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Ensuring green transition includes a personal element for many CEOs

The chief executives of MSC, CMA CGM, Kuehne + Nagel, and ONE have children, and they sharpen the bosses’ resolve to avoid climate change catastrophes.
The climate crisis "is not something that we maybe should fix or maybe not fix. This is something we absolutely have to fix, and I am sure we will, but it will take time. It is not a quick fix," MSC's CEO, Søren Toft, said at the TPM conference in USA last week. | Photo: Msc - Pr
The climate crisis "is not something that we maybe should fix or maybe not fix. This is something we absolutely have to fix, and I am sure we will, but it will take time. It is not a quick fix," MSC's CEO, Søren Toft, said at the TPM conference in USA last week. | Photo: Msc - Pr
by JENS THOMSEN

The green transition has gotten personal for the chief executives of the shipping industry. Investments in new vessels for sustainable fuels are no longer just a costly affair – they are necessary. And the green transition has become an area of concern due in no small part to the executives’ children.

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