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All In presents a roadmap for tens of thousands of businesses globally who have yet to embed sustainability in their corporate strategies. It outlines an approach to leadership critical to future business success and ensuring a better world for all.
All In is based on two decades of GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey research with sustainability experts from more than 80 countries as well as more than 40 interviews with CEOs and CSOs from outstanding companies like Unilever, Patagonia, Interface, Marks & Spencer, IKEA and Natura.
Comprising views from business, civil society, media, academia, regulators, and government, the Leaders Survey provides a unique, well-informed snapshot on best-in-class corporate sustainability leadership and forms the foundation of Grayson, Coulter and Lee’s thinking.
The All In Framework
All In summarizes past eras of corporate sustainability leadership and describes how the private sector will have to adapt and accelerate its approach now through 2030 when the UN Sustainable Development Goals are due to be completed.
All In suggests business executives apply a framework of five interlinked leadership attributes, Purpose, Plan, Culture, Collaboration and Advocacy (see below), and use them to cultivate the sustainability mindset critical to future commercial success and to the more inclusive and sustainable economy essential for society’s collective future.
The All In Checklist
All In also contains a checklist of practical and strategic actions for companies to follow in developing and implementing corporate sustainability strategies, built around the five attributes. The checklist will help companies begin the process of developing their own roadmap to world class corporate sustainability leadership.
David Grayson is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at the Cranfield School of Management. He is also chair of the charity Carers UK. He is a former Managing Director of Business in the Community.
Chris Coulter is CEO of GlobeScan, an insights and strategy consultancy focused on helping leadership organizations build trust with their stakeholders. He also serves on the boards of Good World Solutions and Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR).
Mark Lee is Executive Director of SustainAbility, a think tank and consultancy accelerating corporate sustainability leadership. He chairs the Advisory Board of Sustainable Brands and sits on the Senior Advisory Board of the Centre for Responsible Business at the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley.
