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Solutions to ‘dirty’ bitcoin’s growing sustainability challenge

December 3, 2021 • by Salvatore Cantale, Fiorenzo Manganiello in Sustainability • 5 min read

Sustainability Solutions to ‘dirty’ bitcoin’s growing sustainability challenge by Salvatore Cantale, Fiorenzo Manganiello Published December 3, 2021 in Sustainability • 5 min read DownloadSave Cryptocurrencies, the environmental bogeyman, could be a force of...

How business can be a force for good on climate change

November 30, 2021 in Sustainability • 3 min read

Limiting warming well below 2C — the goal of COP26 — is a huge undertaking that’s only possible with the help of businesses....

Opting out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Why businesses are fighting consumerism

November 29, 2021 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 4 min read

Do consumer incentives have negative consequences on people and planet? Julia Binder, Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation at IMD, explores the risks....

Without a just transition, we are heading for disaster

November 26, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 5 min read

The world is more focused than ever on the measures needed to limit climate change and deal with its consequences, but the social impact of these measures — on people's jobs, livelihoods...

Why sustainability targets feel close to mission impossible – and what COOs can do

November 25, 2021 • by Carlos Cordon in Sustainability • 6 min read

Influencing suppliers, complying with regulations and sourcing raw materials has become a bureaucratic and logistical nightmare for chief operating officers....

Have you considered the actual relationship between E, S, and G?

November 23, 2021 • by Christos Cabolis, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 2 min read

ESG are generally lumped together as one set of goals, but they don't always have a symbiotic relationship. Have you looked at the relationships between them?...

The Olympics jumps the first hurdles in race to be sustainable

November 16, 2021 • by Michelle Lemaître in Sustainability • 7 min read

Among the triumphs of the 2020 Tokyo Games were a few firsts that offer lessons in sustainable leadership...

COP26 represents call to action for business leaders

November 15, 2021 • by Julia Binder, Salvatore Cantale, Vanina Farber, Knut Haanaes, Natalia Olynec, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 8 min read

At the UN climate summit, world leaders agreed on three ways to tackle climate change. Some say these moves are not aggressive enough. Here is how business leaders can play a crucial...

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Have you considered the actual relationship between E, S and G?

November 15, 2021 • by Christos Cabolis, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 6 min read

On the heels of the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference there is global buzz about ESG goals, but many gaps remain between companies’ talk and their actions....

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ESG investment must be built on measurement of real impact

November 11, 2021 • by Mikkel Larsen in Sustainability • 7 min read

Measuring the true impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments is crucial to assessing the claims made by their promoters and comparing different opportunities. This is a difficult task but not...

Building Better: How Baufritz is shaping the future of construction, one home at a time