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The Transmutation Principle team in Singapore.

The Transmutation Principle CEO Thibaut Meurgue-Guyard cites ESG backlash, corporate retreat from decarbonisation and burnout among sustainability professionals as the consultancy winds down.

Singapore's iconic high-rise skyline, located close to Marina Bay Sands

Co-founded by the former B Lab Southeast Asia executive director Tom Stewart, Adelie will be led locally by ex B Lab UK certification manager James Kelly.

Sam Smith moves into the role after three and half years with Swire Pacific, Cathay's majority owner, where he served as sustainability and innovation lead.

The greenshouting framework guides companies through sustainability comms

As experts warn that “greenhushing” risks undermining climate progress and enabling misinformation, a new guide calls on companies to “openly, accurately and courageously” talk about their sustainability credentials.

By Robin Hicks

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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. By Steven Okun, Megan Willis, Noemie Viterale

To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits. By Mike Ng

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.

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

Many of the people expected to deliver on increasing corporate sustainability requirements don’t even work in ESG – and there is a shortage of people who can bridge the gap between purpose and performance. By Kaushik Sridhar

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Corporate Responsibility

The ESG jobs crunch is coming

By Kaushik Sridhar

By Paul Chow

By Steven Okun and Aaron Cramer

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Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith says that humour can unlock tricky sustainability problems by "saying the unsayable".

Climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith tells the EB Podcast why jokes might be the most powerful tools for solving sustainability problems.

L'Occitane's Asia Pacific director of sustainability Venisa Chu

The Asia Pacific ESG head of the B Corp-certified cosmetics firm says refill stations have been disappointing and getting suppliers on board with decarbonisation is difficult, but her team has not been affected by the ESG backlash.

John Haffner, deputy director of sustainability, Hang Lung Properties, says internal advocacy has been key to driving the sustainability agenda. Image: ReThink 2

Having "stretch targets" can spur innovation, says the sustainability chief for one of Hong Kong's largest real estate firms in the latest episode of "On the frontlines". He also shares why the firm has chosen to publish the draft of its net zero plan for open discussion of its climate targets.

Sustainability professional should not be prescriptive with their solutions, says Aun Abdullah of real estate company Lodha.

In the latest episode of 'On the frontlines', the real estate giant's ESG head tells the EB Podcast that while there has been no pushback on climate action by corporate India, questions remain over whether the booming real estate sector is decarbonising fast enough.

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