In 73 per cent of companies, responsibility for sustainability transformation remains anchored at board or executive management level. Companies’ self-defined climate targets are largely maintained. However, the issue is noticeably losing priority and momentum. This is the finding of the fourth Sustainability Transformation Monitor (STM), published by Bertelsmann Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator, the University of Hamburg and the Peer School for Sustainable Development.
The STM surveyed 822 c [...]
Stiftung Mercator has established Finance for Transition – Centre for Resilient Economy and Finance, a Berlin-based think tank designed to show how private capital can be strategically mobilized for the modernization and decarbonization of the economy. The centre will be led by Silke Stremlau, one of the most prominent voices in Germany’s sustainable finance market. [...]
Balancing continuity and change, the charitable Stiftung Mercator has updated the strategy that will guide its work over the next five years. At the same time, Lars Grotewold assumed his new role as Chairman of the Executive Board at the beginning of the year, succeeding Wolfgang Rohe, who is stepping down due to his retirement.
Stiftung Mercator will continue to focus its work on digitalisation, Europe’s role in the world, climate, and participation and social cohesion. [...]
