CHANGE IS ACCELERATING: June 2010: the creation of IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Committee, with GRI as one of founding members and GRI chair Mervyn King as vice-chair; following the requirement for this by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange; www.iirc.org) and the publication of the Business& Biodiversity Report by TEEB ("The Economics for Biodiversity & Ecosystems": www.teebweb.org) are 2 major events shaping the future of sustainable business.

Moreover, the rethinking of Dutch ODA (Official Development Cooperation) i.a. by Worldconnectors (www.worldconnectors.nl) towards more entrepreneurship/community/private sector in "south", more public-private cooperation and financial instruments (such as Social Impact Bond as announced by me at the YES/Rework Summit in Leksand in Sweden in June) in "north" will result in more efficient, effective, sustainable initiatives for a "better world".

Effective change in the private sector is accelerating, even while political initiatives addressing "global public goods" seem to stagnate.