Well, listeners, we're very nearly at the end of a year, which can only be described as 2021.

The world has been recovering from a global pandemic in fits and starts, with a continuing

will it, won't it all be over storyline running through everything from international politics to the way

businesses operate and despite travel and shipping disruption society and the world economy seems to

have somewhat survived even as our lives have continued to be shaped by world affairs to mark

the end of another remarkable year, we're talking once again

to a series of business leaders from across the board about the way their businesses have

continued to adapt to a rapidly changing and uncertain world. Some will be familiar voices,

and some will bring completely new insights. This year will be joined by Antonio Neri, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard

Enterprise, Susie Wolf, team principal of the Rocket Venturi Formula E team, Gareth Stockdale,

CEO of the Microbit Educational Foundation, and Stuart McLaughlin, CEO of the Anthesis Group.

I'm Michael Bird, and this is 2021 Untangled.

You don't need me to tell you that the world is still a rapidly changing place.

What we can say is that some of the ways in which business was conducted this time in 2019

have changed long term. Home or hybrid working, video conference calls and digital meetups

are now a pretty normal part of working. And with

travel restrictions constantly changing, international travel has become a factor of doing business

many companies are becoming wary of. All of this has had a huge net effect on our CO2 emissions,

but this was unfortunately temporary. After rising steadily for decades,

global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 6.4%, or 2.3 billion tonnes in 2020, before picking up again

in 2021. We're now just 1.2% below 2019 emissions. However, seeing what could be done and the money

that could be saved with more effective communications technology has inspired many companies

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