10+ Best Cross-Cutting ESG Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
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#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.
Newsletter#136 Citi Reaches $647 Billion as Sustainable Finance Shifts Toward Resilience
Citi is nearing two thirds of its trillion dollar goal as the definition of sustainable finance expands.
Newsletter#134 Temasek's Pragmatic Ambition on Sustainability
Temasek invested S$5 billion in sustainable assets this year, taking that portfolio to S$49 billion. Emissions held at 21 million tonnes for a third year, and 19 companies account for 88% of them.
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#126 Decathlon Sustainability: SBTi Targets, Circularity and the Growth Paradox
A retailer's emissions and its revenue both rise with the number of products it sells. Decathlon, the world's largest sporting-goods retailer, has committed to cutting one while growing the other, pledging net zero by 2050 against a business built on volume. We examine its science-based targets, its bet on circularity, and the credibility gap its sustainability claims must still close.
Newsletter#121 11 questions every CFO should be asking about nature
A new TNFD guide reframes nature as a finance question, not only a sustainability one. Here is what it asks CFOs to consider, and why the timing matter
Newsletter#119 Ecosperity Week 2026: Asia's Sustainability Agenda Moves From Ambition to Execution
At Ecosperity Week 2026 in Singapore, Asia's sustainability agenda moved from commitments to delivery, with finance, nature and credible execution at the centre of the conversation.
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#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.