As CEOs and business leaders navigate a world of complex global challenges, sustainability is no longer optional but a business imperative. In this book, two sustainability leaders with decades of experience - Henrik Henriksson, CEO of Scania and Elaine Weidman Grunewald, Co-founder of the AI Sustainability Center, and former Chief Sustainability & Public Affairs Officer at Ericsson - offer a simple but powerful three-step model for leading an organization on a sustainability transformation journey that aims at big, audacious, world-changing goals.

1. Introduction: The Case for Action. Expönentiality Cheat Sheet.- 2. The Northern Lights Shine Bright.- Part I Sustainability Leadership Model 1.0: The Foundation.- 3. Purpose-driven Leadership Up Close: Elsa Bernadotte, CEO of Food Waste Startup Karma on Finding Purpose.- 4. A Stake in the Ground Up Close: Henrik Henriksson, CEO of Scania, On Why He Nearly Called for a Strike on Scania Climate Day.- 5. How to Earn Trust Up Close: Former Telia Company CEO Johan Dennelind on Rebuilding Trust After a Corruption Scandal.- Part II Sustainability Leadership Model 2.0: The Core.- 6. Embedding Sustainability in the Core Up Close: Green Battery Cells and Systems Supplier Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson on the Key to Sustainability Integration.- 7. It All Comes Down to Sales Up Close: Åsa Bergman, CEO of Sweco, on Partnering with Customers to Build the Sustainable Communities and Cities of the Future.- 8. Measuring Impact Beyond Profit Up Close: Electrolux CEO Jonas Samuelsson on Combining Sustainability and Profitability.- Part III Sustainability Leadership Model 3.0: The Leap.- 9. The Path to Expönentiality Up Close: Eva Karlsson, CEO of Outdoor Wear Company Houdini on Operationalizing the Planetary Boundaries Framework for Business.- 10. Society as a Stakeholder Up Close: Jacob Wallenberg of Sweden's Leading Business Family on A Century of Having Society in Focus.- 11. Making Business Sense of the SDGs Up Close: Niklas Adalberth, Founder of Klarna and Norrsken Foundation, on Scaling Social Impact.- 12. The Next Sustainability Frontier Is Digital Up Close: Elaine Weidman Grunewald, Co-founder of AI Sustainability Center on Tempering the Positive Exponential Impacts of Technology With Its Ethical and Sustainability Implications.- 13. Finding Your Personal Influencing Platform Up Close: Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon on Using His Platform to Energize an Organization and Put Business and Sustainability on a Global Stage.- Part IV Final Thoughts.- 14. Conclusion: No Time to Lose.