highlighting pathways into tech, how to build experience and relationships, to future-proof your tech career as well as women in technology.

1. Technology-related roles are still the fastest-growing jobs in percentage terms by 2030. In ’Information and communication’ they have still of the highest job vacancy rates at 2.1% in the EU.
2. The statistics are staggering: 70–80% of job opportunities are never posted publicly. This “hidden job market” represents the vast majority of available positions.
3. With shortage of skilled labor, millennials and even younger generations will have a greater say in defining a company’s purpose, priorities and even the specifics of its business and tech. So this is our chance to solve this crisis by driving change across the corporate world in tech.

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highlighting how to use generative AI to simplify sustainability reporting:

1. Leverage AI use cases to accelerate ESG reporting and insights
2. Reap the benefits of AI-driven ESG reporting and insights, e.g. like Baker Hughes uses ESG AI to accelerate materiality assessment
3. Harness the potential of generative AI in alignment with ESG by adapting human resource management, developing responsible AI policies, and prioritizing AI use cases

AI Summer, sun, beach, and a good book: Achieve sustainable growth with sustainable and digital responsibility

Pack the new book to the ESG Leadership Masterclass, ESG Leadership, in your travel bag and learn how leaders can successfully combine sustainability with digital transformation, when and where you want:

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Use promo code RIESS10 now to get the ESG Leadership Masterclass for just €449.10 — that’s 10% off the normal price:

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designed to help you lead with purpose, innovate digitally with confidence, and grow responsibly.

Corporate AI Responsibility

Level up your Responsible AI strategy with over 1,084 pages of tools and models from the Corporate AI Responsibility library.

ESG Leadership Principles Help You to Achieve Sustainable Growth

Secure AI Transformation

Implement Responsible AI as your key to secure AI transformation. Learn how you can leverage strategic advantages through generative AI and put your employees at the center.

How

• The ESG Leadership Framework for the principles of trustworthy AI
• The ESG Leadership Prioritize use cases along the value chain
• The ESG Leadership AI use case matrix

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Actionable Best Practices

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Discover the book to the ESG Leadership Masterclass, ESG Leadership, and learn how leaders can successfully combine sustainability with digital transformation.

This essential reference offers executives in-depth insights and actionable approaches to sustainable corporate management, highlighting holistic ESG strategies and digital responsibility as drivers of long-term success.

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I gave answers in my workshop “Strengthening Relevance: Keeping ESG on the Agenda“ at Handelsblatt’s ESG Reporting and Management,

highlighting how to demonstrate a clear contribution of ESG to resilience, competitiveness, and governance:

1. ESG is evolving from regulation and reporting toward governance and added value

It is essential to integrate ESG into all processes and decisions, such as medium-term planning, investment decisions, etc. The business case for ESG must be quantified.

2. Sustainability is the answer to the polycrisis, and resilience is the new sustainability

Geopolitical instability, climate change, and skills shortages can be mitigated through ESG. Supply chain resilience, climate change adaptation, and attracting talent through ESG reduce costs and increase productivity.

3. Digital and cyber resilience are becoming more important

Against the backdrop of hybrid warfare and agent-based AI, digital and cyber resilience—or cyber sovereignty—are becoming a competitive factor for companies.

Make the return from the summer break count: Strengthen your sustainability expertise, deepen your digital transformation know-how, or elevate your GenAI skills

The new ESG Leadership book from Haufe is practical, hands-on, and perfectly suited for your new school year reading resolutions. It shows how to successfully combine sustainability and digital transformation in modern leadership:

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The answer lies in integrating ESG principles with digital transformation — not treating them as separate initiatives.

Watch the official trailer for ESG Leadership: Integrate the sustainability and digital transformation to explore a practical roadmap for building resilient, innovative, and responsible organizations.

This book ESG Leadership draws on years of experience working with leaders, organizations, and institutions facing two defining forces of our time: sustainability and digital transformation. These paths are often pursued in isolation, yet their greatest value is realized when they are intentionally aligned.

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If you’re shaping strategy, driving transformation, or preparing your organization for the future, this book is for you:

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Watch the trailer and join the conversation about the future of sustainability leadership:

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­To help you develop the future of sustainability leadership, we’re giving you access to our special offers

Unlock valuable insights on GenAI for your board from book Chefsache Beirat today — secure your copy:

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…why data is a crucial enabler of sustainable development. This is true in general — and even more so in the context of artificial intelligence.

In the following excerpt from the reference book ESG Leadership by Schäffer-Poeschel, author Victoria Riess discusses ESG reporting and the data management required to ensure a comprehensive and professional presentation.

This book ESG Leadership draws on years of experience working with leaders, organizations, and institutions facing two defining forces of our time: sustainability and digital transformation. These paths are often pursued in isolation, yet their greatest value is realized when they are intentionally aligned.

ESG leadership is no longer a choice. It requires a fundamental rethinking of strategy, governance, culture, and innovation to build organizations that are both future-ready and purpose-driven.

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Read a free sample of ESG Leadership and explore the framework shaping the future of business.

Darauf kommt es an beim Datenmanagement für die ESG-Berichterstattung

To help you achieve an effective sustainability reporting and data management, we’re giving you access to our special offers

• Get 10% off ESG Leadership Masterclass with code RIESS10
• Unlock valuable insights on GenAI for your board from book Chefsache Beirat today — secure your copy!

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…how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria relate to the current cybersecurity landscape.

1. She explains how the growing overlap between cybersecurity and ESG will shape the future of both disciplines.
2. She then discusses some of the most innovative strategies for integrating data protection into ESG programs.
3. Finally, she examines the new risks arising from the use of AI in an ESG program.

Warum Cyberrisiken für ESG-Strategien entscheidend sind

This book ESG Leadership draws on years of experience working with leaders, organizations, and institutions facing two defining forces of our time: sustainability and digital transformation. These paths are often pursued in isolation, yet their greatest value is realized when they are intentionally aligned.

ESG leadership is no longer a choice. It requires a fundamental rethinking of strategy, governance, culture, and innovation to build organizations that are both future-ready and purpose-driven.

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Discover how today’s most effective leaders integrate environmental, social, and governance principles as well as digital responsibility into real-world decision-making.

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To help you implement responsible cybersecurity, we’re giving you access to our special offers

• Get 10% off ESG Leadership Masterclass with code RIESS10
• Unlock valuable insights on GenAI for your board from book Chefsache Beirat today — secure your copy!

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designed to help you lead with purpose, innovate digitally with confidence, and grow responsibly.

Sustainable Implementation

Turn ESG into an actionable implementation that brings your sustainability strategy to life.

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Build a Culture of Sustainability

Create a sustainability culture to help people shift to more sustainable practices. Focus on defining ESG as a large-scale transformation, in which a cultural shift in corporate leadership at all organizational levels is crucial to its success.

How

• The ESG Leadership Four ways to strengthen ESG strategy through culture
• The ESG Leadership The power of authentic ESG storytelling
• The ESG Leadership ESG as an organizational change movement

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Turn sustainable and digital best practices into action — learn what works for the sustainability transformation and apply real-world digital transformation examples immediately.

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Discover the book to the ESG Leadership Masterclass, ESG Leadership, and learn how leaders can successfully combine sustainability with digital transformation.

This essential reference offers executives in-depth insights and actionable approaches to sustainable corporate management, highlighting holistic ESG strategies and digital responsibility as drivers of long-term success.

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Summer School: Benefit from a 30% discount for the ESG Leadership Masterclass for just €349.00

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Less regulation does not mean less responsibility: As reporting requirements are being recalibrated, pressure is mounting on companies to provide robust ESG data — for banks, investors, and business partners. Sustainability is thus finally becoming a key performance metric.

Rethinking ESG: From Obligation to Performance

Companies that use ESG data strategically secure competitive advantages, improve their access to capital, and strengthen their credibility in the market. What matters most is not the quantity of data, but its quality, interoperability, and relevance to management.

The conference offers the interactive World Café workshop “Strengthening Relevance: Keeping ESG on the Agenda” with Victoria Riess on how to how to redefine ESG and keep it on the board agenda.

1. How can ESG be redefined — especially during economically challenging times — and effectively kept on the agenda of the board and management?
2. If ESG fails to demonstrate a clear contribution to resilience, competitiveness, and governance during economically difficult times, it will become a secondary issue on the board’s agenda.

Through me, you can attend at a discounted rate and save 15%. Simply enter the promotional code 77D2600768R1 when registering:

📅 September 25, 2026

🕒 12:15 PM

📍 @Handelsblatt Media Group, Duesseldorf

📝 Register here

Make the return from the summer break count

Strengthen your sustainability expertise, deepen your digital transformation know-how, or elevate your GenAI skills.

The new ESG Leadership book from Haufe is practical, hands-on, and perfectly suited for your new school year reading resolutions. It shows how to successfully combine sustainability and digital transformation in modern leadership:

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Start the return from the summer break with momentum

Make it the best time for your professional development with the ESG Leadership Masterclass from Handelsblatt.

Summer School: Benefit from a 30% discount for the ESG Leadership Masterclass for just €349.00

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…and develop your own market-ready app for sustainability.

The Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Passau is offering the workshop Design Thinking and Innovation in the Winter Semester 2026/27.

This hands-on workshop gives students the opportunity to apply design thinking principles and digital business concepts in a real-world project setting. Working in agile teams, you will develop innovative business ideas for sustainable habits, create digital prototypes, and market-ready apps and present your solutions to a professional audience.

What you will gain

1. Practical experience applying agile sprint methods to innovation projects
2. The ability to develop and evaluate digital business models, value propositions and your own start-up
3. Exposure to key technology concepts that drive digital innovation to build a market-ready app
4. Skills to confidently present and defend a digital business prototype for sustainable habits in front of senior stakeholders

Students, apply between September 11–25, 2026 with your CV and transkript of records for Victoria Riess’ Design Thinking workshop and learn how to drive sustainable innovation and stay agile in times of increasing complexity and polycrisis.

📅 October 16–17, November 06 and 13, 2026

📍 Active Learning Lab, University of Passau

📝 Apply here (only possible to withdraw until October 02)

Exclusive offers to support your innovation journey

• Gain essential sustainability insights with ESG Leadership book — get your copy today
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Secure your place today and start building the next generation of digital business solutions for sustainable development.

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