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Inside AvalonBay's New York decarbonization programme: how software-led optimization delivered $540K in savings without major capex
How AvalonBay cleared early Local Law 97 caps across three Manhattan buildings using Parity's software-led HVAC optimization, delivering $540K in verified utility savings and 1,000+ tonnes of CO2 cut, with no equipment replacement or resident disruption. A working template for multifamily REITs facing building performance standards.
10 June 2026by Daniel Dun
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The Quiet Engine of Building Decarbonization
Heat pumps are becoming one of the most important tools for building decarbonization. As policies tighten and emissions reporting expands, the technology offers a proven pathway to reduce heating-related emissions, improve energy efficiency, and support long-term net-zero goals.
10 June 2026by Daniel Dun
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What the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Expects From Companies
Norges Bank Investment Management owns close to 1.5% of the world's listed equity. Through published expectations on climate, nature, human rights and governance, backed by scoring, voting and divestment, NBIM increasingly sets the standard companies are measured against. Is it stewardship, or quiet regulation?
07 June 2026by Daniel Dun
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Brambles: The Quiet Case for Boring Sustainability
Brambles moves much of the world's goods on shared pallets that almost nobody notices. Its rise to the top of global sustainability rankings carries a practical lesson for every company struggling with Scope 3.
06 June 2026by Daniel Dun
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Nature on the balance sheet
A new TNFD guide reframes nature as a finance question, not only a sustainability one. Here is what it asks CFOs to consider, and why the timing matter
03 June 2026by Daniel Dun
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Kristina Wyatt on Climate, Nature and the Business Case for Resilience
Kristina Wyatt discusses why climate and nature can no longer be treated separately, and how companies can connect sustainability, conservation and resilience to practical business value.
31 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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Ecosperity Week 2026: Asia's Sustainability Agenda Moves From Ambition to Execution
At Ecosperity Week 2026 in Singapore, Asia's sustainability agenda moved from commitments to delivery, with finance, nature and credible execution at the centre of the conversation.
27 May 2026by Ankit Palan
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Measuring the State of Nature for TNFD: Inside the NPI pilot with NatureHelm and New Forests
NatureHelm and New Forests put the Nature Positive Initiative's State of Nature metrics to the test across selected assets in five countries. The pilot shows what satellite data can and can't measure at scale, why landscape connectivity became the metric stakeholders cared about most, and what it means for measuring nature across a 4.4-million-hectare portfolio and for TNFD disclosure.
24 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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BCG-Temasek Says AI Could Unlock $600 Billion in Climate and Sustainability Value by 2028
AI could unlock ~$600 billion in annual climate and sustainability value by 2028, per a BCG and Temasek report - "The private capital opportunity in AI-enabled climate and sustainability sectors" The same interventions that cut costs across industry, insurance, and the grid also cut emissions, aligning profit with sustainability.
20 May 2026by Ankit Palan
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Inside the $500M Living Carbon-Octopus Deal: How It Was Actually Structured
The $500 million Living Carbon-Octopus Energy Generation deal has been widely reported as evidence that institutional capital is taking nature-based carbon removal seriously. Less examined is how it was actually put together. An analysis of the three structural features (credit-strong offtakes from Microsoft, Google, Meta and McKinsey; Kita delivery insurance; and layered reversal risk).
17 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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Nature's Balance Sheet: How GSK Turned Water Risk Into Pharma's First Science-Based Target
We explore how GSK became the first pharma company with a validated nature target and what that means for the sector. The piece covers the company's water and carbon progress, its plan to cut Ventolin inhaler emissions by 92%, a new global standard for measuring drug footprints, and the challenges that still stand in the way.
17 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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"We Spent Thirty Years Trying to Win a Game Designed for Us to Lose": Jeffrey Hollender on Seventh Generation, the Unilever Years, and What Comes After Sustainability
The Seventh Generation cofounder on why sustainability has failed to live up to its promise, what acquisition by Unilever cost the company beyond what he saw at the time, and the question every ESG & Sustainability leader should be asking instead of "how do I make my business less bad?
12 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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