Women for People and Planet Series: Olivia Wong

  • 17.09.2024
  • 10 min

Meet Olivia Wong, an authentic human and planet centred business leader who has journeyed from talent guru to environmental champion. While mentoring future leaders, she’s on a mission to make the world a bit greener and a lot more inclusive, and her toolkit includes everything from DEI strategies to blueprints for sustainable homes. Xynteo’s Lara Tyrrell sat down with Olivia …

Asking the tough questions for positive progress at Climate Week NYC 2024

  • 11.09.2024
  • 4 min

It’s time to ask the tough questions about businesses’ role, ambition, track record and plans for combating climate change. This year we surpassed the 1.5°C warming threshold—a red line we collectively aimed to avoid – and yet the pace of progress creeps along as it has for over a decade. While significant strides have been made in the fight against …

Developing an actionable roadmap for net zero construction

  • 31.08.2024
  • 1 min

The Client, who is a major FMCG player, is executing an urban sanitation project as part of its community development program. The client, wishes to raise its ambition further to explore how the centres can achieve Net Zero carbon, across the entire lifecycle. With this background, the client has engaged Xynteo to develop a Net Zero carbon roadmap for the …

Unleashing Innovation: Clean Hydrogen Pioneers at Energy Leap

  • 28.08.2024
  • 3 min

Today, it is evident that clean hydrogen holds the key to unlocking a sustainable, decarbonized future. And as Asia’s first clean hydrogen technology accelerator, Energy Leap is forging a path toward this vision by uniting industry leaders, innovative start-ups, and forward-thinking investors. We invite you to meet three of the six brilliant start-ups in our inaugural cohort, engaged in driving …

Clean Hydrogen: Catalyzing India-UK Innovation and Collaboration

  • 20.08.2024
  • 5 min

In an increasingly interconnected world, the pursuit of clean energy solutions knows no borders. In May 2024, experts from India and the United Kingdom (UK) convened virtually to explore a shared vision: harnessing the potential of clean hydrogen to drive economic growth and combat climate change. The UK’s Energy Systems Catapult’s Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) partnership (which …

Developing a commercialised net zero strategy for steel manufacturing expansion

  • 30.07.2024
  • 1 min

Exploring how production growth targets and net zero ambitions can work hand in hand to achieve commercial success. As the fifth largest manufactured commodity in the world by volume, steel represents 7-9% of global emissions. With current projections for 2050 suggesting steel demand could increase by 30% by mid-century, our client wanted to understand how they could develop and scale green …

Scaling good growth for India@2030

  • 15.02.2024
  • 2 min

The Exchange, presented by Hindalco in collaboration with Xynteo, is a platform that brings together eminent leaders from Indian and global corporates, public policy, government, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs, to solve pivotal challenges towards building a people- and planet-positive future.

Empowering farmers through decentralised clean energy

  • 08.12.2023
  • 5 min

India’s renewable energy shift promises decentralisation that challenges the historical inequal concentration of power perpetuated by the fossil fuel economy. While coal and oil have strengthened traditionally commercial strongholds – solar, hydro and biogas offer localised ownership models that provide communities access and self-sufficiency. The energy transition presents a rare window for rectifying energy poverty through distributed and people-centric pathways congruent with India’s cooperative ideals. But how do we ensure a successful, just, outcome?

Illuminating the path to sustainable growth in India

  • 30.11.2023
  • 6 min

Xynteo’s new report “Accelerating India’s Sustainable Human-Centric Growth,” unveils four powerful archetypes, aligned with India’s G20 vision. These archetypes offer more than theoretical constructs; they provide strategic blueprints for collaborative action between governments, businesses, and communities to materialise a shared vision of low-carbon, inclusive, and participatory growth in line with United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

A blueprint for business leaders navigating COP28

  • 24.11.2023
  • 5 min

In less than a week, world leaders, community organisations and NGOs will come together in Dubai to plan for accelerated climate action – and the role of business must be part of the discussion. The Conference of Parties is a unique and intensive process that requires genuine effort and engagement from those attending. It is paramount that business leaders show up at COP28 with a mindset and a preparedness that fosters radical collaboration for positive action – here’s how.

Co-ordinating action for a sustainable built environment

  • 31.10.2023
  • 7 min

The built environment is the agglomeration of man-made spaces – their structures, parts, and components. These structures provide us our work, recreation, and living spaces, and we can expect global building stock to double by 2050. On the other hand, the built environment is responsible for 40% of global emissions. As we seek to create safe and hospitable places for our growing global population, we must equally reduce their negative impact on the environment.

Realising the potential of power-to-x (P2X) solutions at scale

  • 01.10.2023
  • 7 min

The global energy mix is expected to go through critical changes over the coming decades. On the one hand, energy consumption is expected to increase by 14% through to 2050 requiring new energy infrastructure, whilst on the other, more established energy systems will see dramatic changes to make them more secure and lower carbon emissions. In this article we discuss three plays that can highlight the opportunities and challenges to scaling P2X deployment.