10+ ESG & Sustainability Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
ArticleHow the Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings Measure Unmanaged Risk
The methodology behind one of the most widely used ESG risk frameworks, how its scores are built, and what its approach tells investors.
ArticleHow the ESG Data Convergence Initiative Standardises ESG Reporting in Private Markets
A five-year-old industry initiative has produced the largest standardised sustainability dataset private markets have ever had. Here is where it stands.
Newsletter#130 Natural Capital Investing: The Multi-Revenue Model
Private capital committed to nature grew fivefold in a decade. The bigger change is in the deals themselves: managers now combine timber, carbon, and ecosystem-service income on the same ground, and a few have rebuilt their funds to hold land for the long term.
Newsletter#122 What the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Expects From Companies
Norges Bank Investment Management owns close to 1.5% of the world's listed equity. Through published expectations on climate, nature, human rights and governance, backed by scoring, voting and divestment, NBIM increasingly sets the standard companies are measured against. Is it stewardship, or quiet regulation?
Newsletter#118 Measuring the State of Nature for TNFD: Inside the NPI pilot with NatureHelm and New Forests
NatureHelm and New Forests put the Nature Positive Initiative's State of Nature metrics to the test across selected assets in five countries. The pilot shows what satellite data can and can't measure at scale, why landscape connectivity became the metric stakeholders cared about most, and what it means for measuring nature across a 4.4-million-hectare portfolio and for TNFD disclosure.
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#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#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#83 Investing in Nature: How Superorganism Is Turning Biodiversity Risk into Opportunity
Nature loss is becoming a real business risk. This feature explores how Superorganism is backing startups that turn biodiversity decline into investable, scalable opportunity.
Newsletter#2 Private Equity’s New Imperative for Sustainable Success - Integrating ESG
Private capital is at a turning point. With sustainability-linked assets surging past $1 trillion, and limited partners increasingly demanding accountability, ESG is no longer optional—it's transformative. Investors, regulators, and even customers are reshaping the private market playbook. As a result, private equity and venture capital firms are rapidly embedding ESG into every stage of the investment lifecycle.