9+ ESG & Sustainability Resources
Frameworks, reports, newsletters, guides and templates curated for sustainability professionals across Asia Pacific and beyond.
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#117 BCG-Temasek Says AI Could Unlock $600 Billion in Climate and Sustainability Value by 2028
AI could unlock ~$600 billion in annual climate and sustainability value by 2028, per a BCG and Temasek report - "The private capital opportunity in AI-enabled climate and sustainability sectors" The same interventions that cut costs across industry, insurance, and the grid also cut emissions, aligning profit with sustainability.
Newsletter#111 Who Pays When the Cloud Gets Heavy: The Electricity Bill of AI
Data center electricity demand surged 17% in 2025, far outpacing global power consumption growth. From Virginia to Dublin, communities are asking who should pay for the grid upgrades these facilities require. This piece examines the rate battles, policy experiments, and corporate pledges shaping the answer, and why getting it right matters for energy affordability everywhere.
Newsletter#97 AI and the Planet: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Climate and Nature Solutions
How AI is powering climate solutions and straining the planet at the same time, and what companies need to do about it.
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# 80 Apple and the Business of Climate Responsibility
Apple’s sustainability journey at a global scale, where ambition meets execution. A clear look at how Apple is cutting emissions, reshaping supply chains, and testing what credible climate leadership really takes.
Newsletter#54 Can the World's Biggest Chipmaker Go Green?
The world’s largest chipmaker is racing to cut carbon, recycle waste, and power fabs with renewables, pushing the limits of how far green manufacturing can go in high-tech production.
Newsletter#39 The Sustainability Cost of Generative AI
AI promises efficiency and breakthroughs across industries, but its rapid growth carries a hidden price. From soaring electricity use to rising water consumption and carbon emissions, the environmental footprint of generative AI is now too big to ignore and demands urgent solutions.
Newsletter#14 Why P&G Uses AI to Tackle Supply Chain Disruptions
Extreme weather is now a permanent fixture in global supply chain risk assessments. From heatwaves and floods to hurricanes and wildfires, climate change is disrupting operations, damaging infrastructure, and pushing businesses to rethink their logistics models. In 2024 alone, natural disasters caused $368 billion in damages, with severe hits to agriculture, manufacturing, and shipping routes like the Panama Canal. Companies are responding by diversifying suppliers, increasing inventory buffers, using predictive analytics, and embedding sustainability into operations. As weather volatility intensifies, supply chain resilience is emerging as a key factor in corporate performance, insurance, investment decisions, and policymaking worldwide.