery?

‘Modern capitalism has the potential to lift us all to unprecedented prosperity, but it is morally bankrupt and on track for tragedy.’

This blog is an adapted (and expanded) version of a talk I gave at the Global Goals Forum in Berlin on 10th October.

Week of the 23rd September 2019

Hello to the big wide world of the Internet. Currently sitting here at my brand-new desk in Somerset House, cautiously tapping away…

Last week was a big week for us, with the build-up to the UN Climate Summit and the climate strikes that started last Friday. This week…

The Business Roundtable has called time on shareholder primacy. What’s next?

A new book provides an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of building a democratic economy.

There is no apolitical path to a truly sustainable economy. That means corporate sustainability leaders need to become more political.

A new book proposes an old remedy for the US economy’s failure to deliver shared prosperity.

As political leaders give in to a key demand of Extinction Rebellion, John Elkington of Volans explains how a platform of business leaders…

The latest report in our Breakthrough Cities series explores how the city of Exeter is applying the principles of breakthrough innovation.

What is value? And what’s the purpose of economic activity? Two recent books have put these fundamental questions in the spotlight.

Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Aldyen Donnelly, Director of Carbon Economics at Nori. Here are six things I learned.

A new book by four leading lights of the sustainability movement tells us much about what it will take to create a regenerative economy.