Leadership & finance

5 Min.
The sustainability paradox every leader must master.
When I was first introduced to sustainability, I'll be honest – I wasn't inspired. In a world that constantly pushes us to have more, achieve more, and expand endlessly, the idea of simply "sustaining" something felt underwhelming, even limiting.
September 5, 2025
Leadership

The graceful art of showing up.

September 5, 2025
Leadership

Leading with regeneration.

September 5, 2025
The Eco C-Suite
Coopetition as a catalyst for regenerative economy.
The twenty-first century economy is at an inflection point. Complex planetary boundaries – climate instability, biodiversity loss, and global resource depletion – demand systemic responses beyond incremental sustainability.
September 5, 2025
Leading without leading. Why presence beats performance.
Leadership used to signal strength through volume: visibility, charisma, decisiveness.
September 5, 2025
The thread between us.
Before it became a company – Colors for Good was an idea that refused to leave. Years earlier, while working in Bangladesh, Alessandro Teichner observed a woman weaving rugs in the doorway of her home.
August 25, 2025
RegenEden and the art of restoring spaces back to life.
We have all felt it. The dense heat of a summer in the city, when concrete holds onto warmth long after the sun has set, and the night offers no relief.
August 25, 2025
The trash alchemist: how Aimeerim Tursalieva is reframing waste, one festival at a time.
Bishkek rarely makes international headlines for innovation. But in the shadows of the city’s Soviet past, a new vision is rising.
August 25, 2025
How one engineer is bringing light to the dark.
What does leadership look like when the planet sets the boundaries? How do we bridge technology and ethics without slipping into empty clichés?
August 25, 2025
How young CEOs can integrate sustainable investing into their business models.
More recent generations have shifted to become much more focussed on sustainability than previously.
August 22, 2025
The game-changing habits of sustainable leaders.
What sets legendary, sustainable leaders apart from the rest? What’s their secret sauce besides the usual accolades and certificates?
August 22, 2025
Conscious Capital
B Corp and other certifications.
In a previous article where we discussed Innocent Drink's sustainable leadership, I noted that they were certified by B Corp.
August 23, 2025
Purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
Are you a business owner who is passionate about what you do and how you can positively impact society and/or the environment? If you are, it’s likely that you are purpose-driven.
August 22, 2025
Top 10 Green Startups You Need to Know in 2025

A manifesto in ten acts. Not just a list - a glimpse into the world that could be.
August 22, 2025
How Bold Regulation Sparks Green Innovation
The wind cuts through the harbor district. Between old brick warehouses, a sleek, silent wind rotor slowly rises into place.
August 22, 2025
Zero-Waste companies to watch.
What if waste is not just a byproduct but a signal that something in our system is fundamentally broken?

August 22, 2025
How Gen Z is forcing impact investors to rethink their portfolios.
The new pressure on capital doesn’t sound like a slogan. It arrives as a quiet ultimatum from the most values-explicit cohort in modern markets: invest like the future matters, or lose our trust.
August 22, 2025
Why net zero is no longer enough.
For a decade, net zero has dominated corporate sustainability strategies. Reduce. Offset. Repeat.
August 22, 2025
Moss doesn't wait for applause.
Why this overlooked species could reshape the climate conversation.
August 22, 2025
Leadership
The sustainability paradox every leader must master.
When I was first introduced to sustainability, I'll be honest – I wasn't inspired. In a world that constantly pushes us to have more, achieve more, and expand endlessly, the idea of simply "sustaining" something felt underwhelming, even limiting.
September 5, 2025
The graceful art of showing up.
A year ago I mistook permission for belonging. I waited at the edge of conversations, rehearsing credentials I didn’t yet have, certain that a title would grant me a voice.
September 5, 2025
Leading with regeneration.
Where climate urgency meets social inequity, women are stepping forward to lead with impact and elegance: women who wield influence with grace, intelligence, and purpose, proving that power can be both stylish and regenerative.
September 5, 2025
What your body tells you about leadership.
Leadership is often pitched as a mental game. Sharp minds solving complex problems, mapping out visions, and crafting strategies.
September 5, 2025
Money Moves
Subscription creep and the digital trap you did not see coming.
Remember Jamba? If you ever owned a Nokia, Samsung, or Motorola in the early 2000s, especially as a teenager, the chances are you have experienced that digital seduction: the ringtone download!
August 22, 2025
How to start ethical investing.
Ethical investing is gaining momentum, and for good reason. It allows you to put your money where your values are while growing your wealth.
August 22, 2025
Green banking 101.
The financial system we know is running out of excuses, and out of time. In 2025, the cracks are no longer technical. They are moral.
August 22, 2025
How to align your financial planning with impact and sustainability in 2025.
Budgeting - for many, it is the least sexy part of running a business. Numbers, spreadsheets, forecasts. But what if budgeting was not just about balancing books or cutting costs?
August 22, 2025

Money as relationship and the path to financial integrity.
Money is more than math. It is mood, memory, and meaning. Every financial decision, every tap, transfer, and deferred invoice, tells a story.
August 22, 2025
Green finance in a red‑alert world
There’s a growing tension in the air, and it’s not just the heatwaves rolling across continents.
August 22, 2025
What breaks first in sustainable finance.
$8.6B in outflows. Greenwashed firms under fire. What holds when pressure hits?
August 22, 2025
Waste is capital.
Let’s talk trash. The kind that’s quietly buried behind beautifully edited ESG reports.
August 22, 2025