18+ Best Cross-Cutting ESG & Sustainability Newsletters
Monthly ESG briefings and updates from the OneStop ESG team and our partners.
Newsletter#108 - Bayer: Tracking the 2030 Commitments, One Year at a Time
A review of Bayer's 2025 Sustainability Highlight Report, covering the company's progress on climate targets, smallholder farmer support, and women's health access.
Newsletter#99 Energy Security vs Transition Amid US-Iran Conflict
Governments can align energy security with transition goals via key levers: embed security metrics (import risks, resilience) in climate plans; use short-term fossil contracts as bridges while fast-tracking renewables; lower clean energy financing costs with public banks and policy signals; build regional cooperation on reserves, interconnections, and joint clean projects.
Newsletter#23 Can IKEA Really Go Green?
IKEA is rethinking retail—from circular design to electric deliveries—in a bold effort to cut emissions and prove that global business can be sustainable at scale.
Newsletter#7 Green Isn’t Always Clean
Not all that’s labeled “green” is truly sustainable. As ESG certifications and ratings flood the market, many finance and sustainability professionals are beginning to ask tough questions. Why do some green bonds fund fossil fuel-linked projects? How can a company score high on ESG while harming the environment? In this editorial, we explore how current frameworks and certifications often miss the mark—and how that gap fuels widespread greenwashing.
Newsletter#6 The Data Drought in Green Finance
Every sustainability report, every green bond, every ESG rating rests on one thing: data. Yet across the financial world, we keep running into the same problem—the data just isn’t there. It’s incomplete, inconsistent, or outright missing. Whether you're managing a climate fund, structuring a green loan, or tracking emissions targets, you've probably felt it too: the frustration of making decisions in the dark.
Newsletter#4 The Carbon Cost of Comfort
From airports to oceans, tourism has an invisible cost. This article explores how our travel habits — by air, land, and sea — are accelerating climate and nature loss worldwide. If you’ve ever wondered how your holidays and business trips shape the environment, this is a must-read. Because the first step to more responsible travel is awareness.