John Elkington
A world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development.
Nicola (Godden) came to a moderately socially distanced lunch today – and to hand over two more Green Swans, more or less fresh from the foundry. Now to attach the name tags and send. Before they winged their way, though, I thought it worth taking a photo or two of the quartet.
The link to this Good Future podcast came through yesterday. I recorded it with John Treadgold in Australia on 9 June – and am very happy with the way it turned out. John asked some excellent provocative questions. A good distillation of what’s currently in my brain.
Sustainable Brands have reviewed the book in Japanese, just in case you read Japanese. We are also now negotiating foreign rights in countries like Brazil, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Romania and South Korea.
Today, Green Swan Day 2020, further builds the momentum around regenerative capitalism, with the announcement of a new partnership between our rapidly evolving Green Swans Observatory and Shizenkan University’s Centre for Sustainability & Innovation, in Tokyo. More details here. And more on the first Green Swan Day, on 23 June 2019, can be found here.
And here’s a working paper we have just launched, based on our recent Green Swans webinar with Shizenkan.
We have also announced the beginning of a new project with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), focusing on the regeneration of the Leven river valley in Scotland. A Medium piece on the project by our colleague Richard Roberts also appeared today.
On 11 June, I did a Zoom call with Daniel Christian Wahl, a global leader in the field of regenerative everything. Today he sent me the video version, which at 80 minutes long may require at least several glasses of wine and a tub or two of popcorn, but I have to say I’m quite pleased at the way it turned out.
A welcome opportunity to test out our thinking on regenerative capitalism, and everything that goes with it, with someone deeply steeped in the back story, philosophy and science.
And, as it happens, our third Green Swans Book Club tomorrow evening features Daniel and his book Designing Regenerative Cultures.