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Telok Ayer, Singapore

Corporate Responsibility

ESG is fragmenting – how should businesses respond?

ESG is meant to align environmental, social and governance priorities. But companies are increasingly being forced to choose between competing issues as ESG starts to break apart. How should companies rethink their approach?
An engineer works on data centre plan

Corporate Responsibility

AI access may not always be unlimited as ESG risks mount – are businesses ready?

Companies need to stress-test their plans to ensure business continuity in a disrupted world where access to Artificial Intelligence could be scarce or expensive.
Paiton Java coal power plant

Policy & Finance

Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond

To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits.
The sustainability leadership burnout of 2026 looks very different from that of 2024. What has changed is not just magnitude, but the nature of the pressures: endless reporting, fractured authority, reputational minefields, and moral burden.

Corporate Responsibility

As sustainability roles get harder in 2026, burnout risk is growing

Burnout among sustainability professionals isn’t just persisting – it’s deepening, shaped by new pressures.

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