Inside the Transition: The outlook for COP 30 and the road ahead
Knut Haanaes and Julia Binder explore the front lines of the energy transition with Paul Watkinson, revealing the politics, tech, and strategies shaping a sustainable world....

May 28, 2026 • by Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 4 min read
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...
Continue readingOctober 6, 2025 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 2 min read • Podcast available
Knut Haanaes and Julia Binder explore the front lines of the energy transition with Paul Watkinson, revealing the politics, tech, and strategies shaping a sustainable world....
October 3, 2025 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 8 min read
The updated “Doughnut” of social and planetary boundaries has just been released, and the findings aren’t good. Businesses have a role to play to get the planet back on track....
September 30, 2025 • by Jerry Davis in Sustainability • 8 min read
The success of the biggest American companies and pension funds depends on international markets. Perhaps this can give the world the leverage it needs to keep the US on board for the...
September 29, 2025 • by Winter Nie, Ivy Buche in Sustainability • 15 min read
The Swiss-based energy group is plotting a course toward a renewables-focused future, without abandoning its traditional customer base. Here we explore five key principles that have underpinned the company’s success....
September 25, 2025 • by Adrian Dellecker in Sustainability • 6 min read
The nascent market of voluntary biodiversity credits offers businesses an innovative way to invest in nature, creating new opportunities to support measurable conservation outcomes....
September 22, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Esther Salvi in Sustainability • 10 min read
Daniel Schneiders, Bayer’s climate program director, is helping turn sustainability from a strategic goal into a lived practice by changing how teams take ownership, make decisions, and deliver impact across the company....
September 18, 2025 • by Mindy Lubber in Sustainability • 7 min read
As climate shocks escalate and US politics push back, companies must treat climate risk as financial risk and integrate it into governance and long-term strategy....
September 18, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 15 min read
Future-ready organizations that focus on the energy transition and accelerate along with it will reap the benefits....
September 16, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Sustainability • 9 min read
Morten Wierod, President and CEO of ABB tells Jean-François Manzoni how a leaner-and-cleaner mission, decentralized discipline, and a culture of speed are driving its transformation for the road ahead....
September 11, 2025 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Sustainability • 1 min read • Podcast available
How Maersk is rewriting the rules of shipping decarbonization – through collaboration, purpose, and placing big bets on the fuels of the future. ...
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