Executive Morning Briefs on Sustainability
CBS Executive Fonden has hosted a series of Executive Morning Briefs since January 2024. In these 45-minute webinars, CBS Professor and Academic Director, Andreas Rasche, disucusses a wide range of subtopics regarding the sustainalility agenda. Scroll down from our newest executive brief to our very first.
Executive Morning Brief: Corporate Sustainability in 2025 — Retrospect and Prospect
2025 has been a turbulent yet transformative year for corporate sustainability. From regulatory rollbacks to rising geopolitical tensions, the sustainability landscape is rarely smooth. In this Executive Morning Brief, Professor Andreas Rasche (CBS) and Christian Sparrevohn, Partner and Co-Founder at The Footprint Firm, will take stock of the year’s developments and discuss what lies ahead.
Executive Morning Brief: The Omnibus Bill
In this Executive Morning Brief, CBS Professor Andreas Rasche will discuss the implications of the Omnibus package with Heidi Hautala, an adviser on sustainability and corporate accountability and former Vice President of the European Parliament (2017–2024).
Executive Morning Brief: Compliance or Competitive Edge? Learnings From the First Wave of CSRD Reports
Marjella Lecourt-Alma from Datamaran and CBS Professor Andreas Rasche dive into how the first CSRD reports are changing the rules of the game – and what it means for you as a leader in this Executive Morning Brief
Executive Afternoon Brief: Corporate Sustainability in Crisis
In this Executive Afternoon Brief, CBS Professor and Associate Dean Andreas Rasche discussed how companies should respond to this backlash with Georg Kell, Founding Executive Director of the UN Global Compact and Chairman of Anglo-German asset manager, Arabesque Partners.
Executive Morning Brief: Developing the Right Mix of Competencies
In this Executive Morning Brief on sustainable leadership CBS Professor, Andreas Rasche, and Hans Reus, a Managing Director of the leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates, discuss how to identify and develop key competencies for sustainable leadership. While many organizations are aware that such competencies are needed, they still struggle to embed them into their leadership development and selection processes.
Responsible Business
In this New Year's special Anne Marie Jess Hansen, CEO, CBS Executive Fonden, interviews Britt Meelby Jensen, CEO, Ambu, and Andreas Rasche, professor, CBS.
Together they discuss the evolving role of responsibility in business.
Beyond Awareness in the Boardroom
Learn how boards can integrate sustainability into their decision-making.
This Executive Morning Brief was assisted by Jeanette Fangel Løgstrup who serves as a non-executive director on various boards.
Creating Value in the Circular Economy
Learn the key sucess factors when moving from linear to circular business thinking.
This Executive Morning Brief was co-hosted by our strategic business partner, IMD, and assisted by Professor, Julia Binder, IMD.
Sustainability in the US ahead of the Election
Learn about the likely implications of a Harris/Walz or Trump/Vance victory for the sustainability agenda.
This Executive Morning Brief was assisted by Professor Eric Orts (Wharton) and the Position Green’s Chief Strategy Officer in Brussels Julia Staunig.
Beyond Compliance
Learn what is needed to reach ’beyond compliance’ when it comes to the new EU sustainability regulations.
This Executive Morning Brief was assisted by Global ESG & Sustainability Director, Ramboll Management Consulting, Anne Mette Erlandsson Christiansen.
Leading for the Sustainability Transition
Former CEO of Novo Nordisk, Mads Øvlisen, discusses and shares his thoughts on leading a sustainable transformation in conversation with CBS Professor Andreas Rasche.
Next Generation Leadership
Learn how to empower and stay relevant for the next generation of leaders and how to engage your talent pipeline in the sustainability transformation.
This Executive Morning Brief was held as a part of the CBS Green Business Forum and was assisted by a panel consisting of:
Utkarsh Dubey, Head of Program: Reduce Fleet Energy Demand, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Elise Hauge, Self-employed, Previously EVP, Chief People & Communications Officer, at H. Lundbeck A/S and Vice Chairperson, CBS Executive Fonden
Jacob Oerting Jørgensen, Global Head of Talent & Succession, Novo Nordisk
Building Sustainability Governance
Learn how to build a solid governance system that sufficiently responds to stakeholder needs, and how the new EU sustainability regulations affect sustainability governance in your organization.
This Executive Morning Brief was assisted by Ørsted Senior Vice President, Ingrid Reumert.
Sustainable Leadership Trends
Learn more about the three key questions that drove the agenda for many companies in 2024.
This Executive Morning Brief was assisted by ESG & Sustainability Services Leader at PwC Denmark, Susanne Stormer.
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