London, 17 March 2025 – Rio AI (Rio), a leading sustainability intelligence platform, has announced a strategic partnership with One.Five Partners to accelerate sustainability and climate finance initiatives across Africa. By combining Rio’s cutting-edge technology with One.Five Partners’ deep local expertise and influential network, the collaboration will enable businesses to navigate evolving regulatory landscapes and unlock new opportunities for sustainable growth.
As the Oil and Gas industry navigates increasing regulatory pressures and stakeholder demands for sustainability, effectively managing Scope 3 emissions has become a non-negotiable priority. However, the complexity of tracking emissions across the value chain can feel overwhelming for Sustainability Managers. That’s where Rio AI comes in, offering a comprehensive, user-friendly platform designed to simplify the measurement, management, and reporting of Scope 3 emissions.
Sustainability, a term once associated with idealistic corporate citizenship, has evolved into a complex and often contentious issue. It's a double-edged sword, simultaneously hailed as a crucial global priority and dismissed as a passing trend.
COP29 concluded with a commitment of $300 billion annually by 2035 to support developing nations in combating climate change, tripling the previous $100 billion annual pledge.
We had a great two days at the Net Zero Festival listening to some fascinating talks and meeting some very exciting innovators in the sustainability space. There was a broad array of topics ranging from greenwashing regulation to space solar power. Here are some of our takeaways from the event:
We recently did a poll on whether we need to see more positive news to create optimism and momentum to drive solutions and change or if we need to be confronted with the stark reality of climate change, with a clear split in the results.
Today saw biodiversity take centre stage at COP27, which aimed to advance and institutionalize action towards valuing, conserving, restoring, and sustainably using biodiversity across terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems to reduce climate change impacts and leverage nature-based solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change and build resilience for people and nature.
Attendees to COP27 will today be discussing decarbonisation as part of the themed daily schedule. Decarbonisation Day aims to promote discussion on how heavily polluting industries such as oil and gas extraction, and construction, can reduce their emissions using innovative techniques.
‘Rank deception’ UN chief slams corporate greenwashing at Cop27
Leaders from almost 200 nations will gather in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm-el-Sheikh from Nov 6 to 18 to hammer out details of how countries can take climate action under the Paris Agreement.