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A visit to the fabled Abbey Road Studios was a welcome opportunity to think through how we might boost the creative sector's contributions to GNP and to #sustainability: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
MUSICAL CHAIRS AROUND MRS MILLS’ PIANO
Abbey Road Studio 2 strikes a chord—and not just of the Fab Four kind.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A visit to the fabled Abbey Road Studios was a welcome opportunity to think through how we might boost the creative sector's contributions to GNP and to #sustainability: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Some personal reflection on Golden Roads to Sustainability, past, present and future: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Golden Roads to Sustainability
Could our visions of better futures prove as fragile as the mystique of Samarkand?
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some personal reflection on Golden Roads to Sustainability, past, present and future: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
What the Aral Sea Tells Us About Impact open.substack.com/pub/johnelki.... Some reflections spurred by a trip earlier this month to Uzbekistan.
What the Aral Sea Tells Us About Impact
Tragic Soviet errors are being repeated in the Amu Darya (River Oxus) watershed
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October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What the Aral Sea Tells Us About Impact open.substack.com/pub/johnelki.... Some reflections spurred by a trip earlier this month to Uzbekistan.
Genuinely thrilled to be speaking at the 20th edition of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society in Paris, which runs 6-7 November, www.womens-forum.com. And particularly delighted to share the stage with Rebecca Henderson.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Genuinely thrilled to be speaking at the 20th edition of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society in Paris, which runs 6-7 November, www.womens-forum.com. And particularly delighted to share the stage with Rebecca Henderson.
Like It Or Not, The Nordics Still Do It Best
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Like It Or Not, The Nordics Still Do It Best
New research by Storebrand and GIST Impact sees Nordic companies outperforming global peers on nature-related impacts
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October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Like It Or Not, The Nordics Still Do It Best
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When Markets Have Mood Swings
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When Markets Have Mood Swings
What can we learn from historical market moods swings?
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October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When Markets Have Mood Swings
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What Street Art Tells Us About How Markets Evolve
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What Street Art Tells Us About How Markets Evolve
A long-form account of a sustainability safari into London’s East End
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October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What Street Art Tells Us About How Markets Evolve
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How should we be thinking about future growth? The latest book from RethinkX has the provocative title, "Debunking Degrowth": open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
RethinkX: Debunking Degrowth
Adam Dorr concludes that a core concept of the deep sustainability movement sucks
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September 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
How should we be thinking about future growth? The latest book from RethinkX has the provocative title, "Debunking Degrowth": open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Transformation is much talked about these days, but what does it mean, for example, in the food sector? Some clues from the world of the Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins at Imperial: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Bezos Center For Sustainable Protein
Here I zero in on the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein in the first of an occasional series of profiles of pioneers in market transformation
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September 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Transformation is much talked about these days, but what does it mean, for example, in the food sector? Some clues from the world of the Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins at Imperial: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Is the Trump regime a blessing in disguise for the #sustainability industry? A new report from Generation Investment Management suggests that could well prove to be the case, in time: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Trump In The Rear-View Mirror
America's runaway President is speeding us into a world former Vice-President Al Gore compares to the Book of Revelations—but Gore’s firm, Generation, suggests Trump may be a gift in disguise.
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September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Is the Trump regime a blessing in disguise for the #sustainability industry? A new report from Generation Investment Management suggests that could well prove to be the case, in time: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Delighted to be in conversation with Saif Hameed of Altruistiq on their State of #Sustainability podcast platform. Links to the episode: (1) Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i..., or (2) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Xn7...
Is Sustainability rising or falling? Lessons from past downturns with John Elkington
Podcast Episode · State of Sustainability · 09/18/2025 · 35m
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September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Delighted to be in conversation with Saif Hameed of Altruistiq on their State of #Sustainability podcast platform. Links to the episode: (1) Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i..., or (2) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Xn7...
Ben & Jerry’s: End Of An Era?
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Ben & Jerry’s: End Of An Era?
Jerry Greenfield’s resignation underscores the politicization of the change agenda.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Ben & Jerry’s: End Of An Era?
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Watching our language during the Trump Ascendancy - and preparing for what comes after: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
THE TRANSFORMATION DECADE
What language should we use in discussing system change?
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September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Watching our language during the Trump Ascendancy - and preparing for what comes after: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Two areas that the sustainability sector needs to pay more attention to: Marketing Weapons and Weaponizing Markets open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Marketing Weapons, Weaponizing Markets
Is the sustainability sector dangerously blind to key emerging threats to our future?
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September 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Delighted to be speaking at the 2025 ESG Summit Europe in Madrid on 7th-8th October. Will I see you there? Details: esgsummiteurope.com #ESG #postTrump #sustainability
September 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Delighted to be speaking at the 2025 ESG Summit Europe in Madrid on 7th-8th October. Will I see you there? Details: esgsummiteurope.com #ESG #postTrump #sustainability
Ever wanted to make change happen in an area you care about? A #ChurchillFellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to inspire the change you want to see. I am a Churchill Fellowship Ambassador; received fellowship in 1981. Apply now: churchillfellowship.org/become-a-fellow #ChurchillFellowship
Become a Fellow
We are a community of changemakers championing global solutions for today's crucial challenges. We were founded in 1965 in memory of Sir Winston Churchill. We offer ideas to inspire your vision for ch...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ever wanted to make change happen in an area you care about? A #ChurchillFellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to inspire the change you want to see. I am a Churchill Fellowship Ambassador; received fellowship in 1981. Apply now: churchillfellowship.org/become-a-fellow #ChurchillFellowship
What If Sustainability Swings Right?
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What If Sustainability Swings Right?
Where politics goes, social agendas often follow.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What If Sustainability Swings Right?
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I adapt the Berkana Institute’s "Two Loops" model to my world. It provides a usefully different perspective to my longstanding societal pressure waves model:
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How To Map The Rewilding Of Markets
I am playing with the Berkana Institute’s “Two Loops” mapping of system change
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July 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I adapt the Berkana Institute’s "Two Loops" model to my world. It provides a usefully different perspective to my longstanding societal pressure waves model:
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The connections between UK companies and US politicians, #politics and #democracy: donations-and-democracy.org/united-kingd.... When we talk about the need for #systemchange, this is a key part of the system we need to change.
Donations and Democracy
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July 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The connections between UK companies and US politicians, #politics and #democracy: donations-and-democracy.org/united-kingd.... When we talk about the need for #systemchange, this is a key part of the system we need to change.
Brisk canter around demographics with James Cameron and Daisy Nicholls of "Fossil vs Future." Find episode on Apple, Spotify and and YouTube through links below:
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/34Eb...?
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WHAT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS? Cause for panic or time for intergenerational action? | Ft. John Elkington
Podcast Episode · Fossil vs Future · 15/07/2025 · 45m
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July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Brisk canter around demographics with James Cameron and Daisy Nicholls of "Fossil vs Future." Find episode on Apple, Spotify and and YouTube through links below:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/34Eb...?
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YouTube: youtu.be/N3ZyECzdh5A
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/34Eb...?
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YouTube: youtu.be/N3ZyECzdh5A
Latest episode of the "All In - The Sustainable Business Podcast," features recording of "Sustainability at a Crossroads" webinar on July 15th, 2025.
🔗 Stream here: lnkd.in/gE28yite
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Download report here: lnkd.in/e8mfhak4
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Download report here: lnkd.in/e8mfhak4
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July 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Latest episode of the "All In - The Sustainable Business Podcast," features recording of "Sustainability at a Crossroads" webinar on July 15th, 2025.
🔗 Stream here: lnkd.in/gE28yite
🎵 Spotify: lnkd.in/gBGrcb_k
🎧 Apple Music: lnkd.in/g6rkWw-e
Download report here: lnkd.in/e8mfhak4
🔗 Stream here: lnkd.in/gE28yite
🎵 Spotify: lnkd.in/gBGrcb_k
🎧 Apple Music: lnkd.in/g6rkWw-e
Download report here: lnkd.in/e8mfhak4
#Sustainability is not fit for purpose. Radical change is needed, according to 844 experts in 72 countries: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Sustainability At A Crossroads
Radical change is needed, according to 844 experts in 72 countries
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July 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Sustainability is not fit for purpose. Radical change is needed, according to 844 experts in 72 countries: open.substack.com/pub/johnelki...
Delighted to be keynoting the Shared Value Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on 31st July. Opportunity to review findings of our recent "Sustainability at A Crossroads" survey of 844 experts in 72 countries, globescan.com/insight-of-t..., alongside GlobeScan and the ERM Sustainability Institute.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Delighted to be keynoting the Shared Value Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on 31st July. Opportunity to review findings of our recent "Sustainability at A Crossroads" survey of 844 experts in 72 countries, globescan.com/insight-of-t..., alongside GlobeScan and the ERM Sustainability Institute.
Will we see you tomorrow for the "Sustainability at a Crossroads" webinar? You'll be in good company. 1,000+ registrants already: globescan.com/2025/06/16/s...
Sustainability at a Crossroads
Join GlobeScan, the ERM Sustainability Institute, and Volans for a dynamic and forward-looking webinar on the future of sustainability in today’s volatile and fast-changing world.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Will we see you tomorrow for the "Sustainability at a Crossroads" webinar? You'll be in good company. 1,000+ registrants already: globescan.com/2025/06/16/s...
Insurers Face (Eventual) Risk Of Planetary Insolvency
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Insurers Face (Eventual) Risk Of Planetary Insolvency
Financial—indeed all—markets face no bigger risk than this
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July 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Insurers Face (Eventual) Risk Of Planetary Insolvency
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