Further Reading

In advance of the event, the Re|Source Academic Programme Directors - Professor Sir David King, Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Professor Charles Godfray and Professor Jim Hall - have prepared briefing notes covering our key themes (available to download below).

Separately, for further information and background research please see:

• First Edition of McKinsey & Co.'s Report on Sustainability & Resource Productivity (June 2012)
• Resource Revolution, McKinsey & Co. (November 2011) outlining the pressing need to re-think the management of natural resources (food, energy, water & materials)
• Remanufacturing & Recommerce, London Environment Investment Forum (LEIF) (March 2012)
• Joint Operating Environment Report, United States Joint Forces Command (February 2010) details US military plans to tackle a growing population, increaed strain on energy, food and water globally and the consequences of climate change. JOE highlights the practical implications for the US military and the pragmatic, long-term view which it is taking to mitigate against these risks
• Capitalism for the Long-Term, Dominic Barton of McKinsey in Harvard Business Review (March 2011)
• Foresight. The Future of Food and Farming (2011) Final Project Report, The Government Office for Science, London (January 2011)
• Expect the Unexpected: Building business value in a changing world, KPMG (February 2012)
• Aspen Institute - Aspen Principles for Long-Term Value Creation – consensus building among investors, companies and corporate governance professionals that a long-term focus is central to long-term value creation. Subscribers include Pepsico, Pfizer, Calpers and Calstrs
• Paul Polman (CEO of Unilever) on the necessity of long-term thinking and the need to decouple environmental destruction and economic growth
• Forum for the Future & Friends Provident Foundation – Overcoming the Barriers to Long-Term Thinking in Financial Markets (July 2011)
• BP Energy Outlook 2030 (2012) provides a brief overview of current sources of energy, trends and future expectations
• Joint IEA/OECD Report on Fossil Fuel Subsidies (November 2011)
• World Energy Outlook 2011, International Energy Agency (IEA)
• The 4th edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR4), ‘Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk’
• Water Security: The Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus from the World Economic Forum, edited by Dominic Waughray
• Kay Review - UK equity markets and long-term decision making
• The Short Long - Andrew Haldane at the Bank of England (May 2011)
• Generation Investment Management - Sustainable Capitalism (February 2012)