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Trellis Impact 26 Insights: Where Innovation Powers Sustainable Business

Businesses are entering a new phase of sustainable growth, where scaling AI infrastructure, circular models, low-carbon operations, carbon drawdown, power sourcing, and innovation is becoming central to competitiveness and resilience.

Sustainability redefined: from ambition to value creation in today’s Europe

Sustainability in Europe is entering a more decisive phase. Amid economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and growing regulatory complexity, organizations are moving beyond ambition-setting toward execution.

The new rules of critical minerals finance - Why only projects that embed sustainability will access capital at scale

This year, the outlook for critical minerals mining and processing projects has dramatically changed.

Integrated transition planning: business case, early steps, actions and guidance

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March 2026 Quarterly Trends Report

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The next decade of sustainable finance: Repricing risk in a more honest market

Exploring the next phase of sustainable investing, where environmental, social and governance risks are increasingly priced into valuation, underwriting and investment decisions.

Integrated due diligence: A new lens for sustainable infrastructure

Discover how integrated technical and sustainability due diligence helps infrastructure investors manage volatility, strengthen resilience, protect margins, and unlock lasting portfolio value.

Quantifying sustainability – How to anchor a value-creation approach

Why CFO-grade metrics are essential to proving the business value of sustainability - and how companies can quantify ESG initiatives to drive returns.

EU Regulations update: CSRD and CSDDD close to the finish line

EU nears final CSRD and CSDDD rules, simplifying sustainability reporting while updating ESRS, EUDR, and SFDR to reduce burdens and boost transparency.

Sustainable Connections Podcast

Episode 36: Building on Belém: Insights from COP30

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Mutirão in Action: Mid-COP30 Insights

COP30 updates: Key highlights and insights from the first week in Belém, Brazil.

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.

Sustainable Connections Podcast

Episode 34: Climate Week NYC 2025: Realism, Determination, and Optimism

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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.

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.

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.

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.