Uniting European businesses in a EU policy influencing partnership to unleash the potential of the bioeconomy

Led by Xynteo in partnership with Avril, DB Schenker, Lantmännen, Scania, Shell and Yara, the coalition came together to present a unified voice to help EU policymakers drive a green recovery in Europe. Our mission to unleash the potential of the bioeconomy, accelerating Europe on its path to climate-neutrality and generating sustainable growth via a coalition platform to identify and create …

Accelerating Green Hydrogen Ambitions For India’s Energy Transition

Green hydrogen adoption in India has the potential for technological innovation, transforming and decarbonising the hard-to-abate industries, creating employment opportunities and further economic development.  In order to allow flexibility to the industries embarking on the decarbonisation journey, unique and customised requirements should be met – which requires a robust policy framework taking a systems approach that can benefit the stakeholder across …

Regenerating for the people and at scale: A tale of three cities, part 3

Across the last nine months the Leadership Vanguard cohort of change makers have travelled the world to investigate the big challenges we face as a global society and the threat to the planetary ecosystem in which we live. In this final Field Report, we travel to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) where the catalysts explore ‘how we can go from these small seeds to initiatives that do truly scale up, wide and deep?’

A coalition of purpose-driven organisations is pioneering collaborative growth for a sustainable future

With a steady economic growth rate that has eclipsed China’s for the last two years, India will also host heads of state from around the world at the G20 summit in September. With its enhanced profile, the nation also faces a greater responsibility to lead in addressing urgent global challenges and advancing the sustainable development goals. Vikaasa is pioneering the good growth India needs to meet its ambitions.

Pledges and commitments are no longer sufficient when it comes to net zero

Each year, World Environment Day is a moment to reflect, challenge ourselves, and recommit to taking planet-positive action. But merely ‘pledging’ is no longer sufficient. As we approach 2030, leaders and organisations must take tangible actions and provide transparent strategies to effectively reduce their environmental impact and work towards a sustainable planet.

Regenerating for resilience: A tale of three cities, part 2

What does this idea of ‘regenerative business’ mean in practice, both for individual leaders, their organisations and those they serve? In the second of three Field Reports, our cohort of Leadership Vanguard change-makers travelled to Cebu in the Philippines to investigate a very different perspective on ‘place’, regeneration and resilience.

Experiencing Purpose-Led Regeneration: A Tale Of Three Cities

In recent years there’s been a shift in the way some people think and talk about sustainability and the role of business in society. The ambition has moved beyond merely reducing harm, or achieving a healthier balance, to the notion of business regenerating the health of the wider communities and ecosystems their activities affect during their commercial activities. But what …

Xynteo Announces Majority Investment by Leon Capital

Press Release: London and Oslo, 20 February 2023 Xynteo, a strategic advisory firm exclusively dedicated to providing sustainability and energy transition services to some of the world’s largest companies has announced a majority investment by funds advised by Leon Capital LLP (Leon Capital). The family of the founder Osvald Bjelland remains a minority shareholder. The agreement includes the creation of an employee …

Transforming India’s plastic waste ecosystem through FMCG-Bank collaboration

Created financially viable model integrating existing collection systems into unified value chain, demonstrating complete circularity in plastic waste management. India generates 9.5 million tonnes of plastic waste a year, 45% of which is improperly disposed of or left as litter. The client, India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods company, and the CSR arm of one of India’s largest banks, are looking …

Embedding systemic sustainability leadership skills for a global FMCG major

Sustainability has long been a core part of our client’s purpose, but the company wanted to make sure that sustainability was truly at the core of its business growth strategy across all the geographies and markets it operates in.  To accelerate this process, the business wanted to develop a senior leadership programme to equip its leaders with the tools to …