19+ Best ESG & Sustainability Newsletters
Monthly ESG briefings and updates from the OneStop ESG team and our partners.
Newsletter#157 How TNFD Could Influence Technology Infrastructure Decisions
The TNFD's finalised technology sector guidance links site-level water and land data to decisions about where technology infrastructure gets built.
Newsletter#153 TNFD Status Report 2026: Nature Risk Is Financial Risk
The TNFD Status Report 2026 shows nature-related disclosure doubling to more than 1,000 organisations, even as the information is only beginning to shape how companies and investors make decisions.
Newsletter#152 The Rise of Sustainable Textiles: Can New Materials Break Fashion's Dependence on Virgin Fibres?
Global fibre output just hit a record 132 million tonnes. The greener materials making all the headlines are being added on top of virgin fibre, not replacing it.
Newsletter#151 Crossing 1.5°C Is Not the End of 1.5°C
UNEP now expects the world to cross 1.5°C. Its 2026 report is about what happens next: how high warming peaks, how long it lasts, and who pays while we are above the line.
Newsletter#150 Why Adopt TNFD? Why businesses are adopting the Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework
Nature is now a financial issue. Here's why more than 733 organisations have committed to TNFD, what the framework helps businesses manage, and how it fits the reporting they already do.
Newsletter#148 Kimberly-Clark is growing a succulent in Yuma to reduce its reliance on forest pulp
Kimberly-Clark has cut natural forest fibre use by 50% against its 2011 baseline and is investing more than $100 million in a Yuma hesperaloe pilot, while Scope 3, plastics and major business changes define the next phase of its sustainability work.
Newsletter#143 Airlines Target Contrails to Cut Their Climate Impact
Airlines are testing contrail avoidance as a low-cost way to cut aviation’s climate impact. A major American Airlines and Google trial found strong reductions when avoidance plans were flown, but adoption remained low.
Newsletter#137 El Niño 2026: What It Means for Climate Adaptation and Business Resilience
A strong El Niño is building across the Pacific, giving governments and businesses an unusually valuable asset: advance warning. Climate intelligence now needs to reach budgets, operating decisions and vulnerable communities before disruption becomes loss.
Newsletter#128 LCAW 2026: Climate's Language Has Shifted to Execution. The Capital Hasn't.
London's eighth climate week recast the energy transition as a question of security, competitiveness and methane rather than ambition. The vocabulary has shifted towards delivery. Whether capital, grids and enforcement follow is what COP31 will decide.
Newsletter# 125 Harvard Research Shows Employee Ownership Works Only With the Right Management Practices
A sharp look at why the “S” in ESG needs stronger evidence, better workforce metrics and a more serious conversation about how companies share value with employees.
Newsletter#111 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.
Newsletter#95 ESG Isn’t Failing. Execution Is.
Most companies aren't failing at ESG because they lack ambition. They're failing at execution. The real bottleneck is operational: disorganised evidence, unclear ownership, and systems that can't keep pace with commitments.