# Ioannis Ioannou

Top podcast episodes
Updated:

#78 Insights from a Global ESG influencer, Professor Ioannis Ioannou London Business School

Professor Ioannis Ioannou joins Purposely to share his thoughts on ESG and sustainability. Ioannis is respected and renowned strategy scholar whose research focuses on sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Purposely caught up with Ioannis while he was in on sabbatical in Miami a…

Understanding Environmental, Social and Governance strategies with Prof. Ioannis Ioannou (18.01.23)

Professor Ioannis Ioannou, Strategy Expert at London Business School talks to Morning Majlis about the importance of devising the right ESG strategy. We also discuss the UAE's plans to host COP 28 and its significance for the UAE's clean energy targets

The rise of the responsible corporation | Ioannis Ioannou | Event audio

Why it pays to be socially responsible in business. Professor Ioannis Ioannou explains, at the Private Equity Symposium event, LBS, 2018

Taking Stock of Sustainability Disruption: Prof. Ioannis Ioannou’s Groundbreaking Research

Let us extend a warm welcome to Prof. Ioannis Ioannou as he joins us on our podcast. Prof. Ioannis is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and is a prominent scholar in the field of strategy, with a research focus on Sustainability and Corporate Social …

Ioannis Ioannou, London Business School, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

In this episode our guest is Ioannis Ioannou, a tenured professor at London Business School and a globally recognised thought leader on the role of business in society. Ioannis is a graduate of Yale and Harvard, with a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard Business School and has been shaping th…

Professor Ioannis Ioannou: Why there is no such thing as a sustainable company (it's complicated...)

In this ESG Quick Takes episode, host Isabel Verkes speaks to Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, and a world-leading expert in sustainability leadership and corporate responsibility. During the episode, Ioannis explains the evolution of …

Rethinking the Corporate Sustainability Agenda

In this episode, Chris, Mark, and David talk to Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, about his emerging thinking on "aligned capitalism" and "trapped competencies." They also discuss why building better business cases for sustainable busin…

Beyond greenwashing: How ESG became a corporate battleground

As political backlash against the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework intensifies, the real questions facing corporate leaders are no longer about terminology or disclosure but about strategy, legitimacy, and resilience. Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepre…

Aligned capitalism: Rewiring finance for a sustainable future

Is the transition to a sustainable economy happening to us or because of us? Associate Professor Ioannis Ioannou (London Business School) joins host Kate Webber to unpack the recent ESG backlash and why today’s “disorderly transition” must become an orderly one. We explore how investors can push ma…

Can Investors Get Sustainability Right in 2026?

In this wide-ranging and timely episode of Sustainability Wired, host Lorenzo Sáa is joined by Ioannis Ioannou, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. The pair reflect on what the ESG backlash of 2025 has revealed, and what it means for investors, companies,…