What does it really take to make sustainability part of a business — not just a strategy on paper?

In this episode, Raisio’s approach to sustainable leadership offers practical insights into turning ambition into action: from dedicated farming practices and Baltic Sea protection to science-based targets, smarter use of resources and healthier food choices.We explore why taste, health and profitability must come together for sustainable food to scale, why leaders need to give the planet a stronger voice in decision-making, and how sustainability can be embedded into everyday business choices.

We also discuss a powerful leadership lesson: a societal need does not automatically make a viable business model — and sometimes sustainable leadership means knowing when to adapt, let go and find a better path forward.

A conversation about systems change, courage, humility and the choices that can turn sustainability from ambition into lasting change.

Most of today's biggest challenges — climate, food, resources, health — aren't fundamentally environmental or economic problems. They're leadership problems: decisions made through too narrow a lens, optimising one thing while quietly costing another.

The Sustainable Leader is a podcast at the intersection between sustainability and leadership adressing systems thinking in todays volatile environment. Hosted by Stendert Krommendam, each episode will cover conversations with CEOs, entrepreneurs, NGO leaders and changemakers across industries — private and public — to ask one question: how do you make decisions today that create lasting value for tomorrow?

Expect real stories— from a farmer's pesticide burn to a certification scheme that missed a rainforest, from Denmark's 40-year organic bet to the ozone layer's recovery. Every conversation comes back to the same reflection: who benefits from the decision you're about to make — and who may carry the cost?