Insights shaping the future of business

Navigating the booming African market for renewable energy

ERM Partner Stephanie Gopaul shares insights into the challenges, opportunities, and local idiosyncrasies developers can expect in the exciting and fast-growing African market for renewable energy.

What will Brazil’s implementation COP deliver?

The Brazilian hosts are highlighting the importance of ‘Mutirão’ – a collaborative approach to tackling challenges in a complex, uncertain world – to advance this multifaceted agenda.

Fleet decarbonization: Strengthening business value creation through targeted emissions reductions

Amid ongoing disruption and uncertainty, decarbonization remains essential for climate mitigation and long-term business resilience.

Mitigate, Adapt, Compete: Climate risk assessment as a strategic lever for business resilience

As corporate exposure to climate change grows, regulators worldwide are expanding disclosure requirements to improve transparency.

Better, Cheaper, Faster: Our Climate Week NYC 2025 summary

The tone at Climate Week New York City (CWNYC) 2025? The ERM team in attendance encountered a mood of grounded optimism.

Valuing carbon in private equity: Insights from ERM and Permira

Permira and ERM share practical insights from the ‘Valuing carbon pre-investment’ guidance produced in collaboration with PESMIT.

Circular Building & Construction Supply Chains for Data Centers: A strategy to tackle environmental impact

The construction and expansion of data centers are material and carbon intensive, leaving behind an outsized environmental footprint.

Climate Week NYC 2025: An evolving sustainability agenda

As Climate Week New York City 2025 approaches, North America Regional CEO Susan Angyal looks forward to hearing the diverse range of perspectives, ideas, and issues that will be discussed.

From Liability to Legacy: Understanding the full value of mine closure

We outline five recommendations that are designed to build business value through improved investor and stakeholder confidence in the industry.

Profitable Growth: Strengthening business fundamentals through operational decarbonization

While decarbonization is critical for mitigating climate change and meeting rapidly growing disclosure requirements, it also provides strategic benefits for companies.

The EU’s sustainability shift: What you need to know about the new ESRS Exposure Drafts

The release of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards Exposure Drafts by the EFRAG marks a significant step toward the simplification of the EU’s corporate sustainability reporting landscape.

Why carbon markets are heating up again

Carbon credits are heating up again as an investment proposition. With the growing emphasis on cost-effective decarbonization, it's critical that companies understand why — and why now.

Data center power crunch: Meeting the power demands of the AI era

This strain on power infrastructure stems from digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) expanding more rapidly than they can be connected to the power grid.

Water quality in the pharmaceutical value chain: addressing API contamination at the source

Due to high API concentrations, direct releases can have significant local impacts on water quality and health if these discharges are not adequately treated.

EU Omnibus Update: New draft ESRS and EU Taxonomy update increase clarity

Two recent developments give companies a clearer view of what the final shape of the landmark EU Omnibus proposal may look like.

Volatility to value creation: Five key takeaways from London Climate Action Week 2025

Our team captured several key takeaways from our LCAW discussions with business leaders, investors, policymakers, and representatives of civil society organizations.

From compliance to catalyst: How EHS audits must drive business value

ERM conducted a six-month benchmarking study involving more than 30 multinational companies across six major sectors.

Missing Link: How financial quantification accelerates sustainability value creation

The commercial upsides of climate-related action will only attract management attention and capital if they are robustly quantified.

The ERM Sustainability Institute

The ERM Sustainability Institute generates actionable insight that helps companies understand and navigate the risks and opportunities created by the sustainability transformation.