John Elkington is Executive Chairman of Volans and a Non-Executive Director at SustainAbility, both companies he co-founded. Follow him on Twitter: @volandia.

He discusses leaders embracing

John Elkington is Executive Chairman of Volans and a Non-Executive Director at SustainAbility, both companies he co-founded. Follow him on Twitter: @volandia.

He discusses leaders embracing the sustainability agenda, while noting many may not yet realize the full scale of impending changes.

The Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business convened its second panel on November 18, 2010.

The panel featured James

The Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business convened its second panel on November 18, 2010.

The panel featured James Quincey (The Coca Cola Company), Sir Stuart Rose (Chairman, Marks & Spencer), Prof. Roger Steare (Cass Business School), Richard Jackson (Olympic Delivery Authority), and Gerard O'Neill (Amarach).

This excerpt is from a panel presentation at the Business In The Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility, held in November

This excerpt is from a panel presentation at the Business In The Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility, held in November 2010.

The panel featured experts including James Quincey (The Coca-Cola Company), Sir Stuart Rose (Marks & Spencer), and Gerard O'Neill of Amarach Research.

O'Neill highlighted how marketers' 'pricing trap' hinders sustainability initiatives. He argued that while price accounts for only 30% of a purchase decision, emotion and feelings drive 70%. Emphasizing trust and the social environment is crucial for consumers to move beyond price-driven choices.

At the ECO:comics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., Nicholas K. Akins, Chairman, President, and CEO of American Electric Power (AEP), discussed his company's clean coal technology initiatives

At the ECO:comics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif., Nicholas K. Akins, Chairman, President, and CEO of American Electric Power (AEP), discussed his company's clean coal technology initiatives and the hurdles faced. This discussion was published on April 3, 2014.

The presentation, titled "ECO:nomics: When Will We Get to Clean Coal?", is available from the WSJDigitalNetwork on YouTube.

Lord Adair Turner, former Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority and Senior Fellow at

Lord Adair Turner, former Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority and Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, delivered a presentation titled "Money and Debt: Radical Solutions to the Challenge of Deleveraging."

Turner highlighted a fundamental insight: banks simultaneously create new credit and new money "ex nihilo." He stressed this as a crucial concept for economics undergraduates to understand about the monetary economy.

This presentation was given at the "Fix the Banking System for Good" conference at the Philadelphia Fed on April 17, 2013, and published on May 5, 2013.

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