Library
Most of r3.0’s work is available to the general public through its library. Below you can find the most recent publications from r3.0.
All documents in this library can be downloadet by clicking on the logo or description.
Blueprints
White Papers
White Papers derive from r3.0’s collaboration wit other partners in the r3.0 community and tackle specific issues. They are particularly valuable as necessary clarifications in the strive from degeneration to regeneration & thriving, and they serve as prompters for necessary changes in the set of r3.0 Blueprints, whenever a new round of updates is planned. The first Whitepaper ‚From Monocapitalism to Multicapitalism‘, written by r3.0 Senior Director Bill Baue in collaboration with the IIRC, will support adaptation of various Blueprints in r3.0’s first review round starting 2022.
r3.0 White Paper #1 – 2020 – From Monocapitalism to Multicapitalism
Opinion Papers
Opinion Papers are structuring certain viewpoints into a condensed and concise design. These viewpoints can come from r3.0 staff and were communicated elsewhere before, or can generally come from anybody in the r3.0 community that wants to use this format for making a contribution to the field of transformations towards regeneration and thriving. We invite our community to come forward if they are interested to work with us on an Opinion Paper. The first Opinion Paper by r3.0 Managing Director Ralph Thurm presents his successful Linkedin series ’The Big Sustainability Illusion’, and pulls all four parts together in one r3.0 design format.
r3.0 Opinion Paper #1 – March 2021 – Ralph Thurm – The Big Sustainability Illusion
r3.0 Opinion Paper #2 – September 2021 – Ralph Thurm & Bill Baue – WEAll Maturation Pathways
Case Studies
Case Studies will add a third and last component of +Maverick Thinking, namely direct application of r3.0’s knowledge for practical use. This will strengthen the use of r3.0’s backcasting approach and how transformation can be tackled in necessary ways. r3.0 invites its partners to come forward with case study ideas. A first case study will be released in the next couple of months, using the SBTi formal complaint that r3.0 Senior Director Bill Baue currently leads as a first case.
r3.0 Case Study #1- March 2022 – Ralph Thurm & Sophia Orbach – The first true Sustainability Report?
Common Good Resources
To achieve a regenerative & distributive economy, r3.0 regularly addresses shortcomings and systemic failures of certain players in influential positions of the current economic system design. We document our approaches towards interaction with these players in this part of our website. They form input for all those that want to delve deeper into research or develop action against these shortcomings or failures. These resources should also make clear that all approaches r3.0 has chosen are based on research grounded in scientific evidence, ethical norms, and sound reasoning. We see these resources as a common good, freely available for everyone.
The Lost Decade: Sustainability Standards Sabotage Sustainability, September 2023 – Bill Baue’
Sustainability Context Bibliography, March 2023 – Bill Baue
Science-Based Targets Inquiry, March 2023 – Bill Baue
Reports
UNRISD Synthesis Report
2019 Conference Report
2018 Conference Report
2017 Conference Report
2015 Conference Report
2014 Conference Report
Blogs
MEDIUM articles
Ralph leads r3.0, a pre-competitive non-profit delivering Blueprints for reporting, data, accounting & integral business models for regenerative capitalism.
The Lighthouse Keeper Articles on LinkedIn
Read articles here
Presentations
Bioregional Carrying Capacities – Pluriversal MRV – OpenCivics Network Assembly 5-19-2026 – Bill Baue
ESG Summit, Bonn, Germany (11-26-2025) – Ralph Thurm r3.0 Keynote
ESG Summit, Bonn, Germany (11-26-2025) – Ralph Thurm r3.0 Breakout
ESG Summit, Bonn, Germany (11-12-24) – Ralph Thurm r3.0 Keynote
RSD presentation by Bill Baue and Randy Sa’d – October 2024
r3.0 – Open Dialogue 5 – with Joe Brewer and Avit Bhowmik May 9 2024 – Negative and Positive Tipping Point Dynamics
r3.0 – Open Dialogue 4 – The Sustainability Context Gap
Ralph Thurm – Keynote at THWS Schweinfurt – StudyFAB, April 2024
Ralph Thurm – Introductory Presentation 3rd Open Dialog Session with Jem Bendell, April 2024
Bill Baue – UNRISD SDPI Webinar 3-26-2024
CRVBC Compiled Presentations – 3-17-24 Final
Bill Baue – Lost Decade – 2-14-24 FEI Presentation
2nd Open Dialog Session 2-12-2024 – Planetary Commons
ESBs Dialogue 1-22-2024
Presentation Bill Baue – Audencia Multicapital Accounting Workshop – November 2023
December 2, 2022 B.A.U.M. Online Meeting on ‚True‘ Sustainability Reporting
On December 2, a group of about 40 members of B.A.U.M. (Germany’s biggest membership association of environmentally oriented businesses) convened a 90 minute workshop on how to best organise a sustainability reporting process using the UN SDPI, the EU ESRS and GRI. Ralph presented the UN SDPI and ESRS findings and synchronising them for best assessments of true sustainability performance.
November, 2022 Bioregional Doughnuts Session at Bioregional Regeneration Summit
As a member of the Regenerative Communities Network (as a Systems Convener of the Connecticut River Valley Bioregional Collaborative), r3.0 served as a sponsor of the Bioregional Regeneration Summit. As well, r3.0 Senior Director Bill Baue organized a session on Bioregional Doughnuts, using the opportunity to introduce the UNRISD Sustainable Development Performance Indicators as a means of assessing bioregional respect for sustainability thresholds.
April 20, 2022 S-HUB Norway
This is a combined keynote and workshop presentation by Ralph Thurm, held at the 2022 S-Hub Norway Conference in Oslo, looking at shortcomings of ESG and necessary steps towards a System Value Economy.
November 12, 2021 GLS Bank
The GLS Bank’s reporting approach combines the r3.0 ‘New Impetus’ of sustainability reporting and the UNRISD set of context-based indicators (GLS Bank was a pilot project partner) in a unique way. A presentation given by Jan Köpper (GLS Bank) and Ralph Thurm (r3.0).
November 9, 2021 CSO-Integrate 21 Conference
Bill & Mark McElroy are asking the question “when is Sustainability sustainable”?
June 11, 2021 Regenerative Platforms Conference
Bill & Ralph presented on the shift from Sustainability to Regeneration & Thriving in a breakout of the Regenerative Platforms Sense-Making Session
May 19, 2021 CSEAR-EMAN Conference
Bill keynoted the Center for Social & Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) / Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) Conference with a presentation on “Anthropocene Accounting: Multicapital Value Creation.”
July 1-3, 2019 New Business Model Conference, Berlin
r3.0 Managing Director Ralph Thurm presented the r3.0 Transformation Journey setup at the 4th New Business Model Conference in Berlin on July 1-3, 2019.
August 16,2018 Co-op Power, Florence, Massachusetts
Bill presented on Sustainable Business Models for the New Economy at Co-op Power in Florence, Massachusetts on 16 August with its CEO Lynn Benander, who also reprised her presentation of the Co-op Power business model incubation process.
You can also watch the presentation video here.
June 27/28, 2018 New Business Model Conference, Sofia
Ralph spoke at the 3rd New Business Model Conference in Sofia, presenting the New Business Models Blueprintand the Transformation Journey Blueprint. The New Business Models Conference is instigated by a group of European Universities and invites papers on the topic of sustainable business model design. r3.0 recruited various academic participants from this group for the development of the New Business Model Blueprint.
June 25, Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs 2018 Annual General Meeting, Brussel
June 6, 2018 Sustainable Brand Conference, Vancouver
Other r3.0 Publications
Thrive – Fundamentals for a New Economy: Book Chapter by r3.0, 2021
Ralph Thurm “Der Tagesspiegel”, 17.02.2022
Reporting 3.0 Information Brochure 2018
Thomson Reuters Article
EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: From Monocapitalism to Multicapitalism: 21st Century System Value Creation
r3.0 BASIC Event (February 2018)
Bill and Ralph gave a presentation entitled “ESG’s Illusions of Progress & Necessary Transformation,” echoing the quote by r3.0 Steering Board Member Brendan LeBlanc of EY: “The only thing more dangerous than no progress is the illusion of progress” at February 14, 2018 in Boston. Please feel free to share widely.
SB Ebook
After posting r3.0’s ten-part article series, Sustainable Brands bundled the articles together into an eBook that it recently published. The eBook includes Forewords by SB Founder Koann Vikoren Skrzyniarz and Global Reporting Initiative Co-Founder (and Progressive Democrat Candidate for Masssachusetts Governor) Bob Massie.
GTAC Concept Note
We have been working closely with GRI Co-Founder Allen White, in his role as r3.0 Advocation Partner, to draft a Concept Note proposing a Global Thresholds & Allocations Council (GTAC) that can deliver validated thresholds and off-the-shelf allocation methodologies. Please see the Concept Note to get more information about the GTAC.
Videos
2020
Videos from the Conference 2020 can be found here. Video are available on a “pay-as-you-value-it” basis.
2019
Aftermovie r3.0 Conference 2019 High resolution
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Intro
Speaker: Ralph Thurm
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Village 1
Speaker: Volkert Engelsman – EOSTA
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Journey 1
Speakers: Lois Guthrie – WBCSD and Adam Garfunkel – Junxion
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Sherpa 1 & 2
Speakers Sherpa 1: Andy Whitman – Manomet and Willem Ferwerda – Commonland
Speakers Sherpa 2: Andew Simms – The Rapid Transition Alliance and Kees Klomp – THRIVE Institute
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Journey 2
Speakers: Martina Prox – FSLCI, Marcia Bos – Salut, Magdalena Matei – Scale of Significance and Erik Friedeberg – Manifesto
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 1 Village 2
Speakers: Laura Palmeiro – UN Global Compact, Mark Gough – Natural Capital Coalition and Michal Shinwell – OECD
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Village 3
Speaker: Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics and Joe Brewer – Capital Institute
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Sherpa 3
Speakers: Tjeerd Krumpelman – ABN AMRO and Adrian de Groot Ruiz – Impact Institute
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Journey 3
Speakers: Lauren Muusse – ING and Mairead Keigher – Shift
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Village 4
Speakers: Richard Howitt – IIRC, Nora Bateson – International Bateson Insititute and Daniel Christian Wahl – Author, Designing Regenerative Cultures
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Sherpa 4
Speakers: Kris Douma – UN PRI, Manuel Adamini – Climate Bonds Initiative, Rens van Tilburg – Sustainable Finance Lab and Adam Garfunkel – Junxion
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Village 5
Speakers: Ralph Thurm – r3.0, Bill Baue – r3.0 and Peter Teuscher – BSD Consulting, an ELEVATE Company
r3.0 2019 Conference Day 2 Journey 4
Speakers: Floske Kusse – ING and Stefan Bringezu – UNEP International Resource Panel
2018 & 2017
r3.0 2018 Conference Movie
r3.0 2017 Conference Movie
