Sustainability
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Global ESG and Climate-Disclosure Regulation: A Converging but Uneven Landscape
The global sustainability regulatory landscape is entering a new phase of consolidation, divergence, and transition. Across Europe, the UK, the Americas, and Asia Pacific, governments and regulators are tightening expectations around climate risk, due diligence, stewardship, and sustainable finance. Yet, each region is doing so at a different pace and with varying degrees of prescriptiveness.… Continue reading
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How does your corporate “frame” the narrative around “climate change”? How do you evaluate the impact on business levers you associate with daily?
In the face of growing climate concerns, major energy companies are being asked not only what they say about climate change but also how their narratives shape what they do. The way a company frames climate change, whether as a social responsibility, a business risk, or an opportunity for growth, is more than semantics; it… Continue reading
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The Varied Faces of ESG: Compliance, Opportunity, and Everything In Between
In modern business, few acronyms have garnered as much attention and diverse interpretations as ESG – Environmental, Social, and Governance. Depending on who you ask, ESG can represent compliance, opportunity, an existential threat, or even a business cost. And for some, ignorance might indeed seem blissful. Let’s explore the multifaceted nature of ESG and what… Continue reading
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Challenges faced by investors in integrating ESG into decision-making
Integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into investment decision-making have become increasingly popular in recent years. However, the integration has been slow and there are still several challenges associated with effectively integrating ESG factors. Some of the key challenges faced by investors for ESG integration are: Addressing concerns: To address these challenges, a holistic… Continue reading
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Entering an era of ESG-backed corporate strategy and capital allocation decisions
Most CEOs acknowledge the importance of integrating the ESG agenda as a dimension in strategic decision-making. The success of businesses can no longer be measured only in monetary value or financial performance. The business’s impact on the environment it operates in, the relationships it fosters with society and the way it operates have become factors… Continue reading
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Could the transition to renewable energy be truly sustainable? Are Environmental and Social issues adequately considered?
Sustainable energy sources are commonly understood as energy sources that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In the past, we have transitioned our major energy sources from Coal to Oil and Gas, which was considered more environment friendly at that time. Now, we… Continue reading
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Diversification strategies in Energy Transition
Diversification, in the context of the global energy transition, is the broadening of the core fossil fuel business of oil and gas companies into new low-carbon energy products and markets. At present, there are limited low-carbon diversification options available to invest in, and the options are in industries that are themselves nascent or require a… Continue reading
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The influence of ESG on Energy Transition
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria has become an integral part of investment decision making, especially when considering long-term growth and value implications. At the same time, the development of strong ESG-related governance and reporting will set the industry for success as it embraces Energy Transition from fossil fuel-based sources to renewable and sustainable sources.… Continue reading
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The impact of ESG on business valuations
ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), has become one of the key criteria in the evaluation process, when assessing potential investments. Under the three ESG areas, a set of standards, is used to evaluate the organisation’s operations. It is unlikely that an organisation scores the best in all ESG criteria. Investors take… Continue reading
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Platform based Digital Energy Ecosystem
Platform based digital energy ecosystems have evolved to address the strategic transition challenges facing the energy sector. Platform based Digital Energy Ecosystem Digital technologies, such as AI and Blockchain, are shaping the response to transition challenges by enabling the creation of platform-based energy ecosystems. Digitalisation is a key enabler of the change from traditional centralised… Continue reading
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