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 …
At Climate Week NYC 2024, Xynteo brought together industry leaders, subject matter experts, and thought leaders to delve deeply into the true barriers to progress, discuss the solutions we have today, and find the pathways needed for a better tomorrow. In this short interview, Chris George (US Co-Lead, Octopus Electric Vehicles), discusses the challenges and opportunities we face in the …
Enhancing market presence in India through strategic partnerships and policy shaping. The client, a global leader in crop nutrition, ammonia and essential industrial solutions asked Xynteo to strengthen their position in the country – focused on facilitating sustained, transformative, and exponential within the Indian market – including delivering an actionable roadmap for policy shaping. The objective of our engagement was …
Implementation of CSRD compliance, aligning ESG strategies with value creation and risk management across key sectors. The client, a leading global private equity fund asked Xynteo to support a large industrial asset to undertake an ESG compliance and conduct their CSRD reporting. The project oversaw, amongst others, the development of reporting guidance and implementation ESG data gathering and management processes. …
Designing a scalable pilot to drive sustainable production and industrial growth in the Nordics. The client, a leading hydrogen-based green steel producer asked Xynteo to assess new production sites and develop a regional circular value chain that connected energy, steel, and industry to underpin a commercial scale-up plan. Select regions in the Nordics have a structural green energy surplus (with …
As the nations of the Middle East look to diversify their economies and investments, sustainability-focused investing is increasingly attractive for driving value creation across their portfolio companies – and meeting regulatory requirements. The client, a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, asked Xynteo to design their ESG strategy and framework – underpinned by materiality assessments at both holding and portfolio company …
Exploring decarbonisation technologies to reduce lifecycle emissions in the oil-plastics value chain. The client, an environmental NGO focused on viable technology and policy change, asked Xynteo to investigate the feasibility of decarbonising the oil-plastics value chain through various technology routes. In particular, the client asked Xynteo to map lifecycle emissions across the plastic value chain across 5 key countries and …
Generating a value focused ESG vision to support our client’s industry positioning. The client, a leading European investment company asked Xynteo to support their design and implementation of an ESG framework and sustainability policy that would support their firm positioning. Our client asked Xynteo to design a distinctive, pragmatic, and value-focused ESG vision and positioning strategy. This was focused on …
Analysing the impact potential of a new energy acquisition for leading European investment fund. The client, a leading European investment fund, required support for their commercial approach and ESG due diligence of a target business operating within the offshore wind market. Working with the Managing Partner and CIOs of the investment fund, Xynteo designed and executed the due diligence process …
Generating a business case for sustainable chemicals The client, A large European Petrochemical Company [confidential] asked Xynteo, alongside the Mission Possible Partnership, to design a supply and demand strategy to help them develop bio-based and circular base chemicals. In particular, our client asked Xynteo to advise on the market demand strategy to understand market dynamics 150 Peers, customers and consumers …
In the words of every kid in every car back seat ever: “Are we there yet?” When it comes to the electric vehicle transition, the promises and ambition have been huge. But the reality is that outside a handful of places, for example in the Nordics where EVs are now ubiquitous, the answer is resoundingly “no, not yet”. Over the …
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 …