From advocate to innovator: 6 ways the CSO role is evolving
Once viewed as corporate activists championing green initiatives, today’s CSOs are business integrators – balancing financial performance with societal impact....
Natalia is the Chief Sustainability Officer at IMD. She designs and implements sustainability strategy, develops executive education programs and advisory, publishes research, builds cross-sector partnerships, and communicates IMD’s ambitions and progress. The Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business, co-led by Olynec, aims to support leaders and companies to take steps towards a more sustainable and inclusive business world by harnessing IMD’s knowledge and expertise in this field and offering tools to help them deliver systemic, innovative, and impactful responses.
21 March 2025 • by Natalia Olynec in Sustainability • 6 min read
Once viewed as corporate activists championing green initiatives, today’s CSOs are business integrators – balancing financial performance with societal impact....
3 February 2025 • by Natalia Olynec in 2025 Trends • 8 min read
Warnings about alcohol’s harms by medical experts are nothing new. But the drinks industry is now taking sobriety seriously by investing in a growing range of alternative products. ...
27 January 2025 • by David Bach, Natalia Olynec, Heather Cairns-Lee in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Progress towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals has been slow. Leaders need Inner Development Goals to become true sustainability champions. ...
24 January 2025 • by David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Öykü Işık, Arturo Bris, Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes, Sophie Bacq, Jennifer Jordan, Sarah E. Toms, Natalia Olynec in 2025 Trends • 13 min read
Business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum sought to block out the political noise and focus on what’s happening in the real economy. ...
27 December 2024 • by Natalia Olynec in 2025 Trends • 14 min read
IMD experts list the key themes they believe will shape business goals over the coming 12 months, ranging from competition for green talent to a move to scale sustainability efforts and recast...
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