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UN Global Compact Russia

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John Elkington

Founding Partner and Chairman & Chief Pollinator at Volans

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John Elkington. Challenge of Tomorrow

One of the key partners of the Platform is Volans – a London-based agency, founded in 2008 and working to help market leaders in finding solutions to system tasks of global scale. Principle methods encouraging business to understand its opportunities involve breakthrough mindset implementation in its strategy. John Elkington, Volans Co-Founder and Chairman, a thought-leader, business strategist, a writer and serial entrepreneur, known as one of the pioneers of sustainability movement for over 40 years.

Bio

In 1994, he originated the term "Triple Bottom Line" and in 1995 the popularisation, People, Planet & Profit (or, alternatively, Prosperity). In 1987, with Julia Hailes and Tom Burke, he co-founded SustainAbility, a think tank and consultancy that works with businesses through markets in the pursuit of economic, social and environmental sustainability. In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank.
Benefits
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