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July 24, 2026 · By Brandon Toews, Stephanie Bertels, and Wayne Moodaley
The use of AI in sustainability is rapidly increasing, and while it has tremendous potential to increase the scale, quality, and pace of work, it also risks amplifying the consequences of poor judgement. This is the first entry in a three-part series where we explore the evolution and adoption of AI among sustainability teams; identify key trends that are crafting and controlling the narrative around AI; explain the social and environmental impacts of AI implementation; highlight risks, controls, and ways that sustainability professionals can more effectively integrate AI tools into their work; and explain how you can better prepare to meet assurance expectations.
June 23, 2026 · By Ralph Hamann and Jess Schulschenk
In this blog, we explore the role of corporate social investment (CSI) – financial contributions by companies to social causes, such as education, health, and enterprise development. CSI has a long tradition in South Africa and based on our collaboration with South African companies, we offer some reflections on how companies can best leverage their social investments that offer lessons for companies around the world.
February 13, 2026 · By Brandon Toews and Stephanie Bertels
In this blog, we explore the growing need to strengthen non-financial (ESG) data and the steps your company can take to improve data quality and governance.
August 26, 2025 · By Stephanie Bertels
In this blog, we explain the concept of business sustainability, how it relates to other terms like ESG and regeneration, and why it makes business sense to take credible action on sustainability.
March 5, 2024 · By Stephanie Bertels
With the urgent need to reduce global emissions, rapid decarbonisation of our economy is essential, and the key is collaboration across the value chain. This blog provides practical advice to help companies support their supply chain partners to decarbonise.
October 19, 2021 · By Ralph Hamann and Rachel Dekker
Systems thinking is a crucial sustainability capability, but companies may face some hard-to-overcome hurdles when implementing a systems thinking approach. This blog post identifies common challenges that companies encounter, and suggestions on how to get unstuck.
October 5, 2021 · By Rachel Dekker
Calls are growing for companies to become sustainable and create value for company stakeholders. But is stakeholder capitalism enough to ensure a sustainable future? This blog post explores why it is not.
September 7, 2021 · By Embedding Project
Systems thinking helps companies to manage disruptive risk, make more informed choices, and limit the impacts of their activities. Yet, many companies are not sure how to best leverage systems thinking for sustainability. This blog post explains why leading companies think in systems and points you to some of our favourite resources.
August 10, 2021 · By Stephanie Bertels and Brandon Toews
In this blog post, we tackle the idea of social and environmental thresholds and why companies need to consider them when developing their corporate strategy, setting credible sustainability goals, and taking meaningful action.
