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With BMW Foundation And Toniic In Paretz

John Elkington · 8 November 2018 · Leave a Comment

A piece of the Berlin Wall seen through the window of a PwC office, with the Bundestag in the background
Anti-war mural in nearby park
By the entrance
Sharpshooter
Barging by
River Spree
The BMW Foundation HQ is somewhere towards the top
Now we’re in Paretz
Have seen storks’ nest, but no storks
Doing my session
Bak home at the Storchenhof “ranch”
Walking to the Paretz Akademie
Alison and Tell, ahead
Radical actions favoured
Final session, reduced group
Frank Niederländer winds up the event
Some of the name badges left by participants

Flew to Germany on Monday, initially to Berlin for a session at the BMW Foundation Hebert Quandt HQ, featuring a beamed-in Jeremy Rifkin, then on by coach to the intriguing and once-royal village of Paretz. Spent several thought-provoking days with some 30 BMW Foundation and (the impact investment network) Toniic invitees – with some thoughts provoked captured in my latest GreenBiz column.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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