The Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) 2024 report, Innovation Systems Need a Reboot, highlights a growing gap between the prioritization of innovation and companies’ readiness to achieve their goals. But how to get back on track? How to lead the next transformative innovation wave?
As the aviation industry strives to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) has emerged as a promising yet controversial solution. eSAF holds immense potential for decarbonizing the skies. But critics argue it might come at a cost to the industry’s growth and operational viability. Will eSAF make aviation sustainable quickly?
Supply chain disruptions keep on coming, but companies seem to be reducing their efforts to enhance resilience. Research suggests that CEO’s with prior experience in high-level supply chain roles might be the key to building more resilient supply chains and drive better financial results.
Concerns over the credibility of sustainability claims are growing, with a majority of CFOs warning that their industry’s sustainability reporting risks being perceived as greenwashing. At the same time, regulators are out key priorities for scrutiny and CSRD compliance is high on the list. Will CSRD eliminate greenwashing quickly?
As the shipping industry is responsible for around 2-3% of global carbon emissions, its contribution to climate change cannot be ignored. But the global shipping industry finds itself facing substantial challenges as it works to meet ambitious decarbonisation targets. Moody’s has explored this in depth: why can’t shipping decarbonise now?
Aviation is one of the least sustainable and hard to decarbonise activities. It accounts for 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions and has contributed around 4% to global warming to date. Sustainable Airline Fuel (SAF) can reduce emissions upto 80% but will it help decarbonise the aviation industry now?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a big impact on how companies approach innovation, but are companies achieving big innovation impact from AI? The evidence is mixed. Is using AI to support innovation really achieving impact? It’s more a matter of whether companies are using AI properly and for use cases with the potential to drive real business value.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, and its effects will last. In a publication by McKinsey, some trends are identified that business leaders should keep in mind as they prepare for the next normal. We look at the most relevant innovation and supply chain developments.