I believe the corporation is the only institution pervasive and powerful enough to build a truly inclusive and sustainable future.

Dan M. Gray

EY Global Corporate Responsibility Knowledge Leader

Purpose-driven strategist. Sustainability and social entrepreneurship advocate. Integrative thinker. Author. Storyteller. Rugby fanatic. Amateur chef. Giant.

A fervent believer in business’ potential to become society’s greatest problem solver, Dan has worked at the intersection of brand, strategy and sustainability for more than a decade.

These days, his greatest passion lies in sharing insights from EY’s work with impact entrepreneurs and how this is helping scale some of the best ideas and boldest actions for tackling inequality.

An Edinburgh University graduate, Dan also holds an MBA from Ashridge Business School and is author of Live Long and Prosper: The 55-Minute Guide to Building Sustainable Brands.

How Dan is building a better working world

“For too long, CR and sustainability have been positioned in the wrong psychological boxes – ones labeled ‘green’, ‘doom’, ‘regulation’ and ‘cost’. With every word I write, I hope to help change those labels to ‘longevity’, ‘hope’, ‘innovation’ and ‘long-term value."

Dan's latest thinking

Closing gaps in climate finance

Five to close vital gaps tin service of a diverse and thriving network of entrepreneurial climate innovators. Find out more.

18 Jul 2022 Andrew Gallacher +1

What more can business do to tackle inequality?

What more can business do to embed inclusion of low-income and marginalized communities? Find out in a new inclusive business playbook from Acumen and EY.

24 May 2021 Gillian Hinde +1

How cost analysis dispels myths about container-based sanitation

Container-based sanitation (CBS) reaches places other forms of safely managed sanitation can’t. Now research shows it’s lower cost, too.

19 Nov 2020 Jessie Coates +1

Ways impact enterprises can transform sanitation economy

Lessons from leading sanitation entrepreneurs can help scale better answers to the global sanitation crisis. Learn more.

20 Mar 2020 Jessie Coates +1

Why the world can’t wait for sewers

Achieving equitable sanitation for all by 2030 depends on scaling new models that reach the places conventional sewerage can’t.

18 Nov 2019 Jessie Coates +1
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