Prof. Ioannou speaks to India's The Smart Manager About Sustainability

Key idea: Corporations can no longer pay mere lip service to creating sustainable business practices and impactful corporate social responsibility policies. Today, to remain competitive in the long-ru...
February 11, 2014

Prof. Ioannou's interview with Accenture's Institute for High Performance

Doctor Ioannis Ioannou is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, specialising in sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Tim Cooper interviewed him...
December 4, 2013

Read "Changing the World" in Special Edition of BSR

Companies increasingly want to change the world and make a profit. Ioannis Ioannou and Heather Hancock survey the new reality. Against the current backdrop of threats to public budgets, systemic ma...
October 21, 2013

HRH Prince Charles cites our work on Sustainable Organisations

The Prince of Wales has told the pensions industry to use a longer-term investing approach or risk a "miserable future" for the next generation. He warned a National Association of Pens...
October 17, 2013

Make Some Noise: New article in SalterBaxter's Directions 2013

Greenwash has become a byword for the worst kind of sustainability strategy – all talk and no action. But have we thrown the baby out with the green bathwater? There may...
October 11, 2013

Prof Ioannou shortlisted: Thinkers 50 Future Thinker Award!

The Thinkers50 Awards were added in 2011 to recognise the exceptional contributions of individual thinkers in a number of categories. The Thinkers50 Awards have been described as “the Oscars of ...
September 6, 2013

LBS AlumniNews: The Future's Bright, The Future's Green!

IN APRIL, THE WORLD STOPPED TO PAY its respects to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the high priestess of “red in tooth and claw” neoliberal capitalism. It is hard&nbs...
July 17, 2013

Le Monde discusses our Sustainability paper with G. Serafeim and B. Eccles!

Robert Eccles et George Serafeim, professeurs à Harvard, et Ioannis Ioannou, professeur à la London Business School, ont étudié l'impact organisationnel des politiques ...
July 13, 2013

Watch: GLS 2013 Panel on the role of capital markets in creating a sustainable economy

Panel overview: Investment is about the future and patterns of investments help determine the type of future we get. As the financial crisis has shown us, bad investment decisions can h...
May 25, 2013

Video Interview: Corporate Social Innovation and the Challenges it Faces

Recently, a very successful and insightful breakfast roundtable took place at London Business School. It was hosted by our Dean, Sir Andrew Likierman, and Deloitte through the Deloitte Institute of In...
May 13, 2013

Biography

Professor Ioannou is a leading expert in sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility whose award-winning academic research provides valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities organizations face when developing sustainable business models. An Associate Professor at London Business School, his work focuses on strategic ESG integration and its implications for businesses and investors. He actively engages with leading companies, boards, and executives as a sought-after speaker, advisor, and author. Deeply involved with practice, he serves on advisory boards including the Sustainability Advisory Panel of Merck KGaA and the ESG Advisory Board of DWS Group. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network. Building on his experience advising organizations, he is interested in contributing further as a Non-Executive Director. His research is published in top journals, he is among the most cited scholars in his field, and he teaches popular courses on sustainability leadership and responsible business.

Upcoming Events

February 20, 2024

Prof. Ioannou will deliver a talk at the Family Office Conference at LBS

March 13, 2024

Prof. Ioannou will be delivering a keynote at CBS Center for Leadership Thinktank in Copenhagen.

March 14, 2024

Prof Ioannou will be keynoting ENGAGE.EU Think Tank 2024 in Bergen, Norway.