Walk into almost any factory or commercial facility, and there’s a hidden leak in profitability. It isn’t always obvious, but the numbers are staggering: Up to 40% of the energy consumed in a typical plant is wasted. That’s like buying four truckloads of raw material and sending one and a half straight to the landfill. […]
In boardrooms everywhere, the conversation is about the future: Industry 4.0, AI, and digital twins. But here’s the catch — many of these big-ticket projects underdeliver. Why?Because they skip the foundation. The most honest, universal data in any plant comes from energy. Energy consumption tells you which machines are efficient, which are struggling, and where
Energy Data: The Foundation of Smart Factories — and Smarter Valuations Read More »
A while back, someone asked me what I thought about full-scope net zero targets. You know, the kind that includes every upstream, downstream, sideways emissions estimate you can possibly imagine. I told them it’s a bit like trying to count every grain of sand in a storm. Technically possible. Practically useless. And not the thing
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A friend recently asked me if investing in climate strategy still made sense with margins under pressure. We were at a café in Pune: fans humming, half-drunk filter coffee on the table, and I told him this: Treating sustainability like a donation is missing the point. It’s not a donation. It’s a dividend. Some companies
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So far, we’ve looked at the forces reshaping business through the lens of carbon: But if we stop at carbon, we miss the full picture. Future-ready sustainability goes further. It includes how we use resources. How we design our products. How we interact with ecosystems, use materials and restore nature. Because in the long run,
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In the first article, I talked about the accelerating pressures businesses face from carbon pricing to net-zero mandates. In the second, I looked at how technology is helping us respond with more intelligence and control. Now the question becomes: how do we go deeper? Incremental improvements won’t get us to net-zero. Especially not in sectors
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In my last article, I laid out the three forces reshaping how businesses operate: carbon pricing, mandatory reporting, and the tightening race to net-zero. They’re operational realities. And they come with a level of complexity that most legacy systems, and frankly, most leadership teams, weren’t built to handle. Because spreadsheets won’t get us through this.
 Too Much Data, Too Little Time: Rethinking ESG with AI Read More »
I’ve been in business long enough to know when the fundamentals start to shift. That’s what we’re seeing now with sustainability. Not as a slogan. Not as a side initiative. But as a structural force reshaping how companies operate, report, invest, and grow. I’m not saying this to be dramatic. I’m saying it because the
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In my last article, I talked about the power of real-time sustainability to transform ESG reporting. But as I look toward the future, I see something even more transformative: the rise of predictive intelligence. AI is shifting businesses from compliance-driven ESG to forward-thinking strategy. Fragmented standards, rising stakeholder demands, and increasing climate risks are reshaping
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In our last conversation, I talked about how harmonizing ESG reporting across global frameworks is helping businesses turn compliance into a strategic advantage. But harmonizing is only the beginning. The biggest shift in ESG reporting? Moving from static reports to real-time insights. Businesses can no longer afford to wait months for compliance updates—by then, the
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