In this week’s episode of The Sustainable Business Podcast, Axel Berger, HOW Digital & Sustainability Lead at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, is Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons’ guest. In the completely family-owned busuiness based in Duisburg, his mission is to make all the company’s investment portfolio “enkelfähig”, i.e., sustainable and value-creation for future generations (“grandchildren”). Axel Berger discusses the synergies between sustainability and digitalization, as well as potential emerging threats to sustainability that arise from digitalization yet emphasizes how the past years have shown that society is capable of quickly creating digital solutions to drive sustainability. To him, fostering innovation is essential to promote sustainability. At the same time, he discusses the opportunities associated with for profit companies in order to scale sustainability and make it effective and efficient, as well as the need for legislators who push these developments.