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A recent series of books provide a detailed roadmap to sustainability through a mixture of bold thinking and practical steps. Here are the ones on our reading list....

January 27, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 2 min read
Holcim’s Ram Muthu on circularity, EU regulation, and what it really takes to decarbonize cement at industrial scale....
Continue readingSeptember 23, 2021 • by Natalia Olynec in Sustainability • 4 min read
A recent series of books provide a detailed roadmap to sustainability through a mixture of bold thinking and practical steps. Here are the ones on our reading list....
September 23, 2021 • by Jim Pulcrano, Patrick Reinmoeller in Sustainability • 1 min read • Podcast available
Jim and Patrick look into Airports. How they operate, and what the future holds for these magical portals to global travel...
September 22, 2021 • by Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 10 min read
The world’s topsoil is badly eroded and there may be only 60 harvests left. But solutions are at hand, says Geraldine Matchett of nutrition company Royal DSM....
September 21, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 6 min read
Should Germany’s Green party score a big enough share of the vote in a federal election on 26 September to enter the next coalition government, business should embrace the opportunity to accelerate...
September 21, 2021 • by Amanda Williams, Gail Whiteman, John N. Parker in Sustainability • 12 min read
The UN set ambitious targets to clean up the world by 2030, but business leaders need to do more to make them a reality....
September 20, 2021 • by Eva Zabey in Sustainability • 7 min read
The destruction of natural ecosystems poses major risks for businesses and could wipe $10 trillion from the global economy. The time to act is running out....
September 20, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 4 min read
Anyone who demands that environmental damage should be priced into services and goods today is far from being a socialist. They are just canny, calculating capitalists....
September 16, 2021 • by Serra Cremer Iyi, Dorothée Baumann Pauly in Sustainability • 7 min read
The mineral is a vital component of electric car batteries, but small-scale miners, including children, are working in harsh conditions. Alliances need to be forged in the supply chain to make cobalt...
September 16, 2021 • by David Bach in Sustainability • 1 min read • Podcast available
Zurich Zoo director Severin Dressen explains how his organization is being proactive in tackling the loss of biodiversity and helping to shape a sustainable coexistence between humans and nature...
September 14, 2021 • by David Bach in Sustainability • 11 min read
Zurich Zoo director Severin Dressen explains how his organization is being proactive in tackling the loss of biodiversity and helping to shape a sustainable coexistence between humans and nature....
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