The sustainability agenda is under pressure due to geopolitics, AI, renewed focus on European competitiveness. How do companies navigate this polycrisis? And how does an updated sustainability focus look like?

Come meet business sustainability professors from CBS and thought leaders and get updated on sustainability anno 2025 and how to move forward in a changed world. Drop by one session or participate in at least five to earn your CBS 2025 Micro Certificate.

Each lecture lasts 20 minutes including a reflection question from the speaker. To get your certificate participate in at least five and complete all reflection questions. The session has limited seats so please register.

Please note that there will be a five-minute break between each session to allow attendees to enter and exit.

Schedule:

Time	Titel and pitch	Lecturer
12:00	Welcome from your Micro Study Director - Why, what and how?	Vice dean Green Transition, Hanne Harmsen
12:10	Climate and the state of Denmark. The Danish Climate Council is the watch dog of Denmarks' sustainability status. Where are we? Does it even matter that a small nation is sustainability proactive? And which business climate can be expected in the coming years?	CBS President, Professor, Chairman of the Danish Climate Council, Peter Møllgaard
12:35	Sustainability Strategy: Dead or Alive? Businesses are, on the one hand, still urged to set ambitious goals for their sustainability efforts (Net Zero), while, on the other, they are instructed to avoid greenwashing (and other forms of washing) and are confronted with new geopolitical agendas. How do businesses navigate these, potentially conflicting, imperatives?	Associate Professor and Center Director, Steen Vallentin
13:00	Geopolitics and Energy Energy is back as a tool of state coercion. Europe is caught between an aggressive Russia, an assertive China, and a less predictable US. How to navigate the waters ahead towards a cleaner, more reliable energy supply in Europe?	Professor and Vice Dean, Geopolitics & Business Security, Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen
13:25	From orchestrating to choreographing: How to organize for sustainability? How does sustainability focus come into play in large organizations and how do companies work towards distant climate goals in the present? In this session we will explore the specific challenges and opportunities when organizing for sustainability, encouraging a systemic, participative, and actionable approach to address the triple planetary crisis.	Associate Professor, Miriam Feuls
15 minutes break
14:00	Consumers and Sustainability: Part of the problem or the solution? Consumers and citizens are often expected to be the drivers of sustainability, with industry arguing that they will produce what the market demands. What does research show about the realistic role of market demand and where does that leave companies - and consumers?	Associate Professor, Meike Janssen
14:25	Impact Assessment for Sustainability: Understanding and Measuring What Matters. This theme connects closely to sustainability and EU regulation. The session will explore how evolving EU regulatory frameworks (such as the CSRD and ESRS) are shaping corporate sustainability practices and how businesses can use impact assessment as a strategic tool rather than a compliance exercise.	Associate Professor, Cristiana Parisi
14:50	Sustainability in Global Supply Chains. EU regulation has put increased focus on sustainability issues in supply chains. With increasing focus on resilience, especially global supply chains are confronted with new challenges. How can companies navigate this and what is to be expected going forward?	Associate Professor, Andreas Wieland
15:15	EU sustainability regulations in 2025: The Omnibus in the broader geopolitical context. Get on top of the EU jargon and requirements and understand what The Omnibus is all about. How can companies simultaneously navigate the EU requirements and the current geopolitical context. How can we expect EUs' sustainability focus to develop over the next years?	Professor, Andreas Rasche
15:40	The current state of biodiversity and the role of business. How do we understand biodiversity and the value of nature? Is it possible to arrive at a shared language across sectors to grasp the biodiversity crisis? In this lecture we’ll explore how nature’s role is recognized in decisions across policy for businesses anno 2025, this points to in what way business should be aware of biodiversity.	Senior Advisor, Lars Dinesen
16:00-16:05	Wrap up and Graduation	Vice Dean Green Transition, Hanne Harmsen

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