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Newsletter#96 Volvo Group’s 2040 Net-Zero Roadmap
Volvo Group faces heavy transport's decarbonization crunch: diesel fleets drive emissions, yet uptime is non-negotiable. Its 2025 ESRS-aligned report charts a net-zero value chain by 2040, with 31% lower use-phase emissions since 2019, 3% electric sales, and 93% supplier sustainability assessments. CEO Lundstedt and CSO Svensson spotlight partnerships as key. Progress is real, gaps remain.
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.
Newsletter#94 L'Oréal's Green Ambition with Hard Reality: Progress, Gaps, and What Investors Should Watc
L'Oréal has made measurable progress on operational decarbonisation and renewable energy, yet material gaps remain in Scope 3 emissions and packaging circularity. This ESG Compass analysis examines what is working, where risks persist, and what investors should watch next.
Newsletter#93 Nature Is the New Basis Point: Attenborough’s Message to Sustainable Finance
David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet is framed as a witness statement on a century of environmental change, from biodiversity loss to climate disruption. The feature links his lifetime narrative to ESG practice, arguing that nature and time horizons must sit at the core of strategy, capital allocation, and policy.
Newsletter#92 Amazon At An Inflection Point: Can An AI And E-Commerce Giant Still Bend Its Carbon Curve?
The article explores how Amazon’s 2024 Sustainability Report reveals rising absolute emissions amid an AI and data center boom, even as carbon intensity falls, renewable energy, logistics, water and packaging initiatives accelerate and net zero plans evolve.
Newsletter#91 Asking Better Questions on Nature: A New Fiduciary Lens for Asset Owners & Managers
Asset owners are waking up to nature as a core driver of risk, resilience and returns. This editorial sets out the sharper questions CIOs can ask on governance, investment process, stewardship and reporting to turn nature from ESG rhetoric into fiduciary practice.
Newsletter#90 Heidelberg Materials And The Hard Road To Net Zero Cement
Heidelberg Materials is testing what a credible net zero strategy looks like in cement, blending science based targets, circular products and bold CCUS bets while grappling with policy, technology and economics in a genuinely hard-to-abate sector.
Newsletter#89 Mangroves: The Most Underpriced Coastal Defense in Climate Finance
Mangroves store vast amounts of carbon, protect coastlines, and sustain livelihoods. Backed by global institutions, this editorial examines why they must move from conservation projects to a core climate strategy.
Newsletter#88 Ørsted: Powering the Global Green Transition
Ørsted is reshaping offshore wind by pairing rapid renewable scale-up with stronger biodiversity action and community impact. This feature explores how its net-positive nature ambition, green finance, and just transition focus aim to keep the energy shift credible and resilient.
Newsletter#87 CBAM’s First Month: Early Signals From Europe’s Carbon Border Tax
CBAM entered its definitive phase on Jan 1, 2026, and the first month already shows where the pressure will land. Early EU data points highlight steel dominating declarations, early pullback in imports, and rising value of verified emissions data vs default values. Fertilisers emerge as a policy stress test, while China and others signal tougher trade tensions.
Newsletter#86 Professor Andreas Rasche on the EU’s Omnibus and What Comes Next
An expert conversation with Professor Andreas Rasche on the EU’s Omnibus, what has changed in sustainability regulation, and how companies should think about expectations, risk, and what comes next.
Newsletter#85 Sustainability at Davos 2026: Pragmatism Meets Planetary Limits
At Davos 2026, leaders linked profit to climate resilience: clean-energy momentum, nature and water as balance-sheet risks, and regional moves shaping supply chains.