THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
Climate risk is now at the centre of business strategy for major companies worldwide. The World Economic Forum( WEF) is actively engaging industry leaders to drive meaningful change in response to this evolving risk landscape. Sebastian Buckup, Managing Director at the WEF, leads its Centre for Nature and Climate and the organisation’ s Foundations, including youth networks such as Young Global Leaders and Global Shapers.
“ The World Economic Forum is an international organisation for public private cooperation,” Sebastian explains.“ We are working with governments, we are working with business, we are working with civil society experts, media and many others to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation.”
Sebastian’ s role involves working closely with governments, corporations, civil society experts and the media. The WEF aims for nothing less than improving the state of the world through collaboration.
The opportunity and reality of climate risk for businesses Climate risk is reshaping the priorities of global businesses. For Sebastian, the current situation offers two major takeaways.“ It’ s clearly a growth opportunity for many companies,” he says.“ And it’ s also a reality – there’ s much more climate related regulation that companies need to cope with and companies, especially those that
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