Leading businesses across the built environment value chain join forces with Xynteo to deliver the UK’s first zero-carbon and holistically sustainable buildings

  • 10.12.2024
  • 5 min

Press release, London, 10 December 2024 Xynteo, a purpose-led advisory firm with 20 years of experience in forming impactful partnerships, has launched the Build Ahead UK coalition, a business-led alliance bringing together key majors – Santander UK, PLP Architecture, and the Accelerating Concrete Decarbonisation Group supported by Derwent London. This partnership builds on the success of Xynteo’s Build Ahead coalition …

Hitting the pedal, or hitting the wall? Four critical challenges to EV supremacy in the UK

  • 09.12.2024
  • 9 min

Last month, sales of new battery electric vehicles reached a milestone – hitting 25% of all new car sales for November. Yet, even with this good news, the 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE cars is fast approaching, and overall adoption rates are plateauing. And while Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate is placing immediate pressure on automakers to scale production, we need renewed urgency across the entire value chain in tackling the systemic changes and innovations needed to drive growth.

In this article from Xynteo’s Amy Marshall and Ashish Pandey, we unpack some of the key points from our recent EV roundtable discussion – as we all look to a world of zero emissions, electric transportation.

Using an FMCG brand’s leadership in the food waste reduction to influence consumer behaviour change

  • 28.11.2024
  • 1 min

A global consumer business looked to combat the impct of food waste – where 60% comes from households – by using its own internal waste-reduction experience to positively influence its customer base and be recognised as a source of products, services and insights to help consumers reduce their own impact. With a third of all food produced globally wasted every …

Supercharging brand presence for an energy tech major via thought leadership and convening

  • 27.11.2024
  • 1 min

A multinational, India-based, technology company with a significant presence in India, Japan, and Asia, was looking to expand its brand presence and end-customer awareness through a rolling series of thought leadership fuelled convening opportunities. With a significant client base and long-term expertise in energy, engineering, and technology, the client was focused on creating engaging experiences for senior energy and cross-sector …

Generating market and customer backed value propositions for sustainable chemicals

  • 27.11.2024
  • 1 min

A European Petrochemical Company wanted to develop demand activation strategies for sustainable, circular, and bio-based chemical feedstocks. Working with the Executive Board and senior vice presidents of the base chemicals and polyolefin business units, Xynteo was tasked by the client to lead the assessment of how they could catalyse market demand around tangible and customer-backed value proposition to expand sales …

Prioritising a sustainability-led commercial strategy for a leading US electrical distributor

  • 27.11.2024
  • 1 min

With increasing competition across all markets, environmentally-friendly operations offer a powerful way to differentiate a business. This was the driving force behind our client’s ambition for a commercially competitive sustainability strategy. The client, a leading electrical distributor in the US, was looking to gain a competitive advantage in a consolidating US market by positioning itself as a sustainability leader in …

Setting a global pharma business on the pathway to sustainability excellence

  • 27.11.2024
  • 1 min

A global pharma player producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished dose forms (FDFs), wanted to design an EU CSRD compliant future for their business. The client’s ambition was to develop a Sustainability Roadmap to 2027, that by focussing on highest impact topics they would be able to accelerate their efforts – and allow them to seek a higher valuation …

Transforming event insights into an industry pathway for a plant-based food producer

  • 26.11.2024
  • 1 min

The food system is rapidly transitioning from a reliance on meat and dairy to plant-based alternatives. Getting there requires collaboration and innovation across the food value chain, but there is little alignment between key players. Our client saw an opportunity to bring the sector together to collaborate at a conference focusing on the ‘future of our food system’. Xynteo were …

ABB and Xynteo are joining forces to enable the energy transition for European islands

  • 19.11.2024
  • 6 min

Across the arc of history, islands have played the role of a testbed for the world’s most innovative ideas. Charles Darwin famously studied the ecological niches occupied by a diverse array of finch species on the Galapagos islands, inspiring him to develop the theory of evolution. While their small scale and distance from the mainland made for a perfect model …

Enabling a global manufacturer to take the lead on socially responsible automation

  • 11.11.2024
  • 1 min

Generating a set of recommendations to reshape the relationship between businesses and workers in a digitally enabled future. The client, a globally renowned high-tech manufacturer, recognised the transformative potential of automation in addressing global challenges such as climate change, enhanced workplace safety, and improved supply chain resilience – aiming to position themselves as industry leaders in responsible robotics development. With …

Bringing together industry leaders to ask the tough questions at Climate Week NYC 2024

  • 04.10.2024
  • 1 min

This year Xynteo brought together leaders from over 30 global organisations to discussion the important challenges we face, and the opportunities we have to accelerate progress. Across a series of panel discussions, keynote speeches, networking events and roundtables – we were at Climate Week NYC asking the tough questions to unlock progress. This year has been a critical one for …

Women for People and Planet Series: Darshana Myronidis

  • 18.09.2024
  • 10 min

Darshana Myronidis is a sustainability dynamo who doesn’t wait for doors to open—she knocks them down. As Virgin’s Group Sustainability Director, when she’s not being the voice for the voiceless on a quest to change business (and lives) for good, you’ll find her pushing the ESG agenda forward. Xynteo’s Lara Tyrrell sat down with Darshana to talk about her journey, …