Amplifying sustainability: how innovation and R&D leaders drive impact
In the pursuit of sustainability-related targets, such as reducing water, net-zero carbon emissions, and minimizing nature/biodiversity impact; innovation and R&D leaders hold pivotal positions as agents of change within enterprises. While many companies have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions and reduce their water footprint and nature impact, turning these commitments to tangible actions require sustained […]
Strategic materiality assessment beyond reporting: driving sustainable innovation
In general, corporations define materiality as the information stakeholders, investors, and leaders need to assess meaningful effects on the value of a company and its strategy before making strategic decisions [1]. Regarding sustainability/ESG, materiality assessment is the process of defining, refining and appraising critical social and environmental issues relevant to a business’s operating context, which […]
The link between business sustainability and innovation
The creation of new goods and services to introduce them to the market is referred to as innovation [1]. But the innovation definition is not limited to this. There is a wide range of scenarios in which innovation can be used, comprising technological, product, process, policy, and social innovation [2]. It’s crucial to see the […]
The green game changer: transforming sustainability challenges into competitive business strategies
In a global survey, the GlobalScan SustainAbility Survey, climate change (94%), biodiversity loss (86%), and water scarcity (84%) arise as the top 3 most urgent sustainability challenges according to experts, with climate change spawning vital concern across all sectors [1]. According to the 2020 Leadership for the decade of action report [2], 92% of CEOs […]
Enhancing Climate Governance: 7 codes for corporate boards
The connection between climate change and business, although still paradoxical, is becoming notoriously transparent. Business strategies will determine the speed of strategy implementation for climate change, which results in potential risks and opportunities for companies. Consequently, board directors must increasingly handle the risk-reward game of climate-related initiatives with care. Nevertheless, limited practical and technical-backed guidance […]
The sustainability paradox: competitive advantage or survival strategy?
There is little doubt that we are living in the most crucial period in human history, and what we do or don’t do now will determine the conditions in which we will live. We must develop innovative techniques for sustainable actions because we are on the verge of disaster. Unfortunately, based on the polarized global […]
Digital sustainability: combining strategies for digital & green transformations
Sustainability has been placed on the top of the priority list of most companies due to the high impact climate change is causing on businesses associated with the growing pressure from several ecosystems such as consumers, regulatory bodies, activists, NGOs, investment groups, among others. The 2020 Leadership for the decade of action report revealed that […]
8 contextual facts about plastic chemical recycling you should know
Plastic recycling has increasingly been a trending topic and chemical recycling is lately been appointed as a promising technology to bridge current gaps of the recycling systems. It is known that the major problem of recycling is the fact that the demand for recycled plastics is hastily outstripping supply. So, there is no ‘one solution […]
Circular Economy: concepts, benefits, and global challenges across industries
The Circular Economy (CE) concept has continuously evolved over the past decades and several authors [1-3] accredit its genesis to Pearce and Turner, who discussed the feasibility of pondering natural resources in economic flows bearing in mind production and consumption loops [4]. One of the main Circular Economy notions used today is described by Ellen MacArthur […]
Why should leaders shift from a segregated to a coalescent management approach to unlock sustainable businesses?
At the beginning of this century, sustainability problems were not traditionally considered business issues. This scenario has vastly changed and, nowadays, major firms have sustainability as a key pillar or even as a business function. The use of data-focused methodologies such as product life cycle, environmental indexing, recycling rates, and carbon foot-printing is growing as part […]