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Answers to the most important challenges for the future of the planet from professors at some of the world’s top universities

What does ‘energy transition’ mean? Why is the circular economy important? What is ‘Open Innovation’? There are many questions being asked about the most important challenges of our time. These questions about the future of our planet often have complex and very intricate answers. In this series of videos, we interviewed professors at some of the world’s top universities. Their answers? Simple, brief and understandable to everyone.

Paolo Taticchi

School Deputy Director & Professor in Strategy and Sustainability
UCL School of Management, UK

01:02

What is corporate sustainability and how does it differ from traditional CSR?

01:12

What is the difference between green bonds and SDG-linked bonds?

01:13

How has Enel contributed to the development of sustainable finance?

01:56

What is the business case for sustainability?

For more information, download the abstract of the UCL School of Management case study or request the full study by writing to this email address.

Michael A. Mehling

Deputy Director Center for Energy and Enviromental Policy Research

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America

01:20

What role can international multilateral negotiations play in lowering greenhouse gas emissions?

01:10

Can you briefly summarize the paper’s main messages?

01:07

How does Article 6 relate to carbon market mechanisms?

For more information, download the case study by MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and the Enel Foundation.

Nicolò Sartori

Senior Researcher

Enel Foundation, Italy

01:04

What are the most effective policies for lowering greenhouse gas emissions?

00:53

What needs to be done in order to make international cooperation effective?

01:02

Can you briefly summarize the paper’s main messages?

For more information, download the case study by MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and the Enel Foundation.

Robert G Eccles

Visiting Professor of Management Practice

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

01:18

Why is materiality important in sustainability reporting?

01:18

In which ways can new corporate reporting standards boost competitiveness?

01:33

Why should sustainability be a strategy?

For more information, read the Harvard Business School case study.

Colin Mayer CBE

Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

00:30

How can a company convert a goal into a strategy?

00:57

How can we create the Economics of Mutuality?

For more information, download the University of Oxford Saïd Business School case study.

Judith Stroehle

Senior Research Fellow

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

00:53

How is Enel including sustainability in business?

00:49

How can innovation help improve our lives?

00:47

Is the idea of a just transition realistic?

01:32

Why is it necessary to adopt an Open Innovation approach?

For more information, download the University of Oxford Saïd Business School case study.

Mark Kramer

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Harvard Business School, United States of America

00:43

What’s an example of how energy consumers are becoming energy producers?

01:07

Shaping a better future for the planet. What is the role of utilities?

For more information, download the Harvard Business School case study.

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Faculty Director for Executive Education

London Business School, United Kingdom

00:35

What is a Circular Economy, in one sentence?

00:41

What effects can an Open Innovation approach have on business?

For more information, download the London Business School case study.

Henry Chesbrough

Adjunct Professor and Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation

Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

00:54

What’s an example of how energy consumers are becoming energy producers?

01:12

What lessons can be learnt from Enel’s digital transformation?

For more information, download the Haas School of Business at the University of California case studies on Enel and Enel X.

Felipe Monteiro

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy

INSEAD, France

00:43

How can Open Innovation be integrated into business?

00:36

Energy: the key to a greener future?

00:51

How does Enel approach the concept of a more sustainable future for all?

For more information, download the INSEAD - Institut privé d'enseignement supérieur case study.