Regenerative Leadership
COBIOM helps forward-thinking organisations take the next leap on their sustainability journey through the power of bioinspired Swarm Innovation.
We provide easy access to the collective intelligence and collaborative innovation capabilities of a network of sustainability experts coming from supply chain management, circular economy, bio-inspired innovation, systems thinking, packaging and materials, carbon footprint assessment and many more.
We call it Swarm Innovation.
The need for A SUSTAINABLE transformation
Complex challenges ahead
The challenges of the upcoming sustainability decade will be complex and systemic. Businesses will experience an unprecedented evolutionary pressure to adapt to new political regulations, growing customer demand and steeply increasing compliance cost. We will experience new types of organisations, policies and technologies aimed towards a healthier planetary future. They are pioneering the business transformation that is so critical to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Businesses that fail to make their practices and products sustainable will not be able to thrive in the coming sustainability decade.
Sustainability milestones of the 2020s
2020 — 2030
2020 — German supply chain law draft: aims to ensure basic labor and human rights standards are respected in the supply chain.
2020 — The family equity company Haniel will only invest in companies that are respecting ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) criteria.
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2020 — Deutsche Bank will no longer finance any new projects in the Arctic region or oil sand projects.
2020 — Unilever to require all suppliers to publish their GHG emissions on invoices.
2021 — Introduction of EU-wide mandatory CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles
2021 — German to ban single-use plastic products.
2021 — Denmark to introduce green taxes on carbon emissions.
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2021 — EU tax on plastic packaging waste that is not recycled.
2021 — DIN 17392 will lead do environmental impact becoming a leading factor in public tendering for roadwork projects.
2021 — Referendum to establish “ecocide” as a crime under French law, punishing serious offences against the environment.
2021 — EU legislation regarding mandatory due diligence: companies to exercise due diligence in supply chains and to be held accountable for human rights abuses.
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2022 — The new EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities: companies must disclose the extent to which their economic activities meet the sustainability criteria of the taxonomy.
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2022 — European Investment Bank to cut all funding for purely fossil energy projects.
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2023 — E-commerce giant Zalando will de-list companies that do not comply with their sustainability standards (Higg BRM).
2025 — Retailer ALDI will de-list suppliers that don't have their packaging sustainable (reusable, recyclable, compostable).
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2029 — EU asks members to follow a 90% collection target for plastic bottles.
2030 — EU Directive 2018/852 requires European countries to ensure that at least 70% of packaging must be recycled.
2030 — EU effort sharing regulation: member states together are to achieve an overall emissions reduction of 30% (vs 2005 levels).
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2030 — "Green New Deal" net zero carbon pledge
Collaboration over competition
No one can solves these challenges alone.
Collaboration will be one of the crucial success criteria for the business success of companies. We’ve been inspired by how nature makes better decisions in Swarms than individuals could ever make alone.
COBIOM is a radically new collaboration platform that uses the power of Swarm Innovation.
The result of that collaborative work: intelligent solutions to problems emerging from the diverse expert backgrounds, self-organization and communication of the swarm members
Unleashing collective intelligence and innovation capabilities
The Power of the Swarm
Our Swarm is not just a random group of experts. The members are carefully selected pioneering leaders in their fields with a diversity of paramount abilities and an enormous track record of professional experience.
They are trailblazers, thought leaders in their field of expertise but also practitioners.
The true strength of the Swarm lies in the ability of our members to rapidly focus their competencies on a given project and collaborate across many different industries and sectors. As interdisciplinarity and creativity are becoming essential skill-sets, this is the key advantage of the Swarm Organization.
Meet some of our knowledgeable and experienced swarm members
Sustainable Strategy Development
Alina Vasile-Floroaie
Sustainable Business Transformation
Stephan Grabmeier
Risk Assessment
Sina Wans
Carbon Footprint Assessment
Lara Obst
Systems Design
Joss Colchester
Supply Chain
Roel Drost
Circular Economy
Dr. Paul Woebkenberg
Biomimicry
Prof. Jacques Chirazi
Environmental Engineering
Jean Paul Gueneau de Mussy
Bio-inspired Innovation
Simon Thies
Robotics
Prof. Tim Landgraf
Packaging
Felix Gass
Materials
Efrat Friedland
Sustainability x Digitalisation
Manuel Pistner
Sustainable Finance
Carolina Fernandez-Jansink
Cultural Change
Dr. Arndt Pechstein
Sustainability Marketing
Matthias Höppner
Companies that have benefited from Swarm Innovation
What our business partners say
“What was evident from the start is that every input, every person on the team is top class - way above average! They are not only experts in their field but also remarkable educators.”
“It is so inspiring to connect to like-minded people at the Academy who have similar goals and the mentors who help you to achieve your own goals.”
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