Webinar – Local Compliance, Global Success: Upgrading Sustainability Strategies with the CSRD
GIST Impact CEO Pavan Sukhdev and Edelman Smithfield Head of ESG Advisory Lane Jost discussed the topic of “Local Compliance, Global Success: Upgrading Sustainability Strategies with the CSRD“. The wide-ranging discussion delivered crucial insights across key topics, including: The rise of the impact economy The alignment between corporate and financial services stakeholders The practicalities of […]
Roundtable Discussion with KPMG and Maanch
Last week, GIST Impact, KPMG and Maanch organised a roundtable meeting that brought together industry experts from leading organisations and financial institutions driving the transition to an impact economy. The impact economy values environmental and social impacts alongside financial returns. The roundtable emphasised that this is not a future aspiration but a present necessity. The […]
Webinar – CSRD: Data-Driven Quantitative Insights for Effective Compliance and Strategic Development
In our latest webinar, GIST Impact CEO Pavan Sukhdev and KPMG International Global Managing Director David Greenall discussed the topic of “CSRD: Data-Driven Quantitative Insights for Effective Compliance and Strategic Development“. The wide-ranging discussion delivered crucial insights across key topics, including: Why objective quantitative and scientific data is a key requirement The challenges facing companies […]
ESG Ratings vs. ESG Framework: Is Impact Valuation the real path forward?
In 2005, ESG was introduced as a framework to measure company performance across Environmental, Social, and Governance pillars – pillars that are inherently linked to impact. Over time, however, ESG has been sidetracked by the rise of subjective ratings that have proven to be inadequate. To achieve real systems change, we need to recognise that […]
GIST Impact announces Armin Peter as the newest Global Partner for Capital Markets
Armin Peter joins us with over 25 years of Capital Markets and banking experience in the EMEA, where he was previously the Global Head of Debt Syndicate and Sustainable Banking EMEA at UBS Investment Bank. As a respected former GFMA Board member and Chair of the ICMA – International Capital Market Association FinTech Advisory Committee, […]
The Birth, Life, Death and Afterlife of ESG Ratings
In a recent TEDx talk “The Birth, Life, Death, and Afterlife of ESG Ratings”, our Founder and CEO Pavan Sukhdev explored the evolution and challenges of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) metrics. What began as a comprehensive approach to measuring corporate sustainability has now become mired in competing ratings, biases, and controversies. Incidents like Tesla’s exclusion […]
Integrated Profit and Loss Reporting
This blog post refers to a paper published in 2018 by the Stockholm Resilience Centre – demonstrating our long-standing expertise in impact accounting and framework development. Understanding the full spectrum of corporate performance goes beyond financial statements. The “Integrated Profit & Loss Reporting” framework is designed to measure the impacts of business activities not just […]
GIST Impact featured in Microsoft white paper on solving for inclusive economic growth in the era of AI
We are delighted to announce that GIST Impact plays a prominent part in a new Microsoft white paper titled “Solving for Inclusive Economic Growth in the Era of AI”. Featuring insights by Mahima Sukhdev (SVP, Commercial Development), the white paper showcases the GIST Impact Power SROI platform (pp.10-11) – built in collaboration with Microsoft, and […]
GIST Impact featured in Environmental Finance article on nature data
We are proud to announce that GIST Impact has been profiled in an Environmental Finance article titled “Nature Data – overwhelmingly complex, but a need-to-know”. Offering insights from Pavan Sukhdev (CEO), Dr Thomas Moran (VP, Head of Biodiversity), and Mahima Sukhdev (SVP, Commercial Development), the article explores the helping hand of emerging frameworks and regulations […]
GIST Impact speaking at Reset Connect: From ESG & Sustainability to Impact
We were honoured to take part in a panel titled “From ESG & Sustainability to Impact: The Future of Finance” at Reset Connect, the signature event for London Climate Action Week. GIST Impact’s SVP, Commercial Development, Mahima Sukhdev took the stage along with host Cliff Prior, CBE, CEO at GSG Impact and fellow panellists James Payne (Forum for the Future), Ben Constable Maxwell […]
