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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#144 Why Coffee Is Getting More Expensive
A potentially very strong El Niño, a shrinking Colombian crop and a retail price that never fully came down. Coffee is not running out, but producing it predictably is getting harder.
Newsletter#142 Why Carbon Footprints Mislead and What Investors Should Measure Instead
David Russell, Chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), discusses why a company’s historical carbon footprint is a poor guide for investors, and why credible, financed transition plans matter more than backward-looking emissions data.
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#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#132 Buildings Already Have the Technology. What They Lack Is Trustworthy Data.
Commercial real estate now has the economic, regulatory, and technological foundations to reduce energy waste. But according to Mike Zatz, former EPA ENERGY STAR leader and now at Measurabl, the biggest barriers are no longer technical, they're access to performance data, limited capacity to act on it, and weak incentives to share it.
Newsletter#131 Samsung and SK Hynix Lead South Korea's $518B Chip Plan
Seoul and its two chip champions are betting that industrial growth and clean power can advance together. Whether they can will depend on grid and water infrastructure that mostly does not exist yet.
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#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.