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Building Competitive Advantage in a Sustainable WorldAuthor: BCG Henderson Institute
Businesses have a unique opportunity to create a better world, addressing major environmental and social challenges in a way that creates new business value and competitive advantage. How can they do this? In this show, Dave Young, Fellow at the BCG Henderson Institute and Global Lead for the Total Societal Impact topic at BCG interviews senior business executives across the world to discuss their experiences and views on what it will take for companies to reunite the two "S-words" of business strategy: sustainability and sustainable competitive advantage. Language: en Genres: Business, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Driving Sustainability Transformation with Eva Riesenhuber
Episode 9
Tuesday, 9 September, 2025
As one of the world’s great technology companies, Siemens needs no introduction, but is notable for not only a holistic approach to sustainability but, in particular, for the way sustainability has been integrated into the heart of the business model. But how do they drive the sustainability agenda with more than 300,000 people? How do they innovate at such a scale? How do they bring technology and sustainability together in practice? And how are their efforts received by their customers, employees, and investors?We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Eva Riesenhuber, the Global Head of Sustainability at Siemens, to help share insights into these questions and more. Eva started her career as a lawyer, with a doctorate in international public law and more than a decade of experience as a finance lawyer in New York. From there, Eva has worked as an SVP in the Siemens M&A department, as CFO of Next47, the Siemens-owned venture capital firm, and as the Head of Investor Relations at Siemens. She became Global Head of Sustainability in October 2022 and is a member of the supervisory board of Siemens Mobility GmbH.Building on her strong foundations in law and value creation, Eva speaks with Vincent Chin, Managing Director & Senior Partner at BCG and Asia Pacific Regional Leader of the BCG Henderson Institute, about the role of innovation, the people agenda, and the shareholder perspective in Siemens’ sustainability efforts. They cover decarbonizing in conjunction with customers, building new approaches to product design, ensuring that efforts are globally inclusive, and the role of AI. Eva’s unique viewpoints make this essential listening for those looking to activate large organizations to deliver a competitive advantage through sustainability.
