Embedding ESG in IPO strategy is now essential for maximizing valuation, meeting investor expectations and ensuring long-term market credibility. As stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements grow, ESG is becoming essential for companies planning to go public. Increasing research shows that strong ESG practices can improve IPO valuation and long-term performance. To meet investor expectations and reduce risk, companies must adopt a clear, data-driven ESG strategy from the early...

As global trade faces mounting pressure to align with climate goals, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is emerging as one of the most significant climate policies of this decade. CBAM is designed to ensure that goods imported into the EU such as steel, cement, aluminium, fertilizer, hydrogen and electricity carry the same carbon cost as those produced within Europe. In doing so, it tackles a long-standing issue known as “carbon leakage”, where companies relocate...

The Mac -index is hailed as a comparable cost-of-living index across continents but according to me, a burger is not really a staple food...