Social-ecological Movements
What is social-ecological thinking? How can social-ecological movements leverage change towards a sustainable economy? How can social-ecological drivers change the economy, eg the agri-food sector? These three macroeconomic questions are tackled in the presentation below, which contributed to a session at the ‘Economy for Public Good’ conference in Wellington, New…
Transitioning to Post Growth Industries
It was such a privilege to be invited by WEAll Aotearoa to participate in a webinar on post growth business alongside two heroes of mine, Melanie Rieback, CEO/Co-founder of Radically Open Security, and Erinch Sahan, business and enterprise lead at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. My thanks to Gareth Hughes,…
Transitional Economics
Great to speak to a packed room at the 2024 NZ Climate Change and Business Conference for a kōrero on “A Thriving Economy Within Planetary Boundaries”. Below is my 4-minute speech, which focused on the X-curve to move away from status quo economics towards an eco-social future economy, and the…
Degrowth-aligned Investing
What role can investing play in a degrowth transformation of the economy? New Zealand’s Impact Investing Network (IIN) has begun to explore the potential for funds managers to help engineer an economic system breakthrough, pinning a spotlight on the idea of degrowth-aligned investing. The IIN, a peak body dedicated to…
Intro to Degrowth-aligned Finance
This presentation introduces degrowth-aligned finance in a webinar hosted by the Sustainable Finance Network of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the UK and worldwide. There’s also a brief presentation by Adrian Vodislav, Structured Finance Officer of the European Investment…
Progress or Sustainability
The business sector has framed ‘progress’ as the goal of economic growth and ‘sustainability’ as the process of ESG. In fact, these terms should be the other way round. To shift to a post growth wellbeing economy, we must wrestle back these valuable terms and restate what the goal of…
Shifting Economics and the Role of Engineering
The professions – architecture, engineering, law and accountancy – are crucial to applying degrowth to business, so it was fantastic to be invited to speak to Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau. This presentation draws on Apollo 13 problem solving, the laws of thermodynamics and the Matrix of Convivial Technologies.…
Larger Enterprises in a Post Growth World
Global experts in post growth economics Katherine Trebeck and Donnie Maclurcan join Heliocene founder, Jennifer Wilkins, to explore the challenging question of how existing larger businesses, especially multinational enterprises and corporations, can begin to prepare for a post growth future. Dr Katherine Trebeck is a political economist and advocate for…
Ancestors of a Post Growth Economy
At the Auckland Climate Festival in September 2023, New Zealand business experts Rob Campbell (AUT), Sarah Bogle (KPMG) and Mike Worth (Grant Thornton) participated in a panel conversation about building post growth-readiness into existing large businesses, hosted by Heliocene’s Jennifer Wilkins. Watch a summary slideshow, with video clips, or watch…
What Does a New Economy Look Like?
What does a new economy look like and how would we get there? B Corp Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand explored these questions with Jennifer Wilkins of Heliocene and Jo Kelly, Chief Executive of Toitū Tahua Centre for Sustainable Finance, hosted by Qiulae Anthony of B Corps and moderated by…
Degrowth: A Theory of Change
By popular request, here is a repeat of the presentation that kicked off the degrowth panel at the Auckland Climate Festival, October 2022. In his opening remarks to the panel’s audience, New Zealand’s climate change minister, James Shaw, said that Aotearoa needs to have a “critical conversation” about degrowth and…
Business Resilience to Degrowth
In this presentation to Wall Street investment bank Jefferies and its institutional investor clients, hosted by Aniket Shah, Global Head of ESG Strategy, and William Atcheson, ESG Strategist, Jennifer Wilkins discusses how businesses can prepare for economic degrowth by recognising it as a plausible future and planning ways to adapt…
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