David Grayson CBE

All In identifies the essential attributes of high-impact corporate sustainability leadership and describes how companies can combine and apply those characteristics for future success.

All In draws on the perspectives of thousands of experts globally as collected via the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey over two decades. The book also reveals insights from dozens of interviews with Chairs, CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers of pioneering companies including: 3M, BASF, BP… Show more

All In identifies the essential attributes of high-impact corporate sustainability leadership and describes how companies can combine and apply those characteristics for future success.

All In draws on the perspectives of thousands of experts globally as collected via the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey over two decades. The book also reveals insights from dozens of interviews with Chairs, CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers of pioneering companies including: 3M, BASF, BP, DuPont, Google, GE, Huawei, IKEA, Interface, Marks and Spencer, Natura, Nike, Nestlé, Novo Nordisk, Patagonia, Shell, Tata, Toyota, Unilever and Walmart, explaining how they have gained recognition, created value and boosted resiliency based on their sustainability leadership. All In also outlines what the private sector must do to lift sustainability performance, protect business’ license to operate and help deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

This unique book offers current and aspiring business leaders a succinct overview of the most important developments and trends in corporate sustainability and responsible leadership. All In will also appeal to others interested in why sustainability has become a critical mainstream business issue.
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In response to the world's rapidly-growing social, economic and environmental challenges, a growing wave of social intrapreneurs are harnessing the power of large companies to create new business solutions to address societal problems. Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz reveals how these highly creative social innovators are improvising alliances across, as well as beyond, their companies to: create micro-insurance products for low-income people; offer delivery services to millions of… Show more

In response to the world's rapidly-growing social, economic and environmental challenges, a growing wave of social intrapreneurs are harnessing the power of large companies to create new business solutions to address societal problems. Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz reveals how these highly creative social innovators are improvising alliances across, as well as beyond, their companies to: create micro-insurance products for low-income people; offer delivery services to millions of small businesses in slums around the world; develop alternative-energy solutions inside a major gas and oil corporation; partner with a Brazilian community to produce new natural care products; establish a green advertising network within a major media company; apply engineering expertise to help alleviate poverty and much more all while generating commercial value for their companies.
They identify the mind-sets, behaviours and skills that have helped successful social intrapreneurs journey from initial idea to roll-out by their company and some of the pitfalls. They also tell the stories of the intrapreneurs, managers and other colleagues who helped them get there, by providing support in bringing projects to fruition. Perhaps the most important lesson from this book is that, in contrast with the prevailing Western business archetype of the solitary entrepreneurial hero, successful social intrapreneurs do not act alone to achieve success.

Although their journeys may be lonely at times, successful social intrapreneurs are, above all, great communicators who inspire others to join them in achieving a higher purpose. Drawing on the metaphors of ensemble jazz music-making, the authors describe howwoodshedding, jamming, paying your dues, being a sideman, joining and building a band but, above all, listening to what is happening in business and the wider world are all part of the life of a successful social intrapreneur.

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The challenge for business schools and business itself is to establish a new maxim: “the business of business is sustainable business”.

‘Collaborative commitments’ are agreements made voluntarily between individuals and organisations from business, public sector and civil society, to achieve positive social impacts which would not be possible for one sector acting alone, to obtain.
By identifying some practical examples of collaborative commitments, looking at how they have come
about and what has given them impact, it may be possible to identify some of the key conditions which are important for them to occur; and how to… Show more

‘Collaborative commitments’ are agreements made voluntarily between individuals and organisations from business, public sector and civil society, to achieve positive social impacts which would not be possible for one sector acting alone, to obtain.
By identifying some practical examples of collaborative commitments, looking at how they have come
about and what has given them impact, it may be possible to identify some of the key conditions which are important for them to occur; and how to encourage more. Show less

Policy report adopted as UK Conservative Party Policy on CSR in 2008. I wrote about 60% of this, and co-chaired the working group for David Cameron.

Collaboration between government, business and community is an incredibly powerful force for change. However, sustaining collaboration and getting the institutional, policy and regulatory architecture right in a more complex and sophisticated business environment is far from easy. There are important lessons to be learned from past experience, but, as this report shows, there is also a lot more that can be achieved by studying the suggestions, recommendations and commitments that have emerged… Show more

Collaboration between government, business and community is an incredibly powerful force for change. However, sustaining collaboration and getting the institutional, policy and regulatory architecture right in a more complex and sophisticated business environment is far from easy. There are important lessons to be learned from past experience, but, as this report shows, there is also a lot more that can be achieved by studying the suggestions, recommendations and commitments that have emerged since the 1990s. Show less

This is a book about how to improve corporate performance and gain competitive advantage.

In Corporate Social Opportunity! Grayson and Hodges challenge perceived wisdom that adherence by business to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a zero-sum game where the impact on companies is added costs and extra regulatory burden.

From their unique vantage point working with leaders of global businesses and of local communities, the authors explain how powerful drivers forcing… Show more

This is a book about how to improve corporate performance and gain competitive advantage.

In Corporate Social Opportunity! Grayson and Hodges challenge perceived wisdom that adherence by business to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a zero-sum game where the impact on companies is added costs and extra regulatory burden.

From their unique vantage point working with leaders of global businesses and of local communities, the authors explain how powerful drivers forcing companies to adopt stringent social, ethical and environmental standards simultaneously create largely untapped opportunities for product innovation, market development and non-traditional business models. Show less

It shows how the "soft" issues of management like the environment, human rights, diversity , community are now the 'hard" issues, and how they impact on the bottom line. The book aims to empower individual managers to share the benefits of globalization. It provides a seven-step solution to successfully manage the opportunities and risks relevant to your company.