Sustainability consulting is a rapidly evolving discipline. Client needs are becoming more complex and disclosure expectations keep expanding. At the same time, given current economic and political headwinds, many sustainability budgets have shrunk, meaning external consultants are often expected to do more with less. As AI becomes more sophisticated, many consultants are facing mandates from […]
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ESG Consulting: Top Challenges for Advisors in 2026
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has rapidly become an important investment and risk management philosophy, influencing corporate governance at major businesses worldwide. ESG strategy includes environmental and social factors, like emissions, climate risk, long-term value creation, and the broader social impacts of business decisions. Companies need to demonstrate their overall ESG strategy to private equity […]
Webinar: AI for investor-grade sustainability intelligence
Overview As sustainability data grows in volume and complexity, investors, financial institutions, and their advisors need smarter ways to extract actionable insights. AI is rapidly transforming ESG and sustainability intelligence—helping investors and advisors monitor performance, assess risks, and make informed decisions at scale. Join Manifest Climate for an exclusive webinar exploring how AI can instantly […]
Unlocking ESG intelligence for smarter decision making
Sustainability teams today are drowning in data but struggling to extract insight. ESG (environmental, social, and governance) information often lives scattered across spreadsheets, reports, and disclosure frameworks. Many organizations collect large volumes of data without turning it into decisions that matter. A Deloitte survey found that 83% of companies increased sustainability investments in the past […]
A guide to sustainable portfolio management in the AI era
Integrating sustainability into investment decisions has become both a strategic imperative and a complex challenge. Investors today face an overwhelming volume of ESG data, inconsistent corporate disclosures, and rapidly evolving regulations. Yet to achieve long-term value and resilience, asset managers must effectively identify sustainability risks and opportunities across portfolios. Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how […]
ESG assessment: evaluating risk and opportunity
Despite what certain global leaders may be saying at the moment, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are central to understanding risk, resilience, and long-term value in business environments. Recently, at New York Climate Week, several of the world’s leading banks revealed the true extent of ESG integration into traditional risk assessments, explaining that they […]
3 big ESG data challenges (and how AI solves them)
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data has become a cornerstone of financial decision-making. Yet for many investors and consultants, the sheer scale and complexity of available information is creating more confusion than clarity. Disclosures often lack detail, differ across frameworks, or lean too heavily on marketing claims. The result: capital is misallocated, risks are mispriced, […]
Sustainability impact: ESG in financial services explained
In 2025, climate change is reshaping discussions of risk and return in corporate boardrooms. The financial services industry, which is effectively the backbone of the global economy, is taking climate risk extremely seriously. Whether you’re in banking, insurance, or asset management, the expectations around climate and sustainability performance are high, and rightly so. Investors want […]
ESG analysis: What it is, why it matters, and how to do it right
What is ESG analysis? Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis is the process of evaluating how a company discloses, manages, and performs in relation to sustainability issues. It goes beyond treating ESG as a compliance concern. Instead, sophisticated ESG analysis is about interpreting that information in a way that’s aligned with global reporting standards, investor […]
How agentic AI is shaping ESG research
There is more environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data than ever, yet sustainability teams, ESG advisors and responsible investors are finding that the research component of their jobs is not getting any easier. Disclosure rules are tightening. Stakeholder expectations are growing. And the volume of reports, standards, and frameworks to parse through? It’s overwhelming. Even […]