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  • The 2012 Sustainability Leaders

    A GlobeScan / SustainAbility Survey

    28 Mar 2012 – Report

    In The 2012 Sustainability Leaders GlobeScan and SustainAbility asked experts which sectors of society and which companies are most effectively advancing the sustainability agenda.

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  • Survey on Activism

    Results from The Sustainability Survey

    10 Jan 2012 – Report

    The latest Sustainability Survey on the role that activism plays in advancing the sustainability agenda.

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  • The Inescapability of Traceability

    Is Big Oil Next?

    05 Dec 2011 – Report

    Growing interest in supply chain traceability is set to become a major aspect of corporate sustainability - and is likely to affect an unsuspecting oil industry.

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  • Signed, Sealed... Delivered?

    Behind Certifications and Beyond Labels

    16 Nov 2011 – Report

    Signed, Sealed...Delivered? looks 'behind certifications and beyond labels' at how these tools, and the performance standards that underpin them, create business value.

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  • Survey on Sustainability Leadership

    Findings from The Sustainability Survey

    11 Apr 2011 – Report

    GlobeScan and SustainAbility asked sustainability experts which sectors of society, which companies, and which visionary individuals are most effectively advancing the sustainability agenda.

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  • NGOs in China: In the Market for Change?

    An Interview with Simon Li, Director of Social Resources Institute

    18 Oct 2010 – Conversation

    Simon Li of the Social Resources Institute talks to Frances Buckingham about the need for a Chinese translation of The 21st Century NGO: In the Market for Change and gives his insight on the emergence and evolution of China's non-profit sector.

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  • Our Number's Up and It's 350

    08 Oct 2009 – Conversation

    John Elkington talks to Bill McKibben, the man behind 350.org, the global campaign on climate change.

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  • Can Democracy Save the Planet? (openDemocracy)

    25 Apr 2008 – Article

    In the effort to contain global warming and create an environmentally viable world, is democracy help or obstacle? A London conference sought to break new ground on a question of global relevance, report John Elkington & John Lotherington.

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  • A World of 'Us' (Corporate Citizenship Briefing)

    07 May 2007 – Article

    Maggie Brenneke writes that corporations worldwide that are forward-thinking enough to create a socially inclusive world will not only find it’s the right thing to do, but will find it’s the right thing for business.

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  • How Green is Green Enough? (Época Negócios)

    25 Apr 2007 – Article

    Is recent progress on corporate sustainability likely to be sufficient? In simple terms, how green is green enough – and where do wider social challenges like inequity, corruption or HIV/AIDS fit into the equation?

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  • Brundtland and Sustainability: History's Balance-Sheet (openDemocracy)

    11 Apr 2007 – Article

    A shaping idea of our time is twenty years old. John Elkington tracks the epic journey of "sustainable development", assesses its record, and looks forward.

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  • The Wal-Mart Gorilla (Nikkei Ecology)

    08 Mar 2007 – Article

    Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retail chain aims to be a pioneer in the environmental conservation.

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  • On the Ball (Grist)

    What if the world cared about sustainability as much as soccer?

    07 Jul 2006 – Article

    As we head toward the final match of the World Cup this weekend, it's all made us wonder: could humankind ever apply that same energy and enthusiasm to the distinctly less exciting pursuit of sustainability?

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  • How Business Can Change the World

    14 Jun 2006 – Article

    Geoff Lye writes on the powerful economic and moral case for businesses to take an active part in working towards the UN Millennium Development Goals.

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  • Radar: The Carbon Issue

    Not Whether, But How

    07 Jun 2006 – Radar Archive

    Whether it is in carbon trading, carbon neutral restaurants and banks, 'carbon celebrities', or carbon politics – the topic of carbon - and, with it, climate change - is increasingly influential in mainstream thinking and behaviour.

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