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Even leading capitalists admit that capitalism is broken. Green Swans is a manifesto for system change designed to serve people, planet, and prosperity. In his twentieth book, John Elkington--dubbed the Godfather of Sustainability--explores new forms of capitalism fit for the twenty-first century. If Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Black Swans are problems that take us exponentially toward breakdown, then Green Swans are solutions that take us exponentially toward breakthrough. The success--and survival--of humanity now depends on how we rein in the first and accelerate the second. Green Swans draws on Elkington's first-hand experience in some of the world's best-known boardrooms and C-suites. Using case studies, real-world examples, and profiles on emergent technologies, Elkington shows how the weirdest Ugly Ducklings of today's world may turn into tomorrow's world-saving Green Swans. This book is a must-listen for business leaders in corporations great and small who want to help their businesses survive the coming shift in global priorities over the next decade and expand their horizons from responsibility, through resilience, and onto regeneration.

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"John Elkington is a writer, thought-leader, serial entrepreneur, and, at heart, an environmentalist. Described as the Godfather of Sustainability, he has now written or coauthored twenty books, including the million-selling Green Consumer Guide series. Elkington has worked with many scores of corporations, often at the board and C-suite level, as well as with the financial community, industry bodies, government, the media, NGOs, academia, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Along the way, he has cofounded four social-purpose businesses since 1978, including Environmental Data Services (ENDS, 1978), John Elkington Associates/CounterCurrent (1983), SustainAbility (1987) and Volans Ventures (2008). All four still exist and the last two were respectively the second and first certified British B Corporations in the UK. Over the years, Elkington has also served on over seventy boards and advisory boards, advising companies, non-profits and policy-making organizations. He is a visiting professor at the Cranfield School of Management, as well as at Imperial College London and University College London (UCL). Keith Sellon-Wright is an audiobook narrator and an actor with more than thirty years of experience in Hollywood. His television roles have included Frasier, Seinfeld, The West Wing, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal. He also serves as a ""voice of the New York Times,"" narrating selected articles for their daily audio edition. Paul Polman is cofounder and chair of Imagine, a social venture accelerating business leadership to achieve UN global goals for sustainable development."

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