Monthly Archives: July 2012

New Pioneer Video: Mobilizing the Response

20th July 2012 - Posted in Accountability, Globalisation, Leadership, Rio+20

Over the last two decades, we have seen too much talk and too little action on sustainable development. In the latest in our series of weekly videos on Guardian Sustainable Business, Pioneers give a call to action in the aftermath of a disappointing outcome at Rio+20. Some encourage business leadership, others speak of new networks,

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New Pioneer Video: Next 20 Years

5th July 2012 - Posted in Climate Change, Leadership, Pioneers, Strategy

As the Pioneers imagine our future in twenty years, they paint a picture clouded by urgent, intense, challenges brought about by an era of human destruction. Some fear that we may face a series of shocks, either economic or ecological, before we wake up. One thing is clear, we must be more responsible and work

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Rio+20 or Rio-20?

4th July 2012 - Posted in Access, Accountability, Climate Change, Environment, Government, Leadership, Past Summits, Rio+20

Guest post from SustainAbility’s Geoff Lye At the end of the Rio+20 Summit Ban Ki-moon agreed to meet the 9 ‘major groups’ who have a formal role in the preparatory process and the conference, they include business, trades unions, scientists and young people’s NGOs. In practice, only four representatives of the groups were invited to

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Deconstructing Rio+20 and Finding Some Inspiration

4th July 2012 - Posted in Government, Leadership, Past Summits, Private Sector, Rio+20, UN

Guest post from sustainAbility’s Mark Lee Before the massive Rio+20 conference in Brazil earlier this month, Chris Coulter of GlobeScan, Dan Hendrix of Interface and I published Icebergs Near Rio? The article explored sustainable development progress since the original1992 Earth Summit asked whether policymakers would seize the opportunity of the anniversary event to chart a future course capable of accelerating

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