Sustainability Leadership

Henrik Henriksson has been President and CEO of Scania since 2016. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing and has been a member of Scania's Executive Board since 2012. He joined Scania in 1997 as a management trainee and has held a number of senior positions in the company's marketing organization. Born in 1970, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lund University and attended courses at New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Edinburgh Business School. Elaine Weidman Grunewald is a co-founder of the AI Sustainability Center, a multidisciplinary hub to address the scaling of AI in broader ethical and societal contexts. Elaine is an expert on global sustainability and development, with which she has worked for over two decades in the private sector with a focus on digitalization and tech. Elaine is a frequent speaker at conferences including the World Economic Forum and the United Nations, and has been actively engaged in the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and the Business and Sustainable Development Commission. Most recently, Elaine was Chief Sustainability and Public Affairs Officer at Ericsson, and a member of the Executive Team. Elaine is also a Board member of Sweco AB, an environmental architecture and consulting firm that designs communities and cities of the future, as well as Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, which focuses on the importance of youth empowerment in peacebuilding. She holds a double Masters degree from Boston University Graduate School, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, MA International Relations; MA Resource and Environmental Management.

1. Introduction: The Case for Action. Expönentiality Cheat Sheet.- 2. The Northern Lights Shine Bright.- Part I Sustainability Leadership Model 1.0: The Foundation.- 3. Purpose-driven Leadership Up Close: Elsa Bernadotte, CEO of Food Waste Startup Karma on Finding Purpose.- 4. A Stake in the Ground Up Close: Henrik Henriksson, CEO of Scania, On Why He Nearly Called for a Strike on Scania Climate Day.- 5. How to Earn Trust Up Close: Former Telia Company CEO Johan Dennelind on Rebuilding Trust After a Corruption Scandal.- Part II Sustainability Leadership Model 2.0: The Core.- 6. Embedding Sustainability in the Core Up Close: Green Battery Cells and Systems Supplier Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson on the Key to Sustainability Integration.- 7. It All Comes Down to Sales Up Close: Åsa Bergman, CEO of Sweco, on Partnering with Customers to Build the Sustainable Communities and Cities of the Future.- 8. Measuring Impact Beyond Profit Up Close: Electrolux CEO Jonas Samuelsson on Combining Sustainability and Profitability.- Part III Sustainability Leadership Model 3.0: The Leap.- 9. The Path to Expönentiality Up Close: Eva Karlsson, CEO of Outdoor Wear Company Houdini on Operationalizing the Planetary Boundaries Framework for Business.- 10. Society as a Stakeholder Up Close: Jacob Wallenberg of Sweden's Leading Business Family on A Century of Having Society in Focus.- 11. Making Business Sense of the SDGs Up Close: Niklas Adalberth, Founder of Klarna and Norrsken Foundation, on Scaling Social Impact.- 12. The Next Sustainability Frontier Is Digital Up Close: Elaine Weidman Grunewald, Co-founder of AI Sustainability Center on Tempering the Positive Exponential Impacts of Technology With Its Ethical and Sustainability Implications.- 13. Finding Your Personal Influencing Platform Up Close: Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon on Using His Platform to Energize an Organization and Put Business and Sustainability on a Global Stage.- Part IV Final Thoughts.- 14. Conclusion: No Time to Lose.