John Elkington

A world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development.

Indian Summer

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Lovely autumnal weather as I flit between commitments. Today it involved being vaccinated with the latest COVID booster at Essex House, hard by Barnes Pond, then back in time to welcome Gaia and Adam to continue work on our wildlife pond. Gaia brought three mongrel goldfish to start cleaning up the mosquito larvae in the pond. Other than that, October has included such things as:

Team time at Somerset House, including here Richard, Stirling, Josh, Mark Twain and Charlene
Helsinki, chairing the latest round of Neste’s Advisory Council on Sustainability & New Markets
A day trip to Den Haag to keynote the 2022 Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Forum
Surprising late flowerings, here of honeysuckle outside our kitchen window
Detail of one of Caroline’s painting captures UK-PM-for-a-moment Liz Truss self-combustion
En route to Broadcasting House, to do a 90-minute session in BBC’s Council Chamber
Fossils in a Broadcasting House wall remind one that today’s realities are at best fleeting

Have also been working on the new book in fits and starts, realigning the content to the new title: Running Up The Down Escalator: How We Failed To Save The World – But Still Could.

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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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