strategy+business: ENERGY

Hear about the current impact of climate technology--and its emerging trends--in this special episode, recorded live at the COP28 climate change conference.

https://pwc.to/3Rivwcm?rssid=energy

How companies can thrive in the energy transition.

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/esg/the-energy-transition/energy-demand-opportunity.html?utm_campaign=sbpwc&utm_medium=site&utm_source=hpedit&rssid=energy

Climate change, nature loss, and social inequality are reshaping the CFO's role. They may require a new way of thinking about value.

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/esg/how-cfos-further-value-creation-leading-sustainability.html?utm_campaign=sbpwc&utm_medium=site&utm_source=hpedit&rssid=energy

Evangelos Mytilineos, CEO of the 114-year-old Greek conglomerate that bears his family's name, sits down with strategy+business to discuss how his company's aluminum, power plant, solar, and engi...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Powering-the-net-zero-transition-at-Greeces-Mytilineos?rssid=energy&gko=dab0c

We may indeed need less coal in the future to create electricity. But the often-overlooked reality is that the shift to net zero will require more mining, not less. The low-emission energy system...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Mining-the-clean-energy-gap?rssid=energy&gko=888d2

In this roundup of recent insights from PwC thought leaders, Daniel Gross sees a clear message to companies and governments that are skittish about decarbonization in the face of new global uncer...

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Pedal-to-the-metal?rssid=energy&gko=9a232

Stakeholders, from investors to consumers, are demanding information about sustainability from companies. New research from PwC shows businesses that have empowered chief sustainability officers ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Positioning-your-chief-sustainability-officer-for-success?rssid=energy&gko=af15d

If we really want to transform systems like energy and healthcare, it may be useful to abandon the scarcity mindset and instead focus on an agenda for abundance.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/When-more-is-more?rssid=energy&gko=9191e

Businesses and governments seeking to wean themselves off fossil fuels should look to Lusatia, a former coal-mining region in Germany that is betting its future on renewable energy and climate te...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Eastern-Germanys-coal-belt-emerges-from-the-shadows?rssid=energy&gko=dc8ac

Are markets efficient by nature, capable of solving problems on their own? Or are they inefficient, prone to irrationality and breakdown? Surveying recent findings on climate tech, decarbonizatio...

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/On-the-wisdom-and-madness-of-markets?rssid=energy&gko=b85bf

Momentum, money, and a demand for better measurement are among the key takeaways from COP26, writes Daniel Gross.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/What-did-we-learn-from-COP26-Consider-the-three-Ms?rssid=energy&gko=ef4e1

As COP26 opens, discussions on aligning business and climate goals will be front and center.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Aligning-climate-goals-and-business-imperatives?rssid=energy&gko=06116

Assessing the continuing impact of COVID-19, Columbia University historian Adam Tooze considers the strengths and fragilities of the interlocking systems that power the global economy.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/History-lessons?rssid=energy&gko=5da10

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have very quickly come to earth. The necessity to deal with climate change and related sustainability issues has assumed a prominent place on CE...

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Business-digs-deep-for-sustainability?rssid=energy&gko=e5efb

As renewable and carbon-free sources grow to account for a larger share of the energy sector, the public and private sectors will have to rethink the way they work together.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/State-of-flux?rssid=energy&gko=75355

Reforming the food sector in India will require businesses and government to work together and change not just how produce is sold but also every part of how agricultural products are grown, proc...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-to-help-Indias-farmers?rssid=energy&gko=6e89f

Jeroen Drost, CEO of SHV Holdings, one of the Netherlands' largest family-owned businesses, explains how values and a mixed portfolio tip the balance toward optimism during the COVID-19 crisis. N...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Diversification-and-vision-drive-success-in-a-crisis?rssid=energy&gko=7da2d

In order to compete in a rapidly changing world, the global utilities industry must increase the volume and intensity of its investments in innovation and research and development. It must also s...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Amping-up-innovation?rssid=energy&gko=ce855

Data centers are a rapidly growing -- and power-hungry -- business all over the world. Bobbie Van der List reports on how the excess heat generated by data centers in Stockholm is being captured ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-data-centers-can-give-back-to-society?rssid=energy&gko=355ab

By moving away from disposable packaging, companies can address the global problem of plastic waste.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Reuse-and-refill-The-model-that-will-help-consumers-quit-single-use-plastics?rssid=energy&gko=dfd48

Business ventures that go beyond reducing emissions to remove existing carbon from the atmosphere and waste from the environment could be good for both the planet and business profits.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Regenerative-products-just-might-save-the-planet-and-the-economy?rssid=energy&gko=403a4

Efforts to build the post-COVID-19 world economy must focus on climate and sustainability. We've seen how behaviors can change rapidly when crises hit, and this ability to transform must be harne...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-environmental-opportunity-created-by-COVID-19?rssid=energy&gko=92545

As COVID-19 plunges the world into recession, consumers will be more sensitive to price, and companies will have to get creative to advance sustainability.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Companies-will-have-to-get-creative-to-advance-sustainability-amid-crisis?rssid=energy&gko=04c92

Ecopetrol is Colombia's biggest company and the most stable oil producer in Latin America. CEO Felipe Bayón helped steer the company through one crisis; now he faces another with the collapse of...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Staying-ahead-in-Latin-Americas-turbulent-oil-and-gas-market?rssid=energy&gko=dfc7b

The environment and other aspects of sustainability are becoming top concerns for investment CEOs and their clients.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Investors-and-asset-managers-are-chasing-a-new-shade-of-green?rssid=energy&gko=85e97

Business is helping reshape how we live, work, consume, and connect in ways that could outlast the current COVID-19 crisis.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/COVID-19-could-shift-our-economic-focus-from-growth-to-distribution?rssid=energy&gko=f67c2

As emerging economies such as Indonesia make their transitions into industrial societies, family-owned conglomerates such as the US$21 billion Lippo Group play a more significant role. John Riady...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Taking-over-a-dynasty-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-and-change?rssid=energy&gko=c8d2c

India offers a good example of both the alarming impact of water scarcity and the potential for business to help fix the problem by going beyond incremental improvements to change how water is us...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Business-could-steer-India-and-the-world-out-of-troubled-waters?rssid=energy&gko=3170a

Indian companies will accelerate their commitment to long-term social and environmental well-being only if the country builds an ecosystem of sustainability drivers.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Making-Indian-businesses-sustainable?rssid=energy&gko=9989a

The traditional approach to air conditioning -- one system for each building -- is extremely inefficient, given that many buildings are often empty (apartments during working hours, office buildi...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-cities-can-stay-cool-on-a-warming-Earth?rssid=energy&gko=5388d