The ImpactESG blog

Notes from the front line of ESG.

Field notes on ratings, frameworks and reporting for the industries with the hardest emissions to abate.

CEMENTReporting

What the first ESRS cycle taught us

Where year-one teams lost the most time, and the data groundwork that makes cycle two lighter.

ARAnanya RaoRead
CHEMRatings

Moving up an EcoVadis medal tier in one cycle

The documentation gaps that quietly cap a chemical supplier's score, and how to close them.

KMKabir MenonRead
STEELTargets

SBTi targets that pass validation

Common reasons steelmakers' targets get sent back, and how to build a baseline that clears review.

DIDevika IyerRead
STEELRatings

Reaching CDP Leadership in heavy industry

What separates a B from an A- when your emissions profile is dominated by process heat.

RSRohan ShahRead
CEMENTTargets

Cement's process-emissions puzzle

Setting near-term targets when most of your footprint comes from the chemistry, not the fuel.

DIDevika IyerRead
AVIATIONReporting

Disclosing decarbonisation in aviation

How to report SAF commitments and fleet plans without overstating the trajectory.

ARAnanya RaoRead
SHIPPINGFrameworks

Shipping's CII, and what actually goes in the report

Turning fuel and voyage data into a disclosure that holds up to assurance.

KMKabir MenonRead
OIL & GASFrameworks

Aligning UNGC and CDP for oil & gas

One evidence base, two submissions: how to avoid telling two different stories.

RSRohan ShahRead