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Valuing Tomorrow: Beyond the ESG Feeding Frenzy
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Jed Emerson
Global Lead / Impact Investing
Tiedemann Advisors
Jed Emerson is a strategic advisor to family offices, foundations and wealth management firms executing diverse approaches to investing for financial returns with social and environmental impact. Co-author of the first book on impact investing and seven other books on impact investing and social entrepreneurship, he has been active in both fields for thirty years. He has served as founding director and board member of diverse social enterprises and impact investment groups.
Emerson is a senior research fellow at the University of Heidelberg's Center on Social Investing in Germany, a senior fellow with the University of Zurich's Blended Finance Initiative and has held faculty appointments at Harvard, Stanford and Oxford business schools. He has taught social entrepreneurship at Kellogg Business School, Harvard Business School, and NYU-Abu Dhabi.
John Elkington
Founder and Chief Pollinator
Volans
John Elkington, founder and chief pollinator at Volans, is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced business advisor, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to boards. In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People in London, describing him as "a true green business guru" and as "an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable." In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of The Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank.
John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 20 books. The 20th book was published in April and is titled Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press).
John is also a Gerhart Center Advisory Board member.