Enpal: A Rooftop Revolution

The lease of solar systems is catching on in Germany. At the heart of this shift is German photovoltaics (PV) leasing company Enpal. How exactly is this four-year-old start-up disrupting the green energy market and making homes smarter?

Constantin Damov: A Market Maker in the Circular Economy

Twenty years ago, Constantin Damov co-founded recycling company Green Group. His grandfather’s work and pollution in the Black Sea inspired him to make a change. Since then Damov’s company has become a market maker for recycling and re-use in the region.

Sensor Ships: Why Smart Containers are the Future of Shipping

The transportation of cargo around the world is routine business for the shipping industry, but delivering about 11 billion tons of goods a year is a process that is fraught with risk. How can the industry fix the problems associated with cargo transportation?

Christian Rood: Creating the Battery of the Future

Replacing the graphite inside batteries with pure silicon, says LeydenJar co-founder and CEO Christian Rood, could be the key to longer-range electric vehicles, electric flying and residential storage.

Telecom Races to Connect the World Sustainably

This vital sector needs to expand to meet the growing demand for data and connectivity. Can it do that without adding to greenhouse gas emissions and widening the digital divide?

Boost or Bust: Are Price Shocks Stalling the Energy Transition?

The higher power prices we have seen recently are good news for Europe’s existing wind and solar projects. But the way we frame the price rises could make all the difference to how consumers see the energy transition – and to investment in its progress.

The Horizon Challenge: Accelerating the Shift to a Green Economy

While the Covid-19 pandemic put the brakes on global economic growth, the slowdown brought the environment into sharp focus. Now, leaders planning a recovery must factor in the sustainability credentials of their strategies to accelerate the shift to a greener future.

The Sustainable Finance Blueprint: Financing the Transition

Transition to a more sustainable future needs financing solutions that support both climate and society-linked goals. For investors, tools that enable them to assess companies on their sustainability credentials. And for companies, getting access to the right sustainable finance solutions helps them to meet their targets.

Pioneering the Future: Building a Sustainable Economy Together

The future will only be prosperous if businesses put sustainability at their core. That means embracing different operating models and emerging technologies, and financing new growth sustainably. Doing this alone is tough, which is why companies trying to win over banks must work with them collaboratively and strategically.

Ezgi Barcenas: When Our Communities Thrive, We Thrive

As the world’s largest brewer, AB InBev is leveraging its global reach while sharpening its local agility to tackle sustainability challenges. Chief Sustainability Officer Ezgi Barcenas explains how multinationals and their local suppliers working together can bring future goals closer to the present.

Jens Müller: Without Staying Power, It's Hard to be a Real Changemaker

Deutsche Glasfaser has set itself the mission of delivering sustainable, thriving communities in Germany’s rural areas. According to CFO Jens Müller, accelerating the roll-out of fibre to the home (FTTH) not only generates digital opportunities for underserved areas of the population, but also goes a long way to tackling climate change.

E-bike to Go: the Subscription Service Riding the Sustainability Wave

An electric bike subscription service from the Netherlands is bringing sustainable transport to both B2B and B2C customers. With its modern, robust fleet, E-bike to go is advancing sustainability one bike at a time.