Appetite for Change

Reinventing the Global Food System

23 Jun 2011 – Report

Today's global food system is inherently unsustainable, and must be completely transformed. Appetite for Change was conceived to identify what change is needed, and the role the corporate sector must play in making it happen.

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Open.com

The role of open data in corporate responsibility and sustainability

23 May 2010 – Article

Why corporate sustainability strategists must usher in a new era of collaborative reporting and open data.

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Open Good, Closed Bad

16 Apr 2010 – Article

John Elkington and Alex Hammer on how social media technology is leveling the playing field in stakeholder engagement.

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Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement Through Web 2.0

23 Dec 2009 – Article

SustainAbility's provides an analysis of current uses of web 2.0 for stakeholder engagement, an overview of the platforms currently used, and a range of company examples and case studies.

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Where Next with Social Media? (Época Negócios)

04 Jul 2009 – Article

John Elkington and Alex Hammer explore the implications and likely future of social media in driving new forms of corporate innovation and engagement on sustainability.

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Painful Lessons from a Laptop Storm (Época Negócios)

06 May 2008 – Article

How helpful is the unsupervised use of computers to children in poor countries?

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Painful Lessons From a Laptop Storm (China Dialogue)

01 May 2008 – Article

The One Laptop Per Child project promised new educational possibilities for children in the developing world, but it has not been without its problems. John Elkington and Jodie Thorpe report.

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Painful Lessons From A Laptop Storm (Nikkei Ecology)

05 Mar 2008 – Article

Our first question is this: How helpful is the unsupervised use of computers to children in poor countries? A lot hangs on the answer.

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Vodafone: Incoming Calls from Number Seven (Nikkei Ecology)

How does the world’s leading mobile phone company take sustainability into account?

07 May 2007 – Article

Why we see Vodafone as one of the leaders in the ICT sector.

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Skoll Podcast 4: Mitch Kapor: The 1-2-3 Entrepreneur's Second Life

21 Feb 2007 – Audio/Video

In the fourth of SustainAbility's Skoll Program podcasts, John Elkington interviews Mitch Kapor, who chairs Linden Lab and the Mozilla Foundation, and is best remembered as the man behind the Lotus Development Corporation and Lotus 1-2-3.

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Radar: The Diversity Issue

The Lifeblood of Ecosystems, Cultures, Economies, Communities and Businesses

14 Aug 2006 – Radar Archive

This issue takes a closer look at the subject of diversity – what is meant by it, and how companies are tackling it in their operations and value chains.

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Radar: The Creativity Issue

The Creativity Boom

10 Apr 2006 – Radar Archive

This edition of _Radar_ explores how some leading companies and thinkers are trying to engage the left, creative sides of our brains in solving challenging social and environmental issues.

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Issue Brief: India

Ancient civilisation, largest democracy

24 Feb 2006 – Article

Whether companies consider India a source of well trained but affordable labour or look upon it as a market, one thing is clear – no company can afford to ignore it.

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Radar: The China Issue

What Does the Future Hold?

08 Feb 2006 – Radar Archive

How China’s growing role and influence on the world stage may have more to offer sustainable development than is commonly acknowledged.

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Radar: The Security Issue

Safety, Comfort and Protection, But At What Cost?

05 Oct 2005 – Radar Archive

Security touches us deeply because it feeds off, and can fuel, our fears. Offers of security draw us with promises of safety, comfort and protection. The question though, is at what cost to freedom and opportunity, for us and for society at large?

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