How to succeed as an enterprise co-pilot: Three priorities for the modern CFO
Schindler CFO Carla De Geyseleer explains how today’s CFO acts as a strategic co-pilot, uses sustainability to drive growth, and develops future finance leaders....
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The hidden rules of green innovation: What leaders get wrong about regulation
Environmental policy doesn’t drive green innovation equally everywhere. Our research shows it falters in advanced economies, accelerates innovation in emerging ones, and relies on informal networks where formal institutions fall short....
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Endress+Hauser: How to future-proof a 70-year-old market leader
February 17, 2026 • by Goutam Challagalla in Sustainability • 1 min read • 
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Family ownership, strategic paranoia, and integrated sustainability: Matthias Altendorf on future-proofing global market leader Endress+Hauser....
Audio availableHolcim’s Ram Muthu: Can circular construction scale?
January 27, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 2 min read • Podcast available
Holcim’s Ram Muthu on circularity, EU regulation, and what it really takes to decarbonize cement at industrial scale....
WEF Unplugged: Geopolitics, sustainability, and a look behind the scenes
January 23, 2026 • by David Bach, Julia Binder in Sustainability • 1 min read • Podcast available
Live from Davos: IMD’s Julia Binder and David Bach cut through the headlines on geopolitics, AI, energy – and competing visions for the international order....
The good, the bad, and the ugly: What big energy and utilities players tell us about the new sustainability reporting regime
First-year CSRD and ESRS disclosures boost transparency in energy and utilities, but early evidence shows compliance is outweighing strategic insight....
Inside the transition, with Pictet’s Marie-Laure Schaufelberger
January 13, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 2 min read • Podcast available
IMD’s Inside the Transition hosts Pictet CSO Marie-Laure Schaufelberger to explore how finance drives the energy transition and ESG strategies....
Hapag Lloyd CEO: What does resilience look like when trade routes break?
January 8, 2026 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Sustainability • 1 min read • Podcast available
In this episode of Leaders Unplugged, IMD President David Bach speaks with Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, about leading a global shipping giant through geopolitical tension, climate pressure, and permanent uncertainty,...
Sustainability trends businesses must watch in 2026
In 2026, sustainability moves from lofty ambition to hard-nosed execution, driving resilience, competitiveness, and real business value. From circularity to AI-enabled energy systems and sustainable product design, IMD experts see action taking...
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