Dr Bidit Dey

Sustainability is evolving from a compliance obligation into a driver of enterprise value, innovation, and competitive advantage. Yet a significant valuation gap remains between executives’ awareness and their ability to quantify financial impact. Closing this gap requires stronger measurement frameworks, financial tools, sustainability skills, and integration into strategy, investment, and entrepreneurship.

Dementia creates growing health, social, and financial pressures, while cognitive decline can leave individuals vulnerable to financial abuse and loss of independence. Technology can strengthen financial safeguarding, but effective solutions must balance protection with autonomy, dignity, privacy, and meaningful co-creation with people living with dementia.

Europe's productivity has lagged behind the U.S., but living standards depend on more than GDP. The long-term challenge is sustaining Europe's social model through innovation.