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Rethinking sustainability: Why customer value comes first
A new book challenges the conventional belief that sustainability alone drives customer purchases. In a webinar hosted by Karl Schmedders, the book’s co-author, Goutam Challagalla, explains how companies can make sustainability...
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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....
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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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