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Luxembourg Sustainability Forum 2022

John Elkington · 8 October 2022 · Leave a Comment

My contribution to the tree of wishes for Luxembourg and IMS (JE)
The Tree at an earlier stage

After breakfast with Charlene (Cranny, from Volans) and Christian (Scarf), Marie (Sauvignon) and Sophie (Öberg) from IMS, Charlene and I worked for several hours, then made our way across to the Forum venue, Luxexpo’s ‘The Box’. Made some wonderful connections at and around the Forum today. Some fairly deep conversations with everyone from Environment Minister Joëlle Welfring to a psychology student from Germany, Joanna Krupp, in what she told me was her her first properly public speech. A number of invitations to come back, which I am very inclined to do.

Then flew home, dropping off to see Louise on the way, to discuss our Neste session in Finland from Sunday, before heading Barnes-ward to carry out one of the Zoom interviews for our new Crown Estate project – and another with Dean Hand, Chief Research Officer at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), finalising my presentation for their upcoming conference in Den Haag.

Getting ready (ⓒ IMS)
Discussing how I will be positioned, with Charlene observing on right
From emotion to emotion (ⓒ IMS)
Marie Sauvignon and Christian Scharff kick us off (ⓒ IMS)
Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development (ⓒ IMS)
Louise König, CEO, The New Division, with the Inner Development Goals (ⓒ IMS)
Enjoyed talking with Jo(Anna) Krupp, second from right, a psychology student (ⓒ IMS)
Reasons to be cheerful (ⓒ IMS)
Keeping an eye on all the cameras … (ⓒ IMS)
… and on the audience (ⓒ IMS)
Charlene, in black
Celebrating the first 15 years of IMS (ⓒ IMS)

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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.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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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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