The six authors of the paper, A new mindset for corporate sustainability, decided to put their words into action and write the paper via TelePresence video conferencing, saving time and greatly reducing their impact on the environment. Learn more about them here.


Dr Mark Lemon  
Centre for Resource Management and Efficiency at Cranfield University, UK
Mark Lemon is a social scientist with the Centre for Resource Management and Efficiency at Cranfield University in the UK. He is course director of the Masters in Innovation and Design for Sustainability and has research interests in a range of policy relevant issues relating to the human – technical interface particularly as it affects sustainable development and the natural environment. Within this area of sustainable development research he has focused on the factors that influence organisational culture, knowledge management and the way that multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams define and respond to a wide range of environmental problems.  
Dr Miguel Ángel Rodriguez 
IESE Business School University of Navarra, Spain
Miguel Angel Rodriguez is Director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab and lecturer in the department of general management at IESE Business School. His areas of interest include business and sustainable development, corporate responsibility, strategic management and corporate governance. Miguel A. rodriguez's most recent book is The Sustainable Enterprise: Learning from DJSI Leaders (2005) and Handbook of the Responsible and Sustainable Enterprise, McGraw Hill, in press (forthcoming in 2008).
Professor David Grayson 
Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University, UK
In April 2007, David became Chair of Corporate Responsibility, and founding director of the Doughty Centre for Responsible Business. His major research focus is on how businesses successfully embed a genuine commitment to Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility; and how this can become a source of creativity and innovation, producing new business opportunities. Speeches, articles and other resources are regularly posted at (www.davidgrayson.net).
Professor Sarah Slaughter 
Sloan Management School Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Slaughter is currently Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management, coordinating the Sustainable Business Laboratory. She also works with companies and public organizations on sustainability and disaster resiliency of infrastructure and the built environment. Professor Slaughter has published over 50 articles and books, and has served on numerous international and national committees related to infrastructure and the built environment.
Professor Simon Tay
Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs
A world-renowned lawyer, political adviser and environmental policy expert, Professor Simon S.C. Tay teaches international law at the University of Singapore, and is Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. As well as being leading figure in Singapore public life - he served three terms as a Nominated Member of the Singapore Parliament, and has sat on numerous government boards and committees - he has gained an international reputation for his work on environmental and human rights issues.


Professor Zhouying Jin
Beijing Academy of Soft Technology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Zhouying Jin is a senior researcher and professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and a Director of Center for Technology Innovation and Strategy Studies (CTISS) of CASS. She is president and founder for the Beijing Academy of Soft Technology. She is also Chairman and founder of the Future 500 (China). Over the past fifteen years she has led more than 20 important projects, of which 16 projects have been mandated by central government ministries, Chinese academy of social sciences, or international organizations.