Global companies face huge challenges today that will only become harder in the years to come. Climate change, demographic shifts, urbanisation, an increasingly networked society and technological innovation are but some of the issues that will dog us through the next decade.

Suffice it to say that these mega-trends concern a broad range of societal actors: among them are businesses, governments, customers and employees.

One palpable implication for companies is that business as usual is not an option. Business cannot restrict itself to maximising financial performance (ie profit) anymore. Performance on the people and planet dimensions will be ever more important for companies to succeed.

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