The world is facing unprecedented social and environmental challenges. It is becoming clear that we need to move past business as usual. The Unusual Talks feature insights into the emerging space of social intrapreneurship and highlights agents of change. We spotlight the voices of corporate social intrapreneurs and their executives.
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Tracking Carbon: How Plan A provides companies with carbon data and insights
Plan A manages and analyses the carbon footprint of companies such as BMW, Societe General or BCG DV. We talked with Lubomila, Plan A CEO and Co-Founder about the developments on the carbon market and concrete options for companies to reduce their footprint.
Danone's Journey towards Purpose – And the Ousting of Emmanuel Faber
"Let us conduct our businesses with both the heart and the head" – Antoine Riboud, Danone CEO 1972 Antoine Riboud's speech in Marseille came just two years after Milton Friedman's "Shareholder Value Doctrine" article. Riboud's words were in stark contrast to Milton's focus on shareholder value maximization and asked companies, Danone first and foremost, to serve all its stakeholders. Especially in the twenty years from 2001 to 2021, Danone has shown an incredible trajectory towards a purpose-driven company, culminating in the B Corp certification and becoming France' first "Enterprise á Mission". But in 2021, its CEO, Emmanuel Faber, was pushed out of office by activist investor Bluebell Capital. In this episode, he speaks about this journey and the campaign against him.