#019: The Sage of Sustainability - John Elkington, Founder of Volans

Business Week described John Elkington as "a dean of the corporate responsibility movement", a poll placed him in the top 5 of global CSR leaders and he created the concept of the Triple Bottom Line: he truly is the sage of sustainability. In this episode, John talks about his personal journey over the decades pushing for sustainable development. He discusses his work bridging the gap between activist NGO campaigners and those mainstream businesses looking to be responsible. During the conversation he shares insight from the Volans report “Breakthrough Business Models: Exponentially, More Social, Lean, Integrated, and Circular.” John suggests that the sustainability industry needs to disrupt itself and how we need to think in much longer terms. A serial sustainability entrepreneur and thinker for 40 years, he started his first business, ENDS , in 1978 (which is still going strong), founded two high profile consultancies, SustainAbility and Volans, is the author of 19 books and is on the boards of 20 organisations. Head over to Volans to learn more about Breakthrough Business Models. John Elkington tweets at @VolansJohn Host: Adam Woodhall of Connect: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#019: The Sage of Sustainability - John Elkington, Founder of Volans is an episode from Inspiring Sustainability - Podcast by Adam Woodhall.

This episode is 25:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 20, 2018.

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