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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 Dr Debbie Saunders
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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 Maddie Hall
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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 Jeffrey Hollender
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Iberdrola and the power demand behind AI
Iberdrola has spent years building one of the strongest sustainability records in the power sector. Now it is making a more unusual move: taking equity in AI data centres, not just supplying them with power. At the centre of the story is a bigger question: can clean power keep pace with AI-scale demand?
09 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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EU CBAM 2026: A Practical Guide for Exporters Facing Europe's Carbon Border Tax
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is now in force. Exporters of steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity into Europe face a carbon-linked charge tied to EU ETS prices. This guide breaks down how CBAM works, sector cost exposure for India, China and Southeast Asia, why data quality drives liability, and the transition finance gap for hard-to-abate sectors.
06 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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How Danone Is Rebuilding Food Sustainability Around Health, Farmers and Nature
The French food group has just opened the second phase of its sustainability roadmap, backed by one of the strongest sets of external sustainability credentials in the sector. The question now is whether the next five years can match the ambition of the last.
03 May 2026by Daniel Dun
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Who Pays When the Cloud Gets Heavy: The Electricity Bill of AI
Data center electricity demand surged 17% in 2025, far outpacing global power consumption growth. From Virginia to Dublin, communities are asking who should pay for the grid upgrades these facilities require. This piece examines the rate battles, policy experiments, and corporate pledges shaping the answer, and why getting it right matters for energy affordability everywhere.
28 April 2026by Daniel Dun
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ReconKering and Responsible Luxury
The luxury group is closing one of fashion's most ambitious sustainability roadmaps just as a new chief executive tries to stop the bleeding at Gucci. Whether its climate credentials hold up through the next two years will say a great deal about how durable corporate ESG commitments actually become under pressure.
26 April 2026by Ankit Palan
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Global Leaders Call on ISSB to Develop a Nature Standard
Nineteen global leaders from conservation, science and finance have written to the ISSB, urging it to develop a dedicated nature standard ahead of its Earth Day board meeting.
25 April 2026by Ankit Palan
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The Methane Reckoning: Measured Reality Meets Reported Inventories
Satellite data have exposed a significant gap between reported and measured methane emissions, with some basins running several times higher than official inventories. At the same time, the EU Methane Regulation is turning import access into a compliance question. For sustainability professionals, the numbers underpinning disclosures and the rules governing gas markets are both shifting.
22 April 2026by Daniel Dun
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