Jem Bendell is an activist, researcher, consultant and writer on globalisation issues. He has published two books and many articles on corporate responsibility and consults with inter-governmental, non-governmental and corporate clients on related issues. For a number of years Jem has been combining work on the inside with grassroots activism. www.jembendell.com.

Rupesh Shah works for the New Academy of Business as an action researcher, looking into the engagement between powerful actors as part of a transition for sustainable development and the emergence of a participatory worldview. www.new-academy.ac.uk.

Mark Young is a director of Future Considerations, where he consultants, trains and facilitates in the areas of change management, leadership development, embedding sustainability and diversity. His work in the corporate responsibility area includes facilitating large and small groups, and helping corporates mainstream sustainable devleopment in their organisational culture, structures and processes. www.futureconsiderations.com

Wayne Visser is currently engaged in doctoral research at Nottingham University Business School's International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. Before this he was Director of Sustainability Services at KPMG in South Africa, where he consulted to multinationals on their social, environmental and ethical policies and practices. He is the author of 'South Africa: Reasons to Believe' (with Guy Lundy, Aardvark Press, 2003) and 'Beyond Reasonable Greed: Why Sustainable Business is a Much Better Idea!' (with Clem Sunter, Human & Rousseau / Tafelberg, 2002).

Tim Concannon is a writer, a researcher for campaigning organisations including Friends of the Earth, and runs www.stakeholderdemocracy.org. He also designs websites.