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

November 29, 2021 • by Julia Binder in Climate Change • 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 Climate Change • 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...

An aspiration for COP26: accelerating the transition to net zero

October 27, 2021 • by Robert G. Eccles, Vanina Farber, Shiva Rajgopal, Patrick Reichert in Climate Change • 7 min read

The global push for net-zero emissions is a massive undertaking, but the existential threat of climate change means that companies must act now....

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Adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to take responsibility and capture the opportunities presented by the climate emergency

October 26, 2021 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes, Anette Mikes, Natalia Olynec, Peter Tufano in Climate Change • 8 min read

Professors from IMD and Oxford Saïd Business School explore the opportunities and risks presented to executives as they transform their businesses on the road to decarbonization....

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How oil independent survived threat to its ethical values

October 22, 2021 • by Benoit F. Leleux, Loïc Godail in Climate Change • 6 min read

Lundin Energy’s longstanding commitment to sustainability was challenged by an oil price war and the slump caused by the pandemic. Here’s how the company rose to the challenge....

How a doughnut can sweeten bitter taste of climate gloom

September 23, 2021 • by Natalia Olynec in Climate Change • 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....

We need to move fast to build a ‘nature positive’ economy

September 20, 2021 • by Eva Zabey in Climate Change • 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....

Climate change and why capitalism must price it in

September 20, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders in Climate Change • 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....

The reality of climate financial risk

September 14, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders, Rick Van der Ploeg in Climate Change • 5 min read

Those who argue that climate change has little to do with macroprudential risk management are offering a counsel of despair. If the 2008 global financial crisis revealed anything, it is that regulation...

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AstraZeneca chief calls for global cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 and climate change

August 2, 2021 in Climate Change • 8 min read

Pascal Soriot says "climate change is the biggest threat to humanity” and discusses future-looking strategy with Alexion acquisition in exclusive interview on company’s turnaround....

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The climate winter: Why CFOs must treat climate risk as a financial imperative