Is carbon footprint enough to measure true impact?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Professor Olinga Ta'eed — global pioneer in blockchain, social impact measurement, and AI-driven investing — to explore why ESG as we know it is fundamentally incomplete, and what a genuinely comprehensive measure of value looks like in 2026.

From advising the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to speaking at The Vatican, Professor Ta'eed has spent decades at the bleeding edge of one question: how do we quantify what truly matters — beyond carbon, beyond profit, and beyond conventional ESG metrics?

In this episode:

• Why carbon footprint alone is an inadequate and dangerously incomplete measure of real-world impact
• How AI is transforming the identification of high-growth, high-impact investment opportunities
• Using AI to quantify the true impact of ESG investments across financial and non-financial dimensions
• The "God Metric" — how the Social Earnings Ratio became the fastest adopted social impact metric in the world
• How blockchain technology enables the transparent tracking and transacting of intangible value
• The convergence of AI, blockchain, and the metaverse in the future of ESG and impact investing
• Why total value — financial and non-financial combined — is the only honest measure of an organisation's worth

The key insight: Most ESG frameworks measure what is easy to count, not what truly counts. Until we can quantify love, hope, community, and social wellbeing alongside carbon, we are only measuring half of reality.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Is carbon footprint enough to measure true ESG impact?
• 0:X:XX — Expanding ESG impact investing beyond carbon footprint
• 0:X:XX — The role of AI in identifying impact opportunities
• 0:X:XX — Quantifying the impact of ESG investing with AI
• 0:X:XX — The God Metric: how the Social Earnings Ratio was born
• 0:X:XX — Blockchain, metaverse, and the future of value measurement

👤 About Professor Olinga Ta'eedProfessor Olinga Ta'eed PhD FIoD is Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance (CCEG) — the world's leading not-for-profit think tank on the Movement of Value, with over 220,000 members. He is Expert Advisor and Council Member of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's Blockchain E-Commerce Committee. In 2018 he became the world's first Professor of Blockchain at Birmingham City University and Chief Editor of Frontiers in Blockchains — a peer-reviewed academic journal with 400+ editors. He chairs Arbor Verification Tech (ESG, Ho Chi Minh), MiMeta.Life (Metaverse), Bureau of Media Data and Ideology (New York), AizaWorld (Gaming, Hanoi), and most recently AITEA (AI, Beijing) — populated by staff from Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent. His Social Earnings Ratio — dubbed the "God Metric" by The Vatican — became the fastest adopted social impact metric in the world, and he serves as Advisor to Wildcat Petroleum Plc on the London Stock Market.

Whether you are an ESG professional, an impact investor, or a technologist shaping the future of finance, this episode is essential listening for anyone serious about measuring what truly matters.

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Can procurement save the planet?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Bob Willard — one of the world's most respected sustainability experts and the leading voice on Net-Zero Procurement (NZP) as a transformative market force. With a 34-year career at IBM Canada and over 23 years dedicated to sustainability advocacy, Bob brings unmatched practical credibility to the most urgent question in climate action: how do we engage the private sector in the race to net-zero at speed and global scale?

His answer: stop waiting for regulation. Use the power of procurement.

In this episode:

• The what, why, and how of Net-Zero Procurement — and why it is the missing market force in climate action
• How NZP engages companies in the race to net-zero GHG emissions without waiting for government mandates
• How deploying NZP with speed and global scale can meaningfully fix the climate crisis
• Why procurement is the most underutilised lever corporations have to drive supply chain sustainability
• How to build a business case for sustainability that resonates with CFOs and hard-nosed executives
• The free, open-source tools that any organisation — large or small — can use to embed NZP today
• Why science-based targets and sustainable procurement must work together for real emissions reduction

The key insight: Purchasers hold enormous, largely untapped power. When large organisations demand low-carbon goods and services from suppliers committed to net-zero targets, they create the market signal that changes corporate behaviour faster than any regulation.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Can procurement save the planet?
• 0:X:XX — The what, why, and how of Net-Zero Procurement
• 0:X:XX — NZP as the missing market force for net-zero GHG emissions
• 0:X:XX — Deploying NZP at speed and global scale
• 0:X:XX — Free tools every organisation can use right now
• 0:X:XX — Building the business case: making sustainability irresistible to executives
• 0:X:XX — The future of sustainable procurement and climate action

👤 About Bob WillardBob Willard is a leading expert on sustainability justifications, reporting frameworks, and sustainable procurement, applying his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities through smart ESG practices. Sustainabilityadvantage Over the last 23 years, he has given over 1,800 presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences. Sustainabilityadvantage He has authored six books including The Sustainability Advantage and co-authored the Future-Fit Business Benchmark, and published two influential white papers. He was one of five inaugural inductees into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals Hall of Fame in 2011, has received three Clean50 awards including a Lifetime Achievement award in 2023, and holds a PhD in sustainability from the University of Toronto. Sustainabilityadvantage He serves on the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council board, the B Corp Standards Advisory Council, and the Future-Fit Foundation board, and advises the Canadian government's Low Carbon Procurement Advisory Committee. Sustainabilityadvantage

Whether you are a procurement professional, a corporate sustainability leader, an ESG investor, or a policymaker serious about net-zero, this episode delivers the practical roadmap the climate conversation urgently needs.

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Is the venture capital model failing the majority of the world's most important businesses?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Aunnie Patton Power — founder of Intelligent Impact, Associate Fellow at Oxford's Saïd Business School, and author of Adventure Finance: How to Create a Funding Journey That Blends Profit and Purpose. A reformed M&A investment banker turned impact investing pioneer, Aunnie has spent over a decade designing innovative financing mechanisms for start-ups, funds, family offices, foundations, and governments across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

Her radical truth: the venture capital model works for less than 1% of businesses — and the other 99% need a completely different playbook.

In this episode:

• How technology is revolutionising impact investing and opening new pathways for capital deployment
• Alternative funding models for social enterprises — from revenue-based financing to recoverable grants to redeemable equity
• What is really working — and what isn't — in the sustainable finance ecosystem
• Why the VC model excludes female founders, diverse entrepreneurs, and purpose-driven enterprises by design
• How to design a funding journey that genuinely blends profit and purpose
• The honest lessons from a decade of financing organisations in the world's most underserved markets
• How to widen the spectrum of mainstream investment options to make finance more inclusive

The key insight: The venture capital model is not broken — it was never designed for most businesses. The future of finance belongs to those who are creative, inclusive, and willing to match the right capital to the right mission.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Is the VC model failing impact-driven businesses?
• 0:X:XX — Technology and the future of impact investing
• 0:X:XX — Alternative funding models for social enterprises
• 0:X:XX — What's really working in sustainable finance
• 0:X:XX — Adventure Finance: blending profit and purpose in practice
• 0:X:XX — Building a more inclusive financing ecosystem globally
• 0:X:XX — Radical truths from a decade of innovative finance

👤 About Aunnie Patton PowerAunnie Patton Power is an academic, advisor, author, and angel investor with a focus on directing innovative financing to organisations that create positive social and environmental impact. Saïd Business School She is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, a visiting fellow at the LSE's Marshall Institute, and the Academic Director for the BEAM Network. Saïd Business School A reformed M&A investment banker, she began her impact investing career in 2010 with Unitus Capital in Bangalore and has since worked with start-ups, intermediaries, funds, family offices, foundations, corporates, and governments across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Intelligent Impact She is adjunct faculty at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business and New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and a founding member of the Dazzle Angels, a female angel investing group. GenderSmart Her work has been published by Oxford University Press, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and the World Economic Forum. Intelligent Impact

Whether you are an impact investor, a social entrepreneur seeking funding, or a finance professional serious about deploying capital for good, this episode is essential listening.

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Has ESG become the most sophisticated form of greenwashing?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Peta Milan — Founder and Principal of Henmil Group Family Office, CEO of regenerative venture studio Transcendent Media Capital, and one of the most provocative thinkers in global investing. Peta's radical truth: ESG and impact investing have failed to move the needle — not because they were badly executed, but because they were never designed to address root causes.

The future is not sustainability. It is regeneration.

In this episode:

• Why ESG has become a tool for incrementalism and sophisticated greenwashing rather than systemic change
• What regenerative investing actually means — and how it differs fundamentally from ESG and impact investing
• How Peta is building the first generation of companies designed to give back more to the planet than they take
• Why long-term, multi-generational family office capital is uniquely positioned to lead the regenerative revolution
• The shift from quarterly returns to the health of entire living systems as the true measure of success
• How the Embodied Regenerative Leaders Certification is training executives, board members, and policymakers
• Why conventional approaches to change are failing — and what regenerative frameworks offer instead

The key insight: We cannot sustain our way out of a civilisational crisis. The question is no longer how to do less harm — it is how to actively restore the life-support systems we all depend on.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Has ESG failed? The case for regenerative investing
• 0:X:XX — The failure of ESG: risk management vs systemic health
• 0:X:XX — Regenerative venture studios: building net-positive companies
• 0:X:XX — The family office perspective: why patient capital leads
• 0:X:XX — Systemic wealth: redefining what returns really mean
• 0:X:XX — From "less bad" to truly restorative

👤 About Peta MilanPeta Milan is Founder and Principal of Henmil Group Family Office — Dubai's leading single family office focused solely on regenerative investing — and CEO of Transcendent Media Capital, a Hong Kong-based regenerative venture studio. Her portfolio also includes JET Group, specialising in scaled regenerative transitions for governments, investors, and corporations. Trained as an accredited regenerative practitioner with certifications from Oxford University and the London School of Economics, she is the lead designer of the Embodied Regenerative Leaders Certification for executives, investment leaders, and policymakers. She sits on the international advisory board of the World Sustainable Development Forum and works alongside NATO Five Eyes. An award-winning filmmaker and published author, her books include Extinction Governance, Finance and Accounting and the forthcoming Why Sustainability Doesn't Work: The Regenerative Alternative.

Whether you are an investor, fund manager, board director, or policymaker who suspects the current sustainability playbook is no longer enough — this episode will challenge everything you think you know about capital, impact, and the future.

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#TBLIRadicalTruth #PetaMilan #RegenerativeInvesting #ESGFail #ImpactInvesting #FamilyOffice #SustainableFinance #RegenerativeEconomy #SystemicChange #VentureStudio #NetPositive #TBLI #RadicalTruth #RegenerativeLeadership #BeyondESG

Can nature be financed like any other business — and should it be?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Christopher White, strategist at Conservation International, where he has spent the past two years studying fiscal and operational interventions that fund international conservation efforts. Christopher is developing a new approach to conservation finance that generates economic and natural returns for both people and planet — and his insights challenge some of the sector's most deeply held assumptions.

At the centre of this conversation is the African Conservancies Facility (ACF) — one of the most innovative blended finance models in conservation today.

In this episode:

• Why financing nature is no different from financing any other business — it is about finding the right combination for each unique situation
• The hidden opportunities for investors and investees that only emerge once you start blending funding structures
• The origin story of the ACF — born as a pandemic rescue package for the Maasai Mara — and where it stands today
• How ACF is helping conservancies transition from concessional finance to commercially viable operations
• What the next phase of ACF looks like — and what the upcoming fundraising round means for investors
• How blended finance can unlock new capital flows into nature-based solutions at scale

The key insight: The conservation sector has long treated nature as a charity case. With the right financing structures, nature can be a commercially viable, return-generating asset — one that also delivers measurable outcomes for biodiversity, communities, and climate.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Can nature be financed like any other business?
• 0:X:XX — Lessons learned: finding the right financing combination
• 0:X:XX — The opportunities in blended conservation finance
• 0:X:XX — The African Conservancies Facility: origin and evolution
• 0:X:XX — From concessional to commercial: the ACF model in practice
• 0:X:XX — The next phase: upcoming fundraising and future potential

👤 About Christopher WhiteChristopher White joined Conservation International as a strategist in 2021, specialising in building solutions in complex and challenging environments. He has spent two years studying the fiscal and operational interventions that facilitate international conservation efforts and is developing a new blended finance approach to fund conservation work that generates returns for both people and planet. Conservation International launched the African Conservancies Facility in 2020 as a pandemic rescue package for the critically important Maasai Mara landscape in Kenya. Today, ACF enables conservancies to transition from concessional finance to commercially viable entities — offering loans that enhance and expand conservation areas while generating income for local communities.

Whether you are an impact investor, a conservation finance professional, a family office, or a fund manager exploring nature-based solutions, this episode delivers a practical and honest masterclass in making conservation financially sustainable.

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What does it take to back founders before they even have a company?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Dr. Christoph Klink, Partner at Antler — the world's most active pre-seed and angel-stage investor and the global leader in "Day Zero" venture capital. Christoph co-leads Antler's operations across Central Europe and has been at the forefront of building one of Germany's most active early-stage investment ecosystems since 2021.

From climatetech to fintech to healthtech, Christoph is backing the next generation of diverse, technical founders — and his perspective on what it takes to build breakthrough companies from day zero is essential listening for entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone tracking where European tech is headed next.

In this episode:

• What "Day Zero" investing means — and why backing founders before launch changes everything
• How Antler systematically removes capital and network barriers for early-stage technology entrepreneurs
• The state of the DACH startup ecosystem — and where the most exciting opportunities lie in 2026
• Why technical founders are on the rise in Europe — and what this means for the next wave of breakout companies
• How diversity in founding teams drives better outcomes — and what the data actually shows
• Lessons from running residencies for hundreds of founders across Berlin, Amsterdam, and Munich
• AI, defence tech, longevity, and cybersecurity — the sectors Christoph is most excited about right now

The key insight: Most VCs wait for proof. Antler bets on people. The most defining companies of tomorrow are being built right now by founders who don't yet have a co-founder, a product, or a pitch deck — and that is exactly when the right investor can make the biggest difference.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — What is Day Zero investing and why does it matter?
• 0:X:XX — Removing barriers to entrepreneurship: the Antler model
• 0:X:XX — The DACH startup ecosystem: state of play in 2026
• 0:X:XX — The rise of the European technical founder
• 0:X:XX — Diversity in founding teams: what the data shows
• 0:X:XX — The sectors Christoph is most excited about right now
• 0:X:XX — Advice for founders and investors at the earliest stages

👤 About Dr. Christoph KlinkDr. Christoph Klink is a Partner at Antler and former Partner at McKinsey & Company. Antler Before joining Antler, he served a range of leading technology organisations in the mobility and transportation space on disruptive strategy and building innovative business models, and has a background as a Business Angel. Eu He holds a PhD in Business Administration and has worked closely with leaders of the World Economic Forum to advance the startup ecosystem and build industry-shaping insight. sTARTUp Day Since launching Antler's first Berlin residency in 2021, he has made over 80 investments into tech startups across the DACH region, with portfolio companies including NeoCarbon, clare&me, and Tapline. He has published research on the demographics of DACH unicorn founders and the rise of technical founders in Europe.

Whether you are a founder, an investor, or simply someone tracking where European technology is headed next, this conversation is essential listening.

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Can a fairy tale change the world?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Fleur Rossdale — author of the Woodland Sprite Series, founder of the Society of Original Thinkers (SOOT), and one of the most creatively unconventional voices in the climate conversation. Fleur believes that storytelling is not a soft alternative to systems change — it is one of its most powerful drivers.

Her approach is refreshingly different: instead of policy proposals and position papers, Fleur uses fantasy, fairies, and the magic of nature to inspire children and adults alike to protect the planet with courage and authenticity.

In this episode:

• What Fleur aims to achieve through writing the Woodland Sprite Series — and why she chose storytelling over advocacy
• How she intends to bring about real, measurable change through books, events, and the DCCI School Awards
• How to speed up the process and build global support without using a sledgehammer
• Why climate change, food security, wellbeing, and plastic waste need storytellers as much as scientists
• How her events in Brussels and Westminster unite changemakers, specialists, and investors around collaborative solutions
• The journey from "Queen of the Decorators" to ecology, impact investment, and children's literature
• How The Farm — her third book — connects fantasy with real-world regenerative farming projects in Kenya, Europe, and beyond

The key insight: Children who grow up loving nature will grow into adults who protect it. The most powerful lever for systemic change may not be a policy — it may be a story.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Can a fairy tale change the world?
• 0:X:XX — What Fleur aims to achieve through the Woodland Sprite Series
• 0:X:XX — How storytelling drives systemic change
• 0:X:XX — Building support without a sledgehammer
• 0:X:XX — The DCCI School Awards and the Society of Original Thinkers
• 0:X:XX — The Farm: from fantasy to regenerative farming in practice
• 0:X:XX — What's next for the Woodland Sprite Series and global collaboration

👤 About Fleur RossdaleFleur Rossdale is the author of the Woodland Sprite Series — a fantasy world where young nature sprites Sky and Anil protect wildlife and woodlands, tackling real-world challenges including climate change, food security, wellbeing, and plastic waste. A fine art background earned Fleur the title "Queen of the Decorators" in the 1980s and 90s, where her design exhibitions drew 30,000 visitors and launched a thriving industry. In 2020 she pivoted to ecology, fundraising for climate charities, and developing impact investment projects. Her books — Taken by Storm, The Journey, and the newly released The Farm — inspire readers aged 8 to 12 to embrace sustainability through vivid storytelling rooted in real climate events and solutions. She organises high-level events in Brussels and Westminster, uniting changemakers, scientists, and investors, and has founded the DCCI School Awards to engage schools aged 8 to 18 in climate action globally.

Whether you are an impact investor, an educator, a parent, or a policymaker who believes that imagination is as important as data in solving the climate crisis — this conversation will inspire you.

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#ClimateAction #Storytelling #FleurRossdale #WoodlandSpriteSeries #ImpactInvesting #ChildrensBooks #Sustainability #ClimateEducation #TBLI #RadicalTruth #NatureBasedSolutions #FoodSecurity #RegenerativeFarming #YouthActivism #ESG

What does capitalism look like when the common good comes first?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Dr. Terry Mollner — one of the true founding fathers of socially responsible investing. Over five decades, Terry has built institutions, brokered landmark deals, and written frameworks that have permanently shaped how capital relates to society, nature, and human values.

This is a masterclass in what it means to put purpose at the centre of finance — not as a trend, but as a civilisational imperative.

In this episode:

• Why Common Good Capitalism is not idealistic — it is inevitable
• How socially responsible investing evolved from a radical idea in the 1970s to a multi-trillion-dollar global movement
• The story behind the founding of the Calvert Funds — the first family of socially responsible mutual funds
• How Terry brokered the historic deal that kept Ben & Jerry's socially responsible inside Unilever — the only agreement of its kind ever signed
• Why Calvert Impact Capital has loaned over $3 billion to reduce poverty around the world
• The seven layers of human maturity — and why love is the most important skill in business and leadership
• What the next stage of economic evolution looks like beyond capitalism as we know it

The key insight: Socially responsible investing is not a niche. It is the future of all investing. The question is no longer whether capital should serve the common good — it is how fast the rest of the world catches up.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — What does capitalism look like when the common good comes first?
• 0:X:XX — The origins of socially responsible investing in the 1970s
• 0:X:XX — Founding the Calvert Funds: the first family of SRI mutual funds
• 0:X:XX — The Ben & Jerry's deal: keeping purpose alive inside a multinational
• 0:X:XX — Calvert Impact Capital: loaning billions to reduce poverty
• 0:X:XX — Common Good Capitalism: the next stage of economic evolution
• 0:X:XX — The Love Skill: seven layers of human maturity and what they mean for leadership

👤 About Dr. Terry MollnerIn the 1970s, Dr. Terry Mollner was among the earliest pioneers of socially responsible investing, guiding fifteen social activist leaders from across the US in writing one of the first comprehensive sets of social screens for investing. Sensation of Oneness In 1982, he co-founded the Calvert Funds — the first family of socially responsible mutual funds, today one of the largest with over $21 billion under management — and took the lead in creating Calvert Impact Capital, which has raised and loaned over $2 billion to reduce poverty in the US and around the world. Tfac In 2000, he led negotiations between Unilever and Ben & Jerry's resulting in a landmark legal contract allowing the company to remain independent, self-governing, and socially active in perpetuity — the only such agreement ever signed when a socially responsible company was acquired by a multinational. Tfac He is founder and chair of Stakeholders Capital, founder of the Trusteeship Institute, a Fellow of the World Business Academy, and author of Common Good Capitalism Is Inevitable and The Love Skill: We Are Each Mastering the 7 Layers of Human Maturity.

Whether you are an impact investor, a fund manager, a social entrepreneur, or anyone who believes finance must ultimately serve humanity — this conversation is essential listening.

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Is REDD+ the most powerful and underutilised climate solution we already have?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with Joshua Tosteson, CEO, and Pamela Brazier, President of Everland — the global leader in community-led forest conservation and the voluntary carbon market's largest portfolio of high-impact REDD+ projects. Their radical truth: the so-called "integrity crisis" surrounding forest carbon credits has been largely one of perception, not reality — and REDD+ is ready to scale right now.

In this episode:

• Why carbon crediting from REDD+ projects has been systematically robust — and what new methodologies and safeguards are driving even greater integrity
• How REDD+ projects deliver demonstrable, measurable impact for climate, nature, and communities — with just five of Everland's projects benefiting over 215,000 local people
• Why the REDD+ mechanism is ready to scale today to meet global sustainable development goals and corporate demand for high-integrity carbon credits
• How the voluntary carbon market can be a transformative force for forest communities — turning conservation into a viable, durable development path
• Why deforestation — the second largest source of global CO2 emissions — cannot be addressed without private capital and community-led solutions
• How corporations can become genuine partners in forest protection rather than simply purchasers of offsets
• What a credible net-zero strategy actually looks like when forests are at its core

The key insight: Forests are not a charity. They are the world's most cost-effective, ready-to-deploy climate solution. The barrier is not technology or methodology — it is market confidence and capital at scale.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — Is REDD+ the most underutilised climate solution we already have?
• 0:X:XX — The integrity of REDD+ carbon crediting: separating perception from reality
• 0:X:XX — Demonstrable impact: climate, nature, and 215,000+ community members
• 0:X:XX — Scaling REDD+ to meet global SDGs and corporate net-zero demand
• 0:X:XX — How corporations can become real partners in forest protection
• 0:X:XX — The voluntary carbon market: where it is and where it needs to go
• 0:X:XX — Everland's vision for the future of community-led conservation

👤 About Joshua Tosteson & Pamela BrazierJoshua Tosteson joined Everland in 2019 and became CEO in 2023. A lifelong sustainability entrepreneur and change agent, he brings deep expertise in supply chain sustainability, food and agriculture, and climate change, with a track record of managing budgets exceeding $35 million and over 250 staff worldwide. Everland He trained as an atmospheric scientist at Harvard and Columbia universities. Pamela Brazier co-founded Everland in 2017 and became President in 2023. She began her career at BNP Paribas before joining Wildlife Works in 2012, where she specialised in marketing REDD+ Verified Emission Reductions to European companies. At Everland, she directs partner engagement, revenue strategy, and cross-functional programme delivery across the global portfolio. Everland Under Everland's leadership, the company has achieved over $500 million in sales for community-centred forest conservation projects across the globe. Everland

Whether you are a corporate sustainability leader, an impact investor, a policymaker, or a climate professional, this episode is essential listening for anyone serious about the role of forests in solving the climate crisis.

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What comes after sustainability — and are we already too late to get there?

In this episode of TBLI Radical Truth, we sit down with John Elkington — the man who coined "People, Planet & Profit," invented the Triple Bottom Line, and has spent five decades as the world's most influential voice on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism. Today, he believes the frameworks he helped build are no longer enough — and that the world must move from responsibility and resilience to full regeneration.

John shares his vision of the future — and it is both urgent and unexpectedly hopeful.

In this episode:

• Why the Triple Bottom Line failed to bury the single bottom line paradigm — and what John would do differently
• The shift from responsibility to resilience to regeneration: what it means in practice for business and investment
• Green Swans: how positive exponential change happens and what it takes to create it
• Why Tomorrow's Capitalism looks radically different from what we have today — and who is already building it
• Project Breakthrough: how the world's most intractable problems can become market opportunities
• Why incumbents rarely make good insurgents — and where to look for the real future
• What the emergent future demands of leaders, investors, and institutions right now

The key insight: Sustainability was never supposed to be the destination. It was supposed to be the genetic code for a transformation of capitalism itself. We are still only at the beginning — and the next decade will determine everything.

⏱️ Episode Guide:

• 0:00 — What comes after sustainability?
• 0:X:XX — The Triple Bottom Line: what worked, what failed, and why
• 0:X:XX — From responsibility through resilience to regeneration
• 0:X:XX — Green Swans: positive exponential change in practice
• 0:X:XX — Tomorrow's Capitalism: what it looks like and who is building it
• 0:X:XX — Project Breakthrough and the Green Swans Observatory
• 0:X:XX — John's vision for the future of business and investment

👤 About John ElkingtonJohn Elkington coined the terms "triple bottom line," "green consumer," "green growth," and "People, Planet & Profit," and has written and co-authored 20 books including Cannibals with Forks and Green Swans. Wikipedia He helped create and incubate movements and shape initiatives including the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Global Reporting Initiative, and B Lab UK, and was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002 to 2008. Volans In 2009, he was named fourth in an international survey of the top 100 CSR leaders, after Al Gore, Barack Obama, and the late Anita Roddick, and has addressed over 1,500 conferences globally and served on over 80 boards and advisory boards. Volans Volans, which he founded, was the first British company to certify as a B Corporation. Volans His latest book is Tickling Sharks (Fast Company Press, 2024).

Whether you are an impact investor, a sustainability professional, a CEO, or a policymaker — this conversation with one of the most consequential thinkers of our time is essential listening.

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