Four sustainability strategies and when to use them
It is important to understand the approaches you can take towards sustainability when crafting your business strategy....
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AI keeps getting cheaper. Your bill keeps going up
AI is developing a “model-year” pricing dynamic, much like cars, with yesterday’s capabilities rapidly becoming commoditized, while this year’s frontier models stay expensive. Michael Watkins explains why and what this means for...
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A passionate investment
December 15, 2022 • by Christina Gaw in Audio articles • 8 min read
Gaw Capital, a real estate investment firm, was set up by two brothers and a friend from university in 2005. Three years later, their banker sister Christina Gaw accepted an offer to...
The silent but powerful investor: the evolution of the family office
As family offices grow in popularity and expand into riskier investments, families should take a holistic view of their whole ecosystem to build a healthy future for themselves and society, argues family...
In 2023, take a tip from tech: diversify to survive
December 13, 2022 • by Howard Yu in Audio articles • 8 min read
The uncertain economic landscape makes predicting winners and losers over the coming year more unpredictable than ever. But Howard Yu and his team focus on hard data to predict what it will...
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How to make the business case for a sustainability strategy
In the first of a series of practical guides for organizations on sustainability, Knut Haanaes, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jules Wurlod explain why any successful sustainability strategy needs to be underpinned by a...
How HEINEKEN is reimagining learning to support strategy and purpose
Arnold Dhanesar is Global Head of Talent, Culture & Leadership at The HEINEKEN Company, with functional leadership of the center of expertise for the 82,000-strong organization. We asked him about his role...
Businesses are forging ahead with climate action
December 2, 2022 • by Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 8 min read • 
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The recent COP27 meeting made only limited headway on measures to tackle climate change, but climate action by companies gives more grounds for optimism, and the current challenging economic and geopolitical environment...
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Towards climate-neutral aviation
December 1, 2022 • by Sascha Nick in Innovation • 6 min read
To play its part in global efforts to solve the climate crisis, global aviation would need to reduce passenger flight volumes to 1984 levels and set up a new fund to finance...
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