Anchal Singh

Fewer Companies Have to Report. The Data Still Follows You. Author –Anchal Singh What the EU's Omnibus I changes mean for private equity portfolio companies and why the real deliverable was never the compliance filing Falling outside the revised Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) thresholds looks, at first glance, like a straightforward [...]

Future-Proof Your Supply Chain: Turning Climate Risk into Competitive Advantage Author –Ajinkya Kamat As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, the resilience and responsibility of supply chains are being tested like never before. Global supply chains are facing an unprecedented wave of disruption, with climate change acting as [...]

The Sustainability Reports Look Great. The Supply Chain Is Still On Fire. Author –Ajinkya Kamat There is a version of corporate sustainability that exists entirely on paper. It has targets, frameworks, disclosure schedules, and dashboards. It has been assured by consultants, reviewed by lawyers, and signed off by the board. It references [...]

The Hidden Risks of Automated Analysis  Author –Anchal Singh Insights from SustainoMetric’s Assessment Across 50 Companies  Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from being an experimental capability to a core layer in ESG analysis. As discussed in the previous article, AI excels at extracting structured disclosures, identifying policies, and processing quantitative datasets at scale. It has materially improved the [...]

ESG at a Crossroads: Alignment, Simplification, or Dilution? Author –Kanchan Mishra There is a new narrative taking shape in sustainable finance. ESG is no longer being attacked only as “ideological” or “return-destroying.” Instead, the language has softened. The focus now is on simplification. At face value, that sounds reasonable. ESG reporting has [...]

The Power of Structured Disclosures: Where AI Delivers Real Value in ESG Analysis Author –Anchal Singh Insights from SustainoMetric’s Assessment Across 50 Companies Over the past decade, we have seen ESG and sustainability analysis transform and evolve from a largely manual, judgment-driven discipline into a data-intensive, technology-supported function. What once required analysts to [...]

Where Risk Brews: The Case of Vietnam’s Coffee Supply Chain Author – Anchal Singh Key Takeaways Human rights risks in coffee supply chains are no longer ethical side issues; they are operational, regulatory, and commercial risks that originate at the supplier level. In Vietnam’s coffee sector, smallholder production and informal labour structures [...]

Finding the Next Sustainable Value Play: How Sustainability Intelligence Shapes Deal Sourcing Author – Nigel McKeverne According to Pitchbook's recent report 2021 was the last of several record years of successful fundraising, which, together with several years of decline in deal activity, has meant that dry powder has been building. As a [...]