Jem Bendell: The Money Myth
Why is the whole world in debt? How can we end these crises? Jem Bendell uncovers the hidden cause of the financial crisis. The real crisis is in our monetary system – the way our money is created. The solution is to redesign the way money is created. This is the underlying reform required to end the financial, environmental and social crises afflicting our societies.
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ABOUT Jem Bendell
“For 15 years Jem Bendell has been promoting and supporting responsible business as a consultant, academic and entrepreneur.
He’s a leading international commentator on corporate responsibility, with over 50 publications on this subject, including two books, a column and four United Nations reports.
He has helped create a number of innovative responsible enterprise initiatives, such as the Marine Stewardship Council, and his work has been credited with inspiring the formation of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative.
As a director of the progressive professional services firm, Lifeworth, he has worked with corporations, NGOs and United Nations agencies on corporate responsibility issues in over a dozen countries. Lifeworth provides advisory, research and training on strategy, policy and programme development for responsible enterprise, as well as publishing an annual review of trends in corporate responsibility and an online career center for professionals interested in this field.
In 2006, Dr. Bendell developed the work of WWF-UK, the world’s largest environmental organisation, on the social and environmental performance of luxury brands. He researched and co-wrote the subsequent report, Deeper Luxury: Quality and Style When the World Matters.
He went on to found the Authentic Luxury Network which brings together luxury executives, designers, entrepreneurs, marketers and analysts to promote a sustainable future for luxury goods and services.
He has also advised and helped implement a strategic realignment of a major Australian business school to become a sustainability leader, and establish an Asia Pacific centre of excellence. He previously developed one of the first multi-enterprise supply chain eco-audit systems.”
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