005 Can Accountants save the Planet?

In this episode I am speaking to Jane Gleeson-White, author of Six Capitals.  During our conversation we look at;

·        The issues caused by focusing on short-term profit, 

·        How parts of our business and its ecosystem are currently not valued and how looking at all six capitals can help this.

·        The impact of traditional corporate structures and how benefit corporations etc. offer an alternative.

·        How educating children and students on Six Capitals can change how they look at business and the world.

·        How businesses take on their own identity and often we leave our personal values at the door.

·        What you can do to become a business with conscience.

 

Jane Gleeson-White is an award-winning writer and author of four books, including the internationally acclaimed history of accounting, Double Entry (2011), and its sequel, Six Capitals (2014), which was shortlisted for CEO-READ’s best Finance and Economics Book published in North America in 2015.  Her articles on economics, sustainability and literature are widely published and Jane is a regular commentator on economics and sustainability.

In May 2020 a revised edition of Six Capitals was published in Australia and New Zealand.  It will be available internationally later in the year.

 
Links: https://www.janegleesonwhite.com

Time stamps:

1.36 Inspiration for book

7.08 Impact of focusing purely on profit

19.08 The Six Capitals

24.00 Social Enterprise examples

32.00 Educating with Six Capitals

37.41 How we can put aside our personal values when in business

40.02 Becoming a business with a conscience

45.35 What impacted how relate to money

 

Mentioned in the episode:

Puma

International Integrated Reporting Council

B-Corps

Benefit Corporations/Social Enterprise

Give a Crap

Brewgooder

The Field Trip

Monash University

B1G1