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

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.

Women For People And Planet Series: Sameera Sandhu

Meet Egon Zehnder’s Sameera Sandhu—with a knack for transforming industry moguls into eco-warriors, her secret weapon is her uncanny ability to find inspiration in everyone she meets. When she’s not busy saving the planet one corporate strategy at a time, you can find her championing curiosity, courage, and collaboration – because in Sameera’s world, even the most hardcore industrialist can learn to hug a tree (metaphorically, of course). Xynteo’s Milan Kaur sat down with Sameera to talk about her journey, what she has learned, and how she sees the future of sustainability in the corporate world.

Systems change in action: Discovering the future of sustainable leadership in Mumbai

Mumbai—a city known for its vibrant culture, resilience, and complexity—served as the dynamic backdrop for this year’s Leadership Vanguard Exchange. Within this vibrant setting, participants immersed themselves in systems thinking and sustainability, learning firsthand how collaborative innovation and purpose-driven initiatives can tackle global challenges. Through visits to one of Vikaasa’s Waste No More sites and Godrej Construction, a member of Xynteo’s Build Ahead coalition, they witnessed …

Energy Leap Innovation Challenge winner – Interview with Suzhiyam Industrial Machines

Suzhiyam Industrial Machines, the winner of the inaugural Energy Leap Innovation Challenge, is revolutionizing the way India approaches clean energy and waste management. In this interview, the co-founders discuss their technology, the challenges facing start-ups in India, and their ambitious vision to become the country’s leading green hydrogen supplier by 2027.  Congratulations on winning the Innovation Challenge award earlier this …

India’s first clean hydrogen technology accelerator – Interview with Vipul Kumar, Senior Partner, Xynteo, on Energy Leap

As Asia’s first clean hydrogen technology accelerator, Energy Leap is playing a pivotal role in catalysing India’s transition to a hydrogen-based economy. In this interview, Vipul Kumar, Senior Partner at Xynteo, the organisation behind Energy Leap, discusses the origins of the initiative, its collaborative approach to nurturing promising clean hydrogen startups, and the key technological and market-based challenges facing the …

Clean hydrogen: Catalysing India-UK innovation and collaboration

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 …

Pathways for green hydrogen project developers: Navigating export and domestic markets, and building competitive capabilities

As green hydrogen emerges as a critical lever for the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, project developers must assess markets, develop strategic capabilities and evaluate project economics before investing in such projects. Export markets: Key geographies Green hydrogen is gaining prominence as an energy carrier that can be transported in liquefied form, creating new export opportunities. The European Union (EU) and …

Five priorities for building a more sustainable plastic waste system

Every year, hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic end up in landfills and oceans, where they take centuries to break down, threatening wildlife and ecosystems. Tackling this global problem demands collaboration, creativity, and commitment across the entire value chain of a variety of sectors. With this in mind, Xynteo met business leaders from the plastic ecosystem at New York Climate Week to discuss how they can rethink our utilisation of plastic.

Electrifying urban road transport for a complex world

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 …

Build Ahead launches Build Better, a new tool for construction developers in India to measure embodied carbon

The built environment in India comprising a huge 32% of the nation’s carbon emissions – and ‘embodied carbon’ a third of that contribution – addressing the challenge of carbon-intensive materials used in construction is critical. Today, Build Ahead is excited to launch its Build Better embodied carbon measurement tool as an important step to understand, measure, and tackle our ambitions …

Global industry leaders unite at Climate Week NYC to accelerate aluminium decarbonisation through cross-sector collaboration

Aluminium, a cornerstone of industries from automotive to construction, stands at a critical juncture. The industry has already achieved a remarkable feat: since 2020, aluminium production has decoupled from emissions growth. In 2022 alone, global production rose by 2.5% while emissions fell by 1.2%. But is this enough to meet our climate goals?

During Climate Week NYC on 24 September 2024, International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and Xynteo hosted a groundbreaking panel to tackle this very question.