As the World Economic Forum once again brings state and corporate leaders together, Euronews – in conjunction with CDP – will host a high-level discussion on the question of environmental leadership and how it can reshape business performance.
‘Profit Meets Planet: How Sustainable Leadership Drives Competitive Advantage’ will take place on 22 January 2026 at the Euronews Hub in Davos. The invitation-only session brings together CEOs, CFOs and economic experts for a practical discussion about how environmental issues are shaping strategy and how sustainability measures can favourably affect economic performance.
CDP – formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project – is one of the world’s leading authorities on environmental data. Over more than two decades, it has built up a comprehensive global dataset on climate change and sustainability, a large part of which comprises self-reported details of the corporate measures deployed to address these issues.
This data is used as a reference point by investors and policymakers looking for reliable insights into sustainability and performance.
The timing of the Davos discussion coincides with the release of CDP’s Corporate Health Check 2026. The second edition of this annual report dives deeper into the analysis of climate action to explore how sustainability can deliver economic value.
It shows the ways in which 15% of those companies analysed are pulling ahead of their peers. They are not only cutting emissions and addressing environmental risk, but translating those actions into revenue.
In the last year alone this group of businesses saw financial benefits totalling USD$218 billion.
These results are not limited to any given industry or region, though the EU, the UK and Japan have so far been the most proactive when it comes to embedding environmental strategy in corporate governance and capital planning.
A key focus of the Davos discussion will be how these leaders are making sustainability pay. The CDP report identifies some of the environmental considerations that should go into investment decisions, and stresses the importance of increased spending on adaptation and resilience; above all, in those regions most susceptible to extreme weather events.
Other questions will look at transparency as a factor in generating investor trust, and ways in which governments and industry leaders can work together to create innovative strategies that result in the best possible environmental and economic outcomes.
Moderated by Euronews, the session will feature a presentation of the new report from Sherry Madera, CEO of CDP, followed by a panel discussion with senior sustainability and economic leaders such as Vaishali Nigam Sinha, co-founder and chairperson of sustainability at ReNew Power; Ezgi Barcenas, chief corporate responsibility officer at L’Oréal; Giles Moëc, chief economist at AXA; and Gilles Roucolle, Global Head of Industries at Oliver Wyman.