A few months ago the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published a document called “World Energy Transitions – Outlook 2022”. The report made it clear how poor the progress in energy transition and reducing CO2 emissions has been. However, on the brighter side, it identified a clear pathway for avoiding temporary solutions to energy shortages, … Read more
Earlier this month, the Permutable AI team attended Sustainabilty Live, where industry leaders and expert analysts came together to discuss hot topics and exchange ideas at the heart of the 2030 agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A key theme throughout was tackling climate change, and one of the biggest takeaways for us was … Read more
Rapid expansion is being seen in the ESG (environment, social, and governance) investment sector. It has been estimated that ESG funds oversee over $330 billion, and this number is expected to rise in the near future. Despite its good effects, the rapid expansion of ESG has raised questions about greenwashing, in which businesses exaggerate or … Read more
An introduction to natural language processing A computer program’s capacity to recognize human language as it is verbal or on paper is known as natural language processing (NLP) – part of artificial intelligence. NLP has been around for more than 50 years yet it has only been in more recent times that businesses have been … Read more
In the last few years, an interesting ingredient has been added to the investment evaluation world – the issue of ESG disclosure and reporting. Much recent discussion of ESG has focused on environmental matters, but governance issues are critical in some sectors, social issues in others. In this note, we build on our last blog … Read more
The need to integrate sustainable options into supply chain management is rapidly thriving to curb the challenges which arose due to the Covid-19 pandemic and thereafter the Ukraine-Russia war. This has resulted in companies working on different approaches to attain supply chain sustainability by changing the way they operate businesses. The impact a company’s supply … Read more
ESG data analytics helps companies measure, manage and monitor their reputation, sustainability profile, performance and risk compared to the competition. It is progressively becoming a competitive advantage as companies increasingly place greater importance on their ESG strategy and the business world becomes unquestionably attuned to ESG investing. Here we take a closer look at the … Read more
How are our ESG company reports formulated? Which data sources do we use to compile them? Why do some companies seem to have high ratings in a particular area whilst it is commonly known that their business practices demonstrate quite the opposite? Here, our Founder and CEO Wilson Chan answers some of the most common … Read more
There are new regulations in the European Union that are concerned with the supply chain that affects the regular operation of the supply chain. It is essential for all stakeholders to fully understand the regulations as they will directly or indirectly affect their business operations. Harmonization, legal certainty, and a level playing field for all EU states are … Read more
The Effect of War on Global Supply Chain Sentiment: Summary As we approach week four of the Ukrainian crisis, we present our initial findings on the effect of war on global supply chain management and sentiment. Following Russian troops across international borders on Feb 24 has seen a major impact on global supply chains in … Read more