Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism

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There were some striking examples of like-minded approaches: People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang estimated its benchmark of what constitutes environmentally sustainable assets converged by about 80% to a separate taxonomy being produced by the European Union. Perhaps a more detailed discussion of the dramatic changes going on now in the market for electric vehicles would have illustrated his arguments better. What is exciting about Elkington's Green Swans is, as he describes them, that they are 'dynamic trajectories to seemingly impossible outcomes and solutions'.

A placebo button creates the illusion of control but doesn’t actually do anything, such as those at some pedestrian crossings. There is no mention of Covid-19 in this book, and it would perhaps be wise to read it in conjunction with Elkington’s recent essay published with the CDC, the UK’s development finance institution. is part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders — from around the world and all parts of society — address the COVID-19 crisis, discussing and developing solutions now and for the future.It identifies the specific features that characterise climate-related financial risks, including devastating ‘ green swan’ risks that are certain to occur but almost impossible to predict with any accuracy. A Green Swan delivers exponential progress in the form of economic, social, and environmental wealth creation. How can we limit the damage of these very big dinosaurs as they crash around the landscape — the large corporations and their supply chains and so on — and how at the same time can we feed this secondary and tertiary growth that is now starting to come through of people with much more innovative approaches? We are also in discussion with potential partners in Norway, the UK and USA, so will aim to post further updates shortly. A three-day "Green Swan" conference - its name a twist on the "black swan" theory on major systemic shocks - brought together heads of the world's top central banks, policy-makers, academics and business.

It is not unheard of that innovations are initially heralded for their capacity to change for the good, but will prove to have unexpected negative consequences. Readers may spot that the Green Swans metaphor inverts the one Nassim Nicholas Taleb used in his 2007 book, The Black Swan. Well you may have heard of Nicholas Taleb’s Black Swans, which John characterise as “challenges that get exponentially worse in ways that most of us struggle to understand, let alone tackle and solve. In his twentieth book, John Elkington—dubbed the “Godfather of Sustainability”—explores new forms of capitalism fit for the twenty-first century. If there was a consistent narrative throughout the book focussed on wicked problems and how they can be overcome, I think the book would have been better.The COVID-19 outbreak is one, though Taleb insists it wasn’t a Black Swan because we should have seen—and some did see—it coming. Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey said his bank - one of the more forward-leaning on the effort - was exploring ways to green its monetary policy portfolio after a disclosure report last year showed the carbon footprint of its asset holdings were consistent with a rise of as much as 3. In the same spirit, the title of my most recent book is Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press, 2020). We address the difference between quantitative (economic) growth and qualitative growth that includes social and ecological regeneration.

Once in a while, a Green Swan turns into a Black one and he cites a few of those examples, such as unleaded gasoline.We spent some time exploring the important insights that Frank Herbert shared in his science fiction novel ‘Dune’ ( dedicated “To All the Dry Land Ecologists of the Future”). By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism, by John Elkington, Fast Company Press April 2020. Besides ending up in the bellies of so many creatures, The World Health Organisation reviewed the potential risks of plastic in drinking water "after a new analysis of some of the world's most popular bottled water brands found that more than 90% contained tiny pieces of plastic (microscopic).