Why innovation ecosystems are critical to decarbonization
Corporations are investing in R&D but challenges remain for start-ups, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors. How can we nurture an innovation ecosystem?
Managing Director, World Economic Forum. Portfolio includes: Technology and Digital Innovation; World Economic Forum’s Institutional Communities: the International Business Council and the Community of Chairpersons; Forum’s Youth Foundations and Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Previous roles include: Head of Business Engagement from 2016-2019; Executive Director for the China Office in Beijing from 2012-2015; Head of Technology Pioneers Community from 2010-2011. Between 2003-2009: with Schindler Group in various roles including management of logistics and supply-chain, development of China market strategy, strategic advisor to the Group President. Previously with Mercer Management Consulting in Zurich, and with Industry to Industry, Inc., a first generation business-to-business online marketplace in San Francisco. 2003 co-founder Club Airways in Geneva, a pan-European airline charter service. MSc in Civil Engineering form Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (1997) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999).
Corporations are investing in R&D but challenges remain for start-ups, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors. How can we nurture an innovation ecosystem?
Las pequeñas empresas son la espina dorsal de las economías de muchos países y tenemos que asegurarnos de que puedan mejorar su preparación para el futuro para garantizar su éxito.
The role and purpose of business is shifting. But sustainability reporting lacks consistency and is an obstacle to tackling climate change.
十年前,你在决定使用哪家银行服务时是否考虑过银行的绿色证书?你身边是否有任何素食主义者?你所在的公司是否秉持绿色精神对你来说重要吗?你的孩子有没有在学校学习回收、再利用和生态系统知识?答案可能是否定的,但现在你的答案很可能已经转为肯定的。