François Lépineux is independent researcher and writer in the fields of transition and spirituality. He is former professor at ESC Rennes School of Business (Brittany, France), where he was in charge of the CANON Chair “Foresight and the Common Good” and Head of the Centre for Responsible Business. He is co-founder and past-president of ADERSE, the French academic association on CSR. After graduating from HEC Paris School of Management in 1990, he has carried on various research and consulting activities.  He received his PhD in Management Science at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM, Paris). He has co-edited two books with Professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies:  "Finance for a Better World: The Shift Toward Sustainability" (2009. London, Palgrave Macmillan) and "Business, Globalization and the Common Good" (2009. Oxford, Peter Lang Academic Publishers). He is co-author of the first handbook on CSR in French.