The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability
Event details
| Date | 03.11.2026 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 19:00 |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
How can we reconcile economic value creation, the preservation of nature and collective prosperity? What transformations are needed for businesses to have a positive and lasting impact?
To explore these questions, EPFL is pleased to invite you to a special Campus Lecture with Mr André Hoffmann, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche, Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum and former Vice-President of WWF. To mark the publication of his book The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity & Sustainability, André Hoffmann will share his thoughts on how capitalism is evolving in the face of the climate, environmental and societal challenges of our time, and on how businesses can respond to them. This Campus Lecture will offer an opportunity to explore the transformations the business world must undergo to tackle climate change and preserve biodiversity.
About André Hoffmann
Mr André Hoffmann is a Swiss businessman. A member of the Board of Directors of Roche since 1996 and Vice-Chairman of the group, he is also Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum alongside Laurence D. Fink. The son of ornithologist and WWF co-founder Luc Hoffmann, André Hoffmann served for many years as Vice-President of WWF and is an active investor in projects related to sustainability and the energy transition. In 2024, together with journalist Peter Vanham, he published The New Nature of Business, a case for a form of capitalism that places natural, social and human capital alongside financial capital.
To explore these questions, EPFL is pleased to invite you to a special Campus Lecture with Mr André Hoffmann, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche, Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum and former Vice-President of WWF. To mark the publication of his book The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity & Sustainability, André Hoffmann will share his thoughts on how capitalism is evolving in the face of the climate, environmental and societal challenges of our time, and on how businesses can respond to them. This Campus Lecture will offer an opportunity to explore the transformations the business world must undergo to tackle climate change and preserve biodiversity.
About André Hoffmann
Mr André Hoffmann is a Swiss businessman. A member of the Board of Directors of Roche since 1996 and Vice-Chairman of the group, he is also Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum alongside Laurence D. Fink. The son of ornithologist and WWF co-founder Luc Hoffmann, André Hoffmann served for many years as Vice-President of WWF and is an active investor in projects related to sustainability and the energy transition. In 2024, together with journalist Peter Vanham, he published The New Nature of Business, a case for a form of capitalism that places natural, social and human capital alongside financial capital.
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