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Reports Archive

My first published report, co-authored with John Roberts and Roger McGlynn, appeared in 1976. At the time, we were focusing on a range of issues like improving the pedestrian’s environment and the provision of urban air quality and waste services. The diversity of subjects on which ( and sundry teams have produced reports in subsequent years is fairly mind-boggling. The latest, published in the summer of 2003, focuses on the challenges now facing NGOs, which have done so much to drive the agenda over recent decades. Several more reports are in preparation.

2004

Risk & Opportunity: Best Practice in Non-Financial Reporting
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Standard & Poor’s. ISBN 1-903168-12-0

2003

The 21st Century NGO: In the Market for Change
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Global Compact, the International Finance Corporation and others. ISBN 1903168082

2002

Trust Us: The Global Reporters 2002 Survey of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 1903168066

Good News & Bad: The Media, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
SustainAbility with Ketchum and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 190316804X

2001

Buried Treasure: Uncovering the Business Case for Corporate Sustainable Development
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 1903168023

Driving Sustainability: Can the Auto Sector Deliver Sustainable Mobility?
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 1903168031

2000

The Global Reporters: The First International Benchmark Survey of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 1903168015

Life & Science: Accountability, Transparency, Citizenship and Governance in the Life Sciences Sector
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 1903168007

1999

The Oil Sector Report: A Review of Environmental Disclosure in the Oil Industry
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190494

The Internet Reporting Report: “The network economy is founded on technology, but it can only be built on relationships. It starts with chips and ends with trust”
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190451

The Social Reporting Report
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), sponsored by Royal Dutch/Shell Group. ISBN 0952190427

1998

The CEO Agenda: Can Business Leaders Satisfy the Triple Bottom Line?
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190478

The Non-Reporting Report
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190486

1997

Strange Attractor: The Business-ENGO Partnership
A Strategic Review of BP’s Relationships with Environmental NGOs, SustainAbility for BP

The 1997 Benchmark Survey: Third International Progress Report on Company Environmental Reporting
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 095219046X

1996

Engaging Stakeholders: The Case Studies
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190443

Engaging Stakeholders: The Benchmark Survey
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 0952190435

1995

Who Needs It? Market Implications of Sustainable Lifestyles
SustainAbility with Dow Chemical. ISBN 0952190419

1994

Company Environmental Reporting: A Measure of the Progress of Business and Industry towards Sustainable Development
SustainAbility with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP IE Technical Report 24

1993

Coming Clean: Corporate Environmental Reporting – Opening Up for Sustainable Development
SustainAbility with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International (DTTI) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). ISBN 0942640039

The LCA Sourcebook: A European Business Guide to Life-Cycle Assessment
SustainAbility with the Society for the Promotion of LCA Development (SPOLD) and Business in the Environment (BiE). ISBN 0952190400

1990

Automotive Polymers and the Environment: Issues and Views in Europe
SustainAbility with Dow Plastics

The Green Wave: A Report on the 1990 GreenWorld Survey
SustainAbility sponsored by British Gas, London

1989

Cleaning Up: US Waste Management Technology and Third World Development
With Jonathan Shopley, for the World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, DC. ISBN 0915825287

1988

The Shrinking Planet: US Information Technology and Sustainable Development
With Jonathan Shopley, for the World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, DC. ISBN 0915825201

1987

Thailand Natural Resources Profile: Is the Resource Base for Thailand’s Development Sustainable?
Co-editor with Dr Dhira Phantumvanit, for the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), the National Environment Board, the Department of Technical and Economic Co-operation and the US Agency for International Development (USAID)

1986

Double Dividends? US Biotechnology and Third World Development
For the World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, DC. ISBN 0915825163

1986

Nature Conservation Guidelines for Onshore Oil and Gas Development
John Elkington Associates for Nature Conservancy Council and BP. ISBN 0861393465

1985

Bio-Japan: The Emerging Japanese Challenge in Biotechnology
John Elkington, Oyez Scientific & Technical Services, London. ISBN 0907822525

1983

The Conservation and Development Programme for the UK: A response to the World Conservation Strategy
Kogan Page, London. ISBN 085038768X.

Cleaner Technologies: Making Pollution Prevention Pay
Oyez Scientific & Technical Services, London

1981

Pollution 1990: The Environmental Implications of Britain’s Industrial Structure and Technologies
Environmental Data Services (ENDS), London, for the Department of the Environment. ISBN 0907673007

1980

Environmental Impact Assessment
Oyez Publishing, London. ISBN 0851205488

1978

Europe 1990: Patterns of Environmental Protection and Planning
John Elkington and John Roberts, for Hudson Research Europe, Paris

1976

The Pedestrian: Planning and Research
John Elkington, Roger McGlynn and John Roberts, Transport and Environment Studies (TEST), London. ISBN 090554501X

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The Announcement

13 May 2025

Some reflections on the implications of Patagonia’s landmark change of ownership for the wider business sustainability agenda. Spoiler alert: not everyone will follow suit. An interview by Matt Barr with my colleague Louise Kjellerup Roper and I: www.wearelookingsideways.com/p/the-announ….

Sustainability At A Crossroads: Survey

26 April 2025

We live in extraordinary times, which is creating enormous pressure on the sustainability agenda. So, is sustainability-as-usual the right approach or are we now in a dramatically different era that demands radical rethinking?  To address these questions, ERM, GlobeScan and Volans have partnered to develop a robust consultation on the state of the sustainability agenda. We […]

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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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