Sustainable Intelligence

In this episode, Antler Global Partner Rosalind Bazany details how the VC firm replaced the traditional PDF with an interactive, data-rich experience for its 2026 Sustainability Report. The results were astonishing, with the new report generating more engagement in one month than the previous one did in an entire year. She also unpacks groundbreaking data, including a 37% funding advantage for companies with strong sustainability practices, challenging everything you thought you knew about ESG reporting and framework design. Explore Antler’s 2026 Sustainability report.

In this episode, Margot Brandenburg of the Ford Foundation explores how climate risk is reshaping capital allocation, workforce stability, and long-term business resilience. She reframes sustainability as more than compliance, positioning it as a core driver of future performance, from physical climate disruption to human capital and systemic risk.

The conversation cuts through the noise of short-term pressures, highlighting why companies that stay focused on long-term value, use data effectively, and lead with authenticity will come out ahead. The takeaway: future-proofing your business isn’t about reacting to headlines, it’s about building resilience into every decision, for today and the decades ahead.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, we’re joined by Caitlin Pentifallo, Novata’s Head of Sustainability & Regulatory Strategy, to unpack the truth about ESG proxy data—what it is, when it’s useful, and where it can go wrong. Caitlin explains why emissions remain the biggest data gap, what makes a benchmark credible, and how regulators are becoming more accepting of well-designed proxies as long as methodology and assumptions are transparent.

In this episode, we explore why sustainability is shifting beyond compliance and into a core risk management discipline. Christina Anselm, Advisory Manager at Novata, breaks down how non-financial factors, from climate and cyber to geopolitics, are increasingly material financial risks for investors and banks. The conversation reframes risk as holistic, data-driven, and long-term, emphasizing the importance of starting with imperfect data, building practical insights over time, and using risk intelligence to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, we are joined by Beth Meyer, Novata’s Chief Legal Officer and Head of Risk and Compliance. Beth shares a practical, business-first approach to sustainability, one that goes beyond checkbox compliance and shifting regulations to focus on real risk reduction, stakeholder value, and measurable impact. From treating regulations as the floor (not the ceiling) to proving sustainability’s value in the boardroom, this conversation offers clear guidance for leaders looking to build resilient, credible sustainability programs that drive long-term growth.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, we are joined by Bob MacKnight, VP and Head of Sustainability Products at S&P Global Energy Horizons, to unpack what’s next for sustainability in the private markets. Fresh from PRI and Pre-COP, Bob shares the biggest signals he’s seeing, from the maturation of carbon markets and momentum in sustainable agriculture, to the rise of AI-powered workflows and a clear shift from ambition to delivery. Drawing on his background in geoscience, data, and analytics, Bob explains how companies and investors can move past noise, focus on material impacts, and use high-quality data to drive resilience, adaptation, and real financial outcomes. 

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, we sit down with Wladimir Nikoluk, Novata’s Chief Product Officer and founder of Atlas Metrics, to explore how sustainability data is rapidly evolving and what it means for the future of private markets.

Wladimir traces his journey from the UN to McKinsey to launching Atlas Metrics, all fueled by one guiding question: How can data truly augment human decision-making in sustainability?

Together, we dig into what organizations need most right now: clear materiality, seamless data collection, trustworthy data quality, and insights that move far beyond compliance to reduce risk, unlock value, and inform smarter decisions.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, Neil McCall, Senior ESG Analyst at Novata, discusses the key findings from Novata’s 2025 State of Sustainability Report. Neil breaks down why emissions, data quality, and regulatory readiness remain top priorities, and why demonstrating ROI has become the central challenge for sustainability teams.

We explore how organizations across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific are responding to different reporting requirements, why spreadsheets still dominate despite wider adoption of ESG tools, and what separates data-mature teams from those still catching up. Neil also highlights the growing demand for skills in climate risk and supply chain due diligence, and the practical steps companies can take to strengthen their sustainability strategy heading into 2026.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, Janet Wood, Group Corporate and ESG Secretary at Incubeta, joins us to discuss how the global marketing agency kept its ESG strategy moving forward, even after falling out of CSRD scope. 

Janet shares how she unified fragmented initiatives across 37 countries, leveraged assessments like EcoVadis to build a data-driven foundation, and embedded sustainability into business operations. We explore why discipline, collaboration, and pragmatism are key to maintaining momentum and creating long-term value, proving that ESG success goes far beyond compliance.

In this episode of Sustainable Intelligence, we are joined by Ben Morley, Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Ben leads BCG’s support for the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI), a global collaboration uniting over 500 GPs and LPs to standardize ESG data across the private markets.

Ben shares how the EDCI has evolved from a collective action challenge into a benchmark covering 9,000 portfolio companies and 230,000 data points. We explore emerging sustainability trends, the link between ESG performance and value creation, and how better benchmarking is driving measurable impact across private equity, credit, and infrastructure.