141+ Best ESG & Sustainability Newsletters
Monthly ESG briefings and updates from the OneStop ESG team and our partners.
Newsletter#117 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.
Newsletter#116 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.
Newsletter#115 "Sustainability is no longer enough" — Jeffrey Hollender
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?
Newsletter#114 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?
Newsletter#113 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.
Newsletter#112 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.
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#110 - 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.
Newsletter#109 - 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.
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#107 - Africa’s Forests Have Switched Sides. The Carbon Math Just Changed.
A landmark study confirms the continent’s forests now emit more carbon than they absorb. For climate policy, carbon markets, and sustainable finance, the implications are far-reaching.
Newsletter#106 Radisson's Net Zero Hotels: What Hospitality Can Teach the Rest of Corporate Sustainability
The hotel group is retrofitting existing buildings to hit net zero, getting them verified by a third party, and finding that guests are actually booking because of it.