10+ Best Environmental ESG Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
#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#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#127 TNFD Alternative Fuels Guidance: The Nature Test
TNFD's June 2026 sector guidance says cutting emissions is no longer enough. For alternative fuels, the next credibility test is nature, not carbon.
Newsletter#123 The Quiet Engine of Building Decarbonization
Heat pumps are becoming one of the most important tools for building decarbonization. As policies tighten and emissions reporting expands, the technology offers a proven pathway to reduce heating-related emissions, improve energy efficiency, and support long-term net-zero goals.
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#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#105 - Are We Funding Net Zero or Delaying It?
Record clean energy investment. Record fossil fuel financing. Both happened in the same year. The transition is moving just not fast enough, and not to the right places.
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#30 Sun Gone Dim: How the U.S. Lost Its Solar Manufacturing Lead
The U.S. once led in solar innovation but today, China dominates 90% of global manufacturing. What happened? This editorial unpacks two decades of missed opportunities, trade policy missteps, and what the U.S. must do next to stay in the clean energy race.
Newsletter#1 Sustainability Meets Intelligence & It’s Changing Everything
AI is revolutionizing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, making them integral to business strategy, investment decisions, and regulatory compliance. By 2025, AI is transforming ESG in three key areas: data management, compliance monitoring, and investment analysis.