CEO: The World Is Moving Away from the Fossil Age

Original article available at the World Bank website.

Feike Sijbesma is CEO of Royal DSM, a health, Sijbesmanutrition, and materials company that has evolved from its original purpose (it was established by the Dutch government in 1902 to mine coal) into a science-based company that develops sustainable materials. It takes its name from the original Nederlandse Staatsmijnen, or Dutch State Mines.

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With low oil prices, now is the time to put a price on carbon, says Feike Sijbesma, the CEO of Royal DSM.

“I think, first of all, we need to agree that climate change is real.

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