At the recent CDP Awards event in Paris, France, Elena Breda, SVP Product Strategy, Innovation, Sustainability, shared her thoughts on why now is the time to use sustainability data to the max for business impact.
Electrolux Group was awarded once again an A score in CDP’s Climate leadership rating for 2025, placing it in the top four percent of companies globally assessed for climate transparency and action. Elena Breda took part in a panel discussion on “Environmental data in action: Risk, resilience and returns”.
Here are her five takeaways from the event:
- Environmental and sustainability data is a strategic asset that is, today, more accurate, reliable and comparable than ever before. The real shift is how we use that data. It’s no longer about reporting—it’s about embedding sustainability into everyday decisions: supplier discussions, material choices, risk anticipation and mitigation planning.
- Better data also enables better products and better homes. When sustainability data is built into design and innovation, they help create more sustainable solutions and more effortless experiences for consumers.
- In the financial markets, investors are increasingly relying on high-quality sustainability data to compare companies and assess long‑-term‑ resilience and returns.
- Going forward, the challenge is to choose which sustainability data really matters for the outcomes we want to drive—and get that right, instead of trying to measure everything.
- The next frontier is clearer communication to the consumer. We need better ways to translate company-level‑ data into product-‑specific, relevant insights that consumers can understand, trust and act on—driving engagement and preference.