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Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltWhat I value most about Climate Week NYC is the opportunity to bring together people who genuinely create change. During the many discussions, events, and perspectives, a message stood out for me in conversations with partners and stakeholders across industries: Progress happens when collaboration turns into action. It was great to continue this conversation with Dr. Eva Riesenhuber (Siemens) following our discussion on circularity at Solutions House (Futerra). The transition to a #CircularEconomy is one of the most significant transformations we are in. It is a challenge that can’t be solved by technology, regulation, or individual companies alone. It requires strong partnerships across value chains. It requires openness, trust, and a willingness to think beyond organizational boundaries. And it requires ultimately partners working together towards the same goal. What is positive for me is that I see exactly this mindset gaining momentum. More organizations are moving from talking about circularity to building solutions together. Across industries, there is a growing understanding that competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability are not competing objectives. They can reinforce one another when we work collaboratively. At the Volkswagen Group, this belief is also at the heart of our regenerate+ approach. Creating impact at scale, requires collaboration at scale. Thank you, Eva, for the inspiring exchange and the shared conviction that the future of circularity will be built through ecosystems, not individual organizations. Let us keep up our momentum and #Movewhatmatters. #ClimateWeekNYC #CircularEconomy #Collaboration #Partnerships #regenerate+ #PassionForFuture
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Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltParticipating in New York Climate Week, it became very clear to me ... ... that sustainability moved from an abstract ambition to become a tangible business driver. And its impact is becoming more and more visible. With more than 1,500 events across the city, #ClimateWeekNYC felt larger than ever. Discussions ranged from electrification, climate action and circular economy to nature, ecosystems, carbon footprint methodologies and AI. But beyond all these important conversations, one message stood out: We have many of the ideas we need. The challenge now is scaling them. Some of my most valuable moments during the week were not on stages, they were in discussions with colleagues, partners and peers who are working every day to turn ambitions into action. Because the next phase of sustainability is not about creating more pilot projects. It is about industrializing solutions. Scaling them across value chains. And making them part of everyday business. I was grateful for the opportunity to share Volkswagen Groups #CircularEconomy strategy and our implementation pathway, "Reduce & Grow", as well as discuss how our #regenerate+ sustainability strategy is helping us to translate ambition into measurable impact. Both pathways reinforce something we strongly believe in: sustainability and business success are not opposing forces. When sustainability is embedded into core business decisions, it becomes a driver of resilience, innovation and value creation. Strategies matter. But what matters even more is bringing them to life through partnerships, collaboration and implementation at scale. What gives me #confidence after this week is the strong sense of continuity. Across industries, companies are facing different challenges and moving at different speeds. Yet the commitment to drive meaningful change remains strong. What gives me #optimism is that despite geopolitical tensions, economic pressures and differing starting points, the willingness to work together remains strong. Climate Week reminded me that no company, industry or sector will solve these challenges alone. The future will be shaped by partnerships that turn ambition into action, and action into measurable impact. Thank you to everyone who shared perspectives, challenged assumptions and contributed to the conversations during Climate Week. Now lets get back to work ... and make impact visible! #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #ClimateAction #Partnerships #PassionForFuture #MovingWhatMatters
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Dirk Voeste hat dies repostetDirk Voeste hat dies repostet🌍 At Climate Week NYC, Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer of the Volkswagen Group, joined leaders from around the world at Sustainability LIVE, hosted by Sustainability Magazine, to exchange on how sustainability and business success go hand in hand. Three messages stood at the center of the discussion: • Sustainability and competitiveness belong together. • Circularity strengthens resilience and reduces resource dependencies. • Sustainability creates new business opportunities and drives long-term value creation. As one example, the Volkswagen Group sees circular economy as an opportunity to strengthen competitiveness, increase resilience and unlock new business opportunities. Through recycling, remanufacturing and second-life applications, circular approaches combines economic and ecological value creation. 🗨️ Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer at the Volkswagen Group:"The future is not about choosing between sustainability and business success. The opportunity lies in bringing both together." #ClimateWeekNYC #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #VolkswagenGroup #regeneratePlus
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Dirk Voeste hat dies repostetDirk Voeste hat dies repostetNature is more than a sustainability topic. It is a resilience topic. At the econsense - Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. Nature Roundtable, one thing became particularly tangible for me: how closely biodiversity, healthy ecosystems, and long-term business resilience are connected. Visiting recultivated landscapes brought this to life. It showed how ecosystems can develop when nature is given space, diversity, and time, but also how complex these processes are. For companies, this means looking beyond traditional sustainability metrics and better understanding their dependencies on water, soil, raw materials, and ecosystem services. Integrating nature into strategic and operational decision-making is becoming increasingly important. Healthy ecosystems create resilience in landscapes and integrating nature into business decisions can strengthen resilience in companies. Thank you to econsense - Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. for bringing together such diverse perspectives, and to RWE, Natalie Rothausen, Gregor Eßer and Forschungsstelle Rekultivierung for the opportunity to experience the recultivated landscape firsthand and learn more about the ecological development behind it. #Nature #Biodiversity #BusinessResilience #Sustainability #NaturePositive #ecosense
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Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltClimate change continues, therefore it is even more important to talk about actions and not only about ambitions. I’m excited to be part of Sustainability LIVE at Climate Week NYC to share Volkswagen Groups path forward. Join me on September 22 at the Javits Center, New York, where sustainability leaders and decision-makers will come together to exchanges on actions and to explore the strategies driving progress across business. I’ll be sharing insights Circular Economyn as well as the role of nature and biodiversity on business alongside sustainability leaders from organizations around the world. Register your interest to attend here: https://lnkd.in/euPf6big See you next week. @Sustainability Magazine @Sustainability LIVE #SustainabilityLIVE #ClimateWeekNYC #Sustainability #PassionForFuture #regenerate+
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Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltSee you in new York.Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltJoin this amazing session at #ClimateWeekNYC! Solutions House is proud to host: Dr. Eva Riesenhuber of Siemens, Dirk Voeste of Volkswagen Group, John B. Rogers, Jr. of Haddy and the wonderful Shyla Raghav as moderator! They will follow our Solutions House ANSWERS ONLY mission to rethink how businesses create value by designing products for circularity and lower emissions to aligning capital, supply chains and sustainability goals But this team will also tackle the real-world tensions that arise when circularity and decarbonization don’t always point to the same solution. That's a headache many folks will recognise and solutions will be found. This session will flip to waitlist-only in the next few days, so register interest now: https://luma.com/ik26qbcf
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Dirk Voeste hat dies geteiltKlare Darstellung!Dirk Voeste hat dies geteilt𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁ä𝘁 ��𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗲𝘂𝗴𝘁 E-Autos sind alltagstauglich, werden millionenfach genutzt, die Modellpalette wird breiter, die Infrastruktur wächst kontinuierlich. Aktuell stehen in Deutschland mehr als 214.000 öffentliche Ladepunkte zur Verfügung. Das Ladenetz ist heute dichter und leistungsfähiger, als viele denken. Allein im ersten Halbjahr 2026 sind mehr als 6.000 Schnellladepunkte hinzugekommen. Auch wirtschaftlich wird der Umstieg auf E-Autos angesichts hoher Benzinpreise immer attraktiver. Wir im BDEW wollten es aber noch ein wenig genauer wissen: Wie zufrieden sind E-Autofahrerinnen und -fahrer tatsächlich - mit den Autos, der Ladeinfrastruktur, den Preisen und den Lade-Apps? Die aktuelle BDEW-Nutzerumfrage kommt zu folgenden zentralen Ergebnissen: ➡️ 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻 ü𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗲𝘂𝗴𝘁: 94 Prozent der Nutzer würden sich beim nächsten Autokauf wieder für ein Elektroauto entscheiden und ebenfalls 94 Prozent den Kauf auch grundsätzlich Dritten empfehlen. ➡️ 𝗘𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗲𝗿ä𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵: Öffentlich diskutierte Themen wie Reichweite, Betriebskosten und öffentliches Laden sind aus Sicht der Nutzenden gar nicht mehr relevant; Themen sind stattdessen „Wertverlust“ und „Lieferzeiten“. ➡️ 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘁 𝗹ä𝘂𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗻: Zunehmend sind auch Haushalte mit mittlerem Einkommen elektrisch unterwegs. ➡️ 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 werden vor allem anhand der Route ausgewählt. Erst danach kommen Ladeleistung und Ladepreis. Dabei nutzen 82 Prozent vor allem aus Gründen der Einfachheit eine Lade-App oder Ladekarte, knapp 60 Prozent nutzen eine Preisvergleich-App, um gute Ladepreise zu identifizieren. ➡️ Die Nutzer sind 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺 ö𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝘇𝘂𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻: Insgesamt 91 Prozent sehen die Erwartungen an das öffentliche Laden erfüllt, 55 Prozent sogar übererfüllt. Die Nutzung von Ladehubs innerorts nimmt deutlich zu. Die Zahlen zeigen deutlich: Elektromobilität überzeugt. Elektromobilität bietet das, was Menschen im Alltag brauchen: verlässliche Reichweiten, einfache Bedienung und ein neues Fahrerlebnis. Hinzu kommt: Die Energiewende und die Elektrifizierung des Verkehrs schaffen mehr Resilienz, eine stärkere Unabhängigkeit und einen wettbewerbsfähigen Wirtschaftsstandort. Jedes E-Auto macht uns unabhängiger von fossilen Importen und internationalen Preisschwankungen. Überzeugt auch der politische Rahmen? Wichtig ist, die Elektromobilität dort weiter zu stärken, wo es sinnvoll ist: Senkung der Stromsteuer für alle, Beschleunigung der Netzanschlüsse durch weniger Bürokratie und intelligente Lösungen sowie eine einfachere und schnellere Flächenvergabe durch die Kommunen. Die ganze BDEW-Nutzerumfrage finden Sie auf dieser Seite: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ebZ6DV48
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Dirk Voeste hat dies repostetDirk Voeste hat dies repostetInvitations to the VBA Conference 2026 are out. Navigating the Future · Wednesday 21 October 2026 · Frankfurt am Main Dr. Dirk Voeste, Chair of the VBA Steering Committee and CSO at Volkswagen Group, asks one of the questions running through the program: how is impact information changing decision making? Comparable, convincing impact information is becoming the basis for strategic decisions, turning reporting data into a driving force for value creation. Invitation not reached you? Get in touch. Full agenda out soon. #ImpactValuation #ImpactAccounting #VBAConference2026 #CorporateReporting
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Dirk Voeste hat dies gepostetThe Volkswagen Group Biodiversity Fund is now open for applications. As part of Volkswagen Group's #Regenerate+ sustainability strategy, the fund supports projects focused on the protection, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems. The fund is intended to provide financial support for initiatives that address biodiversity-related challenges and contribute to the conservation and restoration of nature in different regions around the world. Organizations interested in applying for funding can submit their project proposals until 9 September 2026. More information and access to the application portal can be found here: https://lnkd.in/enH3Chk7 #Biodiversity #Nature #Sustainability #PassionForFuture
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Dirk Voeste gefällt dasDirk Voeste gefällt dasThe agreement comes as Volkswagen prepares to significantly increase its use of recycled plastics to comply with the EU’s End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELVR). Volkswagen LG Chem
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Dirk Voeste gefällt dasDirk Voeste gefällt dasGreat to reconnect with fellow sustainability leaders across German businesses at #ClimateWeekNYC! An important theme throughout our discussion was how companies can align long-term resilience with sustainability objectives and scaleability while navigating ongoing regulatory shifts. I always appreciate the opportunity to exchange perspectives across businesses and learn from the experiences of peers facing many of the same opportunities and challenges. This is the time to think in ecosystems and it requires a deeper understanding of diverse priorities to find the consensus that will propel us forward. 💡 Thank you for the thoughtful discussions. Dirk Voeste Jörg Eigendorf Julie Kitcher Matthias Medert Corinna Wolf Dr. Dieter Vollkommer Ralf Duessel Dr. Katharina Beumelburg
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Dirk Voeste gefällt dasDirk Voeste gefällt das✈️ Can aviation reach Net Zero while continuing to connect people and economies around the world? Julie Kitcher, Chief Sustainability Officer at Airbus, shares how the aerospace giant is approaching decarbonisation through fleet renewal, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), hydrogen technology and greater industry collaboration. Ahead of her appearance at Sustainability LIVE: Climate Week NYC, Julie explores why innovation alone isn’t enough governments, airlines, manufacturers, energy providers and investors all need to move together. 🌍 Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eCSdNCw4 #Sustainability #Aviation
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Dirk Voeste gefällt dasDirk Voeste gefällt dasA BASF Soluções para a Agricultura anunciou nova estrutura organizacional com foco nos clientes e nos sistemas de cultivo. O modelo amplia a autonomia estratégica, financeira e operacional da companhia e entra oficialmente em vigor em 1º de janeiro de 2027. Mudam de cargos: Marcelo Batistela, Christian Tell e Sergi Vizoso-Sansano. https://lnkd.in/dmxZ8dtN #agro #agricultura #revistacultivar
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Alessandro Ferrari
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Wulf-Peter Schmidt
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