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Newsletter#147 Green Steel's Demand Problem, and How to Fix It
Green steel works. The problem is selling it. Cleveland-Cliffs just redirected a $500 million federal grant from a clean plant to rebuilding a coal furnace, because customers won't pay a green premium. The strange part: the premium is tiny, about $200 on a car. This piece looks at what fixes that, from offtake deals to carbon pricing and procurement mandates.
Newsletter#146 Ralph Hamers on Transformation, Responsible Finance and Leadership in the Age of AI
Ralph Hamers, former Group CEO of ING and UBS, shares his perspective on leading transformation, embedding responsible finance and navigating the rapid rise of AI.
Newsletter#145 An open framework for AI emissions measurement
Discover Watershed’s open framework for measuring AI carbon emissions, covering training, inference, data centers, embodied hardware, and a three-tier approach.
Newsletter#144 Why Coffee Is Getting More Expensive
A potentially very strong El Niño, a shrinking Colombian crop and a retail price that never fully came down. Coffee is not running out, but producing it predictably is getting harder.
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#142 Why Carbon Footprints Mislead and What Investors Should Measure Instead
David Russell, Chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), discusses why a company’s historical carbon footprint is a poor guide for investors, and why credible, financed transition plans matter more than backward-looking emissions data.
#141 The $3 Billion ESG Rebound Was Really a $3.1 Billion Grid Trade
US sustainable funds returned to positive flows in Q2 2026 after almost four years of withdrawals, but one smart-grid ETF accounted for more than the category’s entire net inflow.
Newsletter#140 GHG Protocol and ISO’s Consolidated Corporate Standard: What Companies Should Do Before 2028
ISO and GHG Protocol have confirmed plans for a single corporate emissions accounting standard. The transition will change Scope 2 reporting, supplier data, assurance, renewable energy claims and the systems companies use to calculate emissions.
Newsletter#139 Sustainability AI in 2026: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why It Matters
AI is now part of the conversation across almost every sustainability team, but many are still working out where it fits in practice. This week, we feature a practical guide from Watershed and a live webinar with practitioners who have already used these tools in real sustainability work.
Newsletter#138 MSCI Upgraded Williams to AAA. Its Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Are Back at 2023 Levels.
Williams cut methane for a second straight year while moving 60 per cent more energy than in 2018. Its absolute operational emissions have not followed the same downward path.
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#135 Nature Finds Its Reporting Line: Two Years On, the TNFD Moves From Framework to Practice
Two years after publishing its recommendations, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has moved from an emerging framework to an increasingly established part of corporate reporting. Its first status report captures the shift, while subsequent adoption figures suggest the momentum is continuing to build.