Publications by category
Books
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P, Gosling J (eds)(2017). Sustainable Business: a One Planet Approach. Chichester, UK, Wiley.
Fisher RJ, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E, Jeanrenaud SJ (2008).
Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power., Earthscan / James & James.
Abstract:
Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power
Abstract.
Adams WM, Jeanrenaud SJ (2008).
Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World., World Conservation Union.
Abstract:
Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World
Abstract.
Fisher RJ, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E, Jeanrenaud SJ (2005). Poverty and Conservation. Landscapes, People and Power., Gland: the World Conservation Union.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2002). People-Oriented Approaches in Global Conservation: is the leopard changing its spots?. London, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Jeanrenaud S (2001).
Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe a Regional Profile of WG-CIFM the Working Group on Community Involvement in Forest Management., IUCN.
Abstract:
Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe a Regional Profile of WG-CIFM the Working Group on Community Involvement in Forest Management
Abstract.
Journal articles
Mead T, Jeanrenaud S (2017). The elephant in the room: biomimetics and sustainability?.
Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials,
6(2), 113-121.
Abstract:
The elephant in the room: biomimetics and sustainability?
Biomimetics, with diverse origins, has generated a ‘biomimetic promise’ of sustainable design solutions. This promise posits that biological systems are inherently sustainable and emulating these time-tested patterns will result in optimal sustainability characteristics. However, this has rarely been empirically explored and there is little understanding of how biomimetic practitioners are assessing sustainability impacts. This paper examines connections between biomimetic innovation and sustainability theory and investigates how practitioners are approaching sustainability issues. It includes (a) a review of concepts connecting sustainability and biomimetic innovation, highlighting epistemological disparities among disciplines, and (b) an exploratory survey examining practitioners’ use and views of biomimetics for sustainability-oriented innovation. Four findings are that (a) practitioners use a variety of sustainability frameworks with no established system of accountability; (b) there is a disconnection between biomimetics and sustainability agendas at multiple levels; (c) biomimetics is creating new narratives of sustainability; and (d) epistemological variations in biomimetics research and practice contribute to the variety of conceptions of sustainability and need to be considered as an aspect of the biomimetic promise. In conclusion, biomimetics has an important role to play in the evolving conceptualisation of sustainability and measures of success needed to integrate science-based targets and the interests of diverse stakeholders.
Abstract.
DOI.
Adams R, Jeanrenaud S, Bessant J, Denyer D, Overy P (2016). Sustainability-oriented Innovation: a Systematic Review.
International Journal of Management Reviews,
18(2), 180-205.
Abstract:
Sustainability-oriented Innovation: a Systematic Review
This paper is intended as a contribution to the ongoing conceptual development of sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI) and provides initial guidance on becoming and being sustainable. The authors organize and integrate the diverse body of empirical literature relating to SOI and, in doing so, develop a synthesized conceptual framework onto which SOI practices and processes can be mapped. Sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values, as well as to its products, processes or practices to serve the specific purpose of creating and realizing social and environmental value in addition to economic returns. A critical reading of previous literature relating to environmental management and sustainability reveals how little attention has been paid to SOI, and what exists is only partial. In a review of 100 scholarly articles and 27 grey sources drawn from the period of the three Earth Summits (1992, 2002 and 2012), the authors address four specific deficiencies that have given rise to these limitations: the meaning of SOI; how it has been conceptualized; its treatment as a dichotomous phenomenon; and a general failure to reflect more contemporary practices. The authors adopt a framework synthesis approach involving first constructing an initial architecture of the landscape grounded in previous studies, which is subsequently iteratively tested, shaped, refined and reinforced into a model of SOI with data drawn from included studies: so advancing theoretical development in the field of SOI.
Abstract.
DOI.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Adarves-Yorno, I, Forsans, N (2015). Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy.
Building Sustainable Legacies(5. Reframing the Game: the Transition to a. New Sustainable Economy).
Abstract:
Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Exeter’s One Planet MBA (OP MBA), co-founded and delivered with WWF International, is helping develop a new generation of business leaders, integrating sustainability thinking across its business education curriculum, and fostering a “One Planet Mindset”. But what is a One Planet Mindset? and what is its significance in a transition to a sustainable economy? This paper draws on the sustainability and management literature, and explorations with students to offer some preliminary reflections on these questions. It makes the case that a One Planet Mindset aggregates knowledge, values and skills which help deliver positive outcomes for people, planet and prosperity. It engages a new metaphor of nature as a living planet – one that recognizes that the health of the economy is rooted in, and not independent of, living planetary systems. Such a mindset provides a powerful lever for transforming, self, business and society in the contested transition to a sustainable economy.
Abstract.
Seebode D, Jeanrenaud S, Bessant J (2012). Managing innovation for sustainability.
R and D Management,
42(3), 195-206.
Abstract:
Managing innovation for sustainability
'Sustainability' is a major and growing driver of business change. Its implications for innovation are clear - living and working in a world of up to 9 billion people with rising expectations, providing energy, food and resource security, dealing with climate change, ecosystem degradation, a widening economic divide and a host of other interdependent issues will require massive change in products, services, processes, marketing approaches and the underlying business models which frame them. The focus of this paper is to develop an understanding of new approaches to innovation management required to take account of the growing pressures and emerging opportunities in the 'sustainability' agenda. In particular, it draws on case studies of a variety of organisations to help answer the question of what practical actions might be taken beyond the rhetoric of moving towards greater sustainability or 'greening' of business. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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DOI.
Chapters
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2018). Navigating the Anthropocene: Insights from the Wisdom of the Corpus Hermeticum. In Crumplin M-A (Ed)
Deep Philosophy, Deep Ecology, UK: Prometheus Trust, 117-145.
Abstract:
Navigating the Anthropocene: Insights from the Wisdom of the Corpus Hermeticum.
Abstract.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2018). The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future. In Mabey C, Knights D (Eds.)
Leadership Matters? Finding Voice, Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century, New York & London: Routledge, 17-33.
Abstract:
The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future
Abstract.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2017). Challenging. In Sustainable Business: a One Planet Approach. In Jeanrenaud S, Jeanrenaud J-P, Gosling J (Eds.) Sustainable Business. A One Planet Approach, Chichester: Wiley, 1-51.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2017). Changing: Towards a One Planet Approach. In (Ed) Sustainable Business. A One Planet Approach, Chichester: Wiley, 53-86.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2017). The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future. In Mabey C (Ed) Leadership Matters? Finding Voice, Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century, London: Routledge.
Blaikie P, Jeanrenaud S (2013). Biodiversity and human welfare. In (Ed)
Social Change and Conservation, 46-70.
DOI.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Fisher R, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E (2010). Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power. In Roe D, Elliott J (Eds.) The Earthscan Reader in Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation, Earthscan / James & James, 27-41.
Reports
Jeanrenaud SJ (2016). European Policy Brief. Innovation for Sustainability. Implications for Public Policy. ABIS, Brussels, Belgium, ABIS. 7 pages.
Jeanrenaud SJ, von Stamm, B, Ernst, D (2014).
Towards Sustainability Oriented Innovation: Insights from the Sustainable Innovation Lab (SusIN Lab). XXV ISPIM Conference, Dublin, Ireland 8-11 June, ISPIM.
Abstract:
Towards Sustainability Oriented Innovation: Insights from the Sustainable Innovation Lab (SusIN Lab)
Abstract.
Howard MB, Jeanrenaud S, Correia F (2012). Desso and the Cradle to Cradle Challenge: Rethinking Carpet as a Closed Loop Supply System. Cranfield, UK, European Case Clearing House (ECCH).
Bessant J, Adams RJ, Jeanrenaud S, Overy PC, Denyer D (2012).
Innovating for sustainability: a systematic review of the body of knowledge. Network for Business Sustainability, London, Ontario, Canada, Network for Business Sustainability.
Abstract:
Innovating for sustainability: a systematic review of the body of knowledge
Abstract.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2008). The Future of Sustainability. Have your say!. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, IUCN.
Publications by year
2018
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2018). Navigating the Anthropocene: Insights from the Wisdom of the Corpus Hermeticum. In Crumplin M-A (Ed)
Deep Philosophy, Deep Ecology, UK: Prometheus Trust, 117-145.
Abstract:
Navigating the Anthropocene: Insights from the Wisdom of the Corpus Hermeticum.
Abstract.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2018). The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future. In Mabey C, Knights D (Eds.)
Leadership Matters? Finding Voice, Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century, New York & London: Routledge, 17-33.
Abstract:
The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future
Abstract.
2017
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P (2017). Challenging. In Sustainable Business: a One Planet Approach. In Jeanrenaud S, Jeanrenaud J-P, Gosling J (Eds.) Sustainable Business. A One Planet Approach, Chichester: Wiley, 1-51.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2017). Changing: Towards a One Planet Approach. In (Ed) Sustainable Business. A One Planet Approach, Chichester: Wiley, 53-86.
Jeanrenaud SJ, Jeanrenaud J-P, Gosling J (eds)(2017). Sustainable Business: a One Planet Approach. Chichester, UK, Wiley.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2017). The Mindful Promise: Leading with Integrity for a Sustainable Future. In Mabey C (Ed) Leadership Matters? Finding Voice, Connection and Meaning in the 21st Century, London: Routledge.
Mead T, Jeanrenaud S (2017). The elephant in the room: biomimetics and sustainability?.
Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials,
6(2), 113-121.
Abstract:
The elephant in the room: biomimetics and sustainability?
Biomimetics, with diverse origins, has generated a ‘biomimetic promise’ of sustainable design solutions. This promise posits that biological systems are inherently sustainable and emulating these time-tested patterns will result in optimal sustainability characteristics. However, this has rarely been empirically explored and there is little understanding of how biomimetic practitioners are assessing sustainability impacts. This paper examines connections between biomimetic innovation and sustainability theory and investigates how practitioners are approaching sustainability issues. It includes (a) a review of concepts connecting sustainability and biomimetic innovation, highlighting epistemological disparities among disciplines, and (b) an exploratory survey examining practitioners’ use and views of biomimetics for sustainability-oriented innovation. Four findings are that (a) practitioners use a variety of sustainability frameworks with no established system of accountability; (b) there is a disconnection between biomimetics and sustainability agendas at multiple levels; (c) biomimetics is creating new narratives of sustainability; and (d) epistemological variations in biomimetics research and practice contribute to the variety of conceptions of sustainability and need to be considered as an aspect of the biomimetic promise. In conclusion, biomimetics has an important role to play in the evolving conceptualisation of sustainability and measures of success needed to integrate science-based targets and the interests of diverse stakeholders.
Abstract.
DOI.
2016
Jeanrenaud SJ (2016). European Policy Brief. Innovation for Sustainability. Implications for Public Policy. ABIS, Brussels, Belgium, ABIS. 7 pages.
Adams R, Jeanrenaud S, Bessant J, Denyer D, Overy P (2016). Sustainability-oriented Innovation: a Systematic Review.
International Journal of Management Reviews,
18(2), 180-205.
Abstract:
Sustainability-oriented Innovation: a Systematic Review
This paper is intended as a contribution to the ongoing conceptual development of sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI) and provides initial guidance on becoming and being sustainable. The authors organize and integrate the diverse body of empirical literature relating to SOI and, in doing so, develop a synthesized conceptual framework onto which SOI practices and processes can be mapped. Sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values, as well as to its products, processes or practices to serve the specific purpose of creating and realizing social and environmental value in addition to economic returns. A critical reading of previous literature relating to environmental management and sustainability reveals how little attention has been paid to SOI, and what exists is only partial. In a review of 100 scholarly articles and 27 grey sources drawn from the period of the three Earth Summits (1992, 2002 and 2012), the authors address four specific deficiencies that have given rise to these limitations: the meaning of SOI; how it has been conceptualized; its treatment as a dichotomous phenomenon; and a general failure to reflect more contemporary practices. The authors adopt a framework synthesis approach involving first constructing an initial architecture of the landscape grounded in previous studies, which is subsequently iteratively tested, shaped, refined and reinforced into a model of SOI with data drawn from included studies: so advancing theoretical development in the field of SOI.
Abstract.
DOI.
2015
Jeanrenaud SJ, Adarves-Yorno, I, Forsans, N (2015). Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy.
Building Sustainable Legacies(5. Reframing the Game: the Transition to a. New Sustainable Economy).
Abstract:
Exploring a One Planet Mindset and its Relevance in a Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Exeter’s One Planet MBA (OP MBA), co-founded and delivered with WWF International, is helping develop a new generation of business leaders, integrating sustainability thinking across its business education curriculum, and fostering a “One Planet Mindset”. But what is a One Planet Mindset? and what is its significance in a transition to a sustainable economy? This paper draws on the sustainability and management literature, and explorations with students to offer some preliminary reflections on these questions. It makes the case that a One Planet Mindset aggregates knowledge, values and skills which help deliver positive outcomes for people, planet and prosperity. It engages a new metaphor of nature as a living planet – one that recognizes that the health of the economy is rooted in, and not independent of, living planetary systems. Such a mindset provides a powerful lever for transforming, self, business and society in the contested transition to a sustainable economy.
Abstract.
2014
Jeanrenaud SJ, von Stamm, B, Ernst, D (2014).
Towards Sustainability Oriented Innovation: Insights from the Sustainable Innovation Lab (SusIN Lab). XXV ISPIM Conference, Dublin, Ireland 8-11 June, ISPIM.
Abstract:
Towards Sustainability Oriented Innovation: Insights from the Sustainable Innovation Lab (SusIN Lab)
Abstract.
2013
Blaikie P, Jeanrenaud S (2013). Biodiversity and human welfare. In (Ed)
Social Change and Conservation, 46-70.
DOI.
2012
Howard MB, Jeanrenaud S, Correia F (2012). Desso and the Cradle to Cradle Challenge: Rethinking Carpet as a Closed Loop Supply System. Cranfield, UK, European Case Clearing House (ECCH).
Bessant J, Adams RJ, Jeanrenaud S, Overy PC, Denyer D (2012).
Innovating for sustainability: a systematic review of the body of knowledge. Network for Business Sustainability, London, Ontario, Canada, Network for Business Sustainability.
Abstract:
Innovating for sustainability: a systematic review of the body of knowledge
Abstract.
Seebode D, Jeanrenaud S, Bessant J (2012). Managing innovation for sustainability.
R and D Management,
42(3), 195-206.
Abstract:
Managing innovation for sustainability
'Sustainability' is a major and growing driver of business change. Its implications for innovation are clear - living and working in a world of up to 9 billion people with rising expectations, providing energy, food and resource security, dealing with climate change, ecosystem degradation, a widening economic divide and a host of other interdependent issues will require massive change in products, services, processes, marketing approaches and the underlying business models which frame them. The focus of this paper is to develop an understanding of new approaches to innovation management required to take account of the growing pressures and emerging opportunities in the 'sustainability' agenda. In particular, it draws on case studies of a variety of organisations to help answer the question of what practical actions might be taken beyond the rhetoric of moving towards greater sustainability or 'greening' of business. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Abstract.
DOI.
2010
Jeanrenaud SJ, Fisher R, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E (2010). Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power. In Roe D, Elliott J (Eds.) The Earthscan Reader in Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation, Earthscan / James & James, 27-41.
2008
Fisher RJ, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E, Jeanrenaud SJ (2008).
Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power., Earthscan / James & James.
Abstract:
Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power
Abstract.
Jeanrenaud SJ (2008). The Future of Sustainability. Have your say!. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, IUCN.
Adams WM, Jeanrenaud SJ (2008).
Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World., World Conservation Union.
Abstract:
Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Humane and Diverse World
Abstract.
2005
Fisher RJ, Maginnis S, Jackson W, Barrow E, Jeanrenaud SJ (2005). Poverty and Conservation. Landscapes, People and Power., Gland: the World Conservation Union.
2002
Jeanrenaud SJ (2002). People-Oriented Approaches in Global Conservation: is the leopard changing its spots?. London, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
2001
Jeanrenaud S (2001).
Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe a Regional Profile of WG-CIFM the Working Group on Community Involvement in Forest Management., IUCN.
Abstract:
Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe a Regional Profile of WG-CIFM the Working Group on Community Involvement in Forest Management
Abstract.
