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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
As we reach the end of another COP, it was encouraging to see the language in the final conference text found last minute consensus on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels. Yet in our view, after decades of discussion and negotiation, the outcome of 2023 conference isn’t strong enough. Xynteo supports the inclusion of ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ within the agreement, but call for a bolder deal that accelerates action, holds nations accountable for commitments, and encompasses broader support for emerging and developing nations.
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?
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.
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.
Clean hydrogen is gaining prominence in the global transition to sustainability. India, with its National Green Hydrogen Mission, aims to play a pivotal role in leading the shift, but faces challenges such as high production costs. Xynteo looks at how to unlock clean hydrogen’s potential for a sustainable energy future.
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.
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.
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?’