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To ESB In Dublin

John Elkington · 24 October 2022 · Leave a Comment

Walking across to ESB from hotel
Josh and Richard entering the building
En route, Edward Delaney‘s memorial to the Famine
An old ESB van put to a new use
Josh and Richard
Electrifying – Louise
Session in full flow
Reporting back
Sustainability metrics in reception
Blue Daleks? Exploring the carbon-efficient energy technologies in the ESB basement
ESB building echoes Georgian neighbour
T2’s Slipstream sculpture symbolising flight always catches my eye

Flew out yesterday from LHR T2 to Dublin, c/o Aer Lingus. Only wrinkle was a 6-hour delay at T2, which meant Josh and I got to our hotel towards 02.00 in the morning. But the session with the top team at ESB (Eire’s Electricity Supply Board) went very well indeed.

Impressed by the ESB HQ building. And an interesting side conversation around the impact of the Ardnacrusha Dam on migrating eels. More on that story here. Then back out to airport for a flight that, happily, behaved itself. Turned on my heel at T2 to take in Slipstream, which captures some of the early excitement of powered flight.

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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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