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Author Michael Townsend

Michael Townsend

Founder and CEO – Earthshine Solutions
www.earthshinesolutions.com
mtownsend@earthshinesolutions.com

Mike is an influential business transformation leader, writer, speaker and guest lecturer, with nearly thirty years experience across a range of sectors and territories – including, EU, US, Canada, South Africa, Asia, and UK.

An engineering graduate and MBA, Mike brings a unique fusion of business, commercial, technical and sustainability expertise – focused on delivering long-term, sustainable value.

Comfortable in the board room, at strategic and operational levels: Mike has worked on major construction & engineering projects such as Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and the British Airways London Eye, has designed & built supply chain transformation programmes for blue-chip clients, and has developed new systems for sustainable business & economy.

Mike is CEO with Earthshine – a business consultancy/think-tank that integrates sustainability principles into the heart of business strategy and operations – enabling sustainable business success and the transition to a sustainable & low carbon economy.

Earthshine works with a wide range of businesses, large and small, in all sectors in the UK, Europe and North America, including: 2-degrees Network, Adnams plc, Aviva, Bloom Centre for Sustainability (Ontario), Copenhagen Business School, DWP, Exeter Business School, EY, The Guardian, Henley Business School, Life Technologies, LoyaltyOne, Myrtha Pools, Rough Guides, Sustainable Business Magazine, Triodos Bank, Unilever, and others.

We support our customers in making a real impact – not just ticking boxes – delivering the business case with ROI always in excess of 200%.

Mike is lead author of A Journey in Search of Capitalism 2.0, and author of The Robust Guide to Sustainable Business (forthcoming), The Quiet Revolution (forthcoming) and a regular contributor of articles for Sustainable Business magazine, 2-degrees Network, The Guardian, The Ecologist and Huffington Post.

Mike also enjoys family life, hiking, reading, listening to music, practicing mindfulness, and playing rock drums.

www.earthshinesolutions.com

Beyond Shared Value – It’s All About Shared Wealth!

Michael Townsend
October 16, 2017
shared value, circular economy, Waste Reduction
Remanufacturing within a circular economy delivers a wide range of benefits for society, the environment, business and the economy.

CSR isn’t getting the job done – now what?

Michael Townsend
January 8, 2015
Capitalism 2.0
While there is more noise than ever when it comes to CSR, there is a huge question mark over how much of this translates into meaningful action

The Capitalism System Is Flawed. Russell Brand Sees a Revolution on the Horizon (VIDEO)

Michael Townsend
October 26, 2013
Uncategorized
Capitalism is suffering a crisis of liquidity, reliability, and confidence – a quiet revolution is already taking place.
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In Search of Capitalism 2.0: Time for a Clean Slate?

Michael Townsend
October 3, 2013
Uncategorized
Capitalism is suffering a crisis of liquidity, reliability, and confidence – and is naturally undergoing a wise degree of introspection - "A Journey in Search of Capitalism 2.0".

Why are so many boards missing the opportunity on sustainability?

Michael Townsend
August 28, 2013
Capitalism 2.0, Culture and Leadership, CHANNELS
Waiting any longer is not an option - boards must be bold in embracing the case for sustainability.

Is Mindfulness the next step in paving the way towards Capitalism 2.0?

Michael Townsend
June 10, 2013
Capitalism 2.0
The further we progress on our journey towards sustainable business, the more fundamental are the constraints and challenges that we encounter. We may improve compliance, and optimize our eco-efficiency initiatives, but then find we need to address our business models, our organizational and ownership formats, if we are to deliver more impact, more benefits.

The thorny issue of ownership is SMACKO in the middle of the pathway towards Capitalism 2.0

Michael Townsend
April 23, 2013
Capitalism 2.0, shared value
Ownership is everything. It is difficult to conceive of how any business could call itself sustainable, without due consideration of ownership; it lies at the very heart of equality and fairness in business, and in society.

The Organization of Business Itself will need to Change in a “Captialism 2.0” World (Part 3)

Michael Townsend
March 29, 2013
Uncategorized
Are we really prepared to follow through, to do what it takes, in order to bring about real transformation, and deliver the full implications of sustainability in business?
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