Posts tagged "yvon chouinard"

The billionaire founder of outdoor gear company Patagonia is giving his riches to climate action causes. Are the wealthiest Australians doing enough to save the world?

Last week, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard announced his family was giving the whole company to planet Earth.

Here in Australia, we are mired in stories about financial institutions acting with flagrant disregard towards what they say they stand for, so I found it a refreshing reminder that there are still good intentions out there.

By Avi Shankar, University of Bath and Robin Canniford, University of Melbourne

“Buy Less; Choose Well; Make it Last” is a business …

Nearly every organisation I work with gets a bit of a reading list from me. I can’t seem to help myself because much of my thinking about …

In 2008, Billabong was Australia’s hardest working brand. Last week, its board sacked long-time Billabong insider and CEO Derek O’Neill, a m…