Sustainability Governance

2025 in review – How the CSO role evolved

2025 revealed a role in transition: less about expansion and evangelism, more about endurance, integration, and strategic trade-offs.

Melodie Michel

02 January 2026

Circular Economy

2025 in review – Circular economy

This was a year in which circularity’s promise encountered its practical limits.

Melodie Michel

31 December 2025

Strategy

2025 in review – The ROI of sustainability

Measuring sustainability’s financial returns has become a core plank of strategic decision-making.

Melodie Michel

30 December 2025

ESG Reporting

2025 in review – ESG compliance and reporting

This year was defined less by acceleration than by consolidation, retrenchment, and political friction.

Melodie Michel

29 December 2025

climate resilience

2025 in review – Climate resilience

Resilience is now a core determinant of economic stability, business continuity, and social wellbeing.

Melodie Michel

26 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence

2025 in review – AI and sustainability

In 2025, the relationship between AI and sustainability moved from hypothetical to unavoidable.

Melodie Michel

24 December 2025

Energy Transition

Microsoft partners with Iberdrola on wind energy and AI

"We’re setting a new standard for how technology and energy can drive positive change at scale."

Melodie Michel

23 December 2025

Renewable energy

UK generated record levels of solar energy in 2025

A total of 6.3% of the country’s electricity came from solar this year.

Melodie Michel

22 December 2025

People & Culture

Malaysia utility TNB creates Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer role

Leo Pui Yong, TNB’s Chief Sustainability Officer since 2023, remains at the firm.

Melodie Michel

22 December 2025

Carbon removals

Frontier coalition sign US$44mn carbon removal deal with biowaste firm NULIFE

Frontier estimates that NULIFE's method could reach 1.5 gigatonnes of carbon removal per year by 2040.

Melodie Michel

19 December 2025