AI and the hidden climate cost of ‘dark data’

Don’t be a mixed-up chameleon! How to prioritize your ESG issues

27 June 2022 • by Achim Hupperts, Jan Van der Kaaij in Sustainability • 8 min read

Making materiality the cornerstone of your sustainability strategy will help you to prioritize ESG issues to ensure they drive a business strategy that benefits both your organization and society...

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Carrots and sticks needed to speed up the green business transformation

20 June 2022 • by Kamiar Mohaddes, Knut Haanaes, Marya L. Besharov in Sustainability • 7 min read

Government incentives to promote green technology and collaboration between startups and established companies will help accelerate the transformation to net zero, experts said in the latest Business Schools for Climate Leadership webinar....

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ESG guidelines seem innocuous enough, so why the backlash?

20 June 2022 • by Jerry Davis in Sustainability • 7 min read

Environmental, social and governance measures have become a central battleground over the purpose of a corporation and who gets to exercise control. ...

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‘Gigacorns’: funding the world’s climate unicorns

25 May 2022 • by Salvatore Cantale in Sustainability • 6 min read

Venture capitalists are making risky bets on startups they think have the potential to play a role in the global fight against climate change...

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Gracious growth: managing the trade-off between sustainability and expansion

12 May 2022 • by Niccolò Pisani, Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, Paolo Taticchi, Tazeeb Rajwani in Sustainability • 11 min read

In the rush to sign up to the sustainability agenda, companies face a dilemma: how to balance the adoption of sustainable practices with delivering growth. ...

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Everyone loves a win-win story but it’s time to get real 

12 May 2022 • by Michael Yaziji in Sustainability • 10 min read

Welcome to the Iconoclast, the first in a series of columns intended to challenge the status quo. Not always giving answers, not always right, but smartly challenging our own assumptions, actions, organizations,...

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Financing the next generation of entrepreneurs

9 May 2022 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 5 min read

Investors and entrepreneurs need to build personal relationships to collectively drive innovation...

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Skyrocketing energy costs make decarbonization a business imperative

6 May 2022 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 5 min read

Soaring oil and gas prices are a major challenge for businesses, but the energy crisis is creating new economic opportunities as well...

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Developing your sustainability strategy: choice of ambition and phasing the transition

28 April 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Sustainability • 9 min read

Bettina Büchel explores how both setting sustainability ambitions and managing their transition is key to future prosperity. ...

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Five steps to increase the integrity of corporate net zero pledges

22 April 2022 • by Natalia Olynec in Sustainability • 6 min read

Corporate net zero strategies lack teeth, say IMD experts. To translate pledges into action, firms must commit to realistic intermediary targets, rethink their value chains and shift to a long-term mindset....

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