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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 [...]

When AI Turns Analysis into a Liability - An Objective Examination of Automated ESG Research Author – Mohit Agarwal Our previous analysis established the inherent data challenges within the ESG landscape: a sprawling, unstructured environment of non-standardized metrics and qualitative disclosures. This complexity already strains the capacity of financial institutions to conduct [...]

Can You Be Sure? Identifying and Mitigating Risks in the Harder-to-Reach Parts of Your Supply Chain Author – Mohit Agarwal An Objective Examination of Due Diligence Beyond Tier 1 The Illusion of Visibility For decades, most corporations have focused their regulatory efforts and compliance teams on establishing robust due diligence protocols for [...]

Pressure and Purpose: How Sustainability NGOs are Proving Their Value in a Hostile Climate Author – Kanchan Mishra For decades, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been the primary force pushing sustainability onto boardroom agendas. They have worked tirelessly to frame environmental and social governance not just as a matter of reputational risk or [...]

ESG And AI: the reality behind the myth Author – Mohit Agarwal AI is often positioned as the force that will transform ESG analysis. Advocates present it as the technology that can finally tame the complexity of sustainability data. There is merit in this view, AI can certainly accelerate data collection, sift [...]