Insights & Analysis
Northern European hot-rolled coil climbed €40 a tonne in the first eight weeks of 2026 as the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism went definitive. The UK version lands 1 January 2027. Most businesses have no baseline to model it against.
SustainTrue has joined Pledge 1%, a global movement empowering companies to drive positive social impact. We are committing 1% of our resources to making a difference.
Greenwashing penalties exceeded A$43 million in Australia in 2024-2025. But one label hides five distinct failure modes - and most businesses can't tell which one applies to them.
Thousands of companies have pledged net zero. Only 7% meet minimum requirements for a credible commitment (Net Zero Stocktake 2025). The gap between pledge and plan is where risk lives.
AASB S2. SECR. CDP. ISSB. GRI. SBTi. TCFD. Same emissions data, seven different formats. The disclosure maze is real.
Carbon accounting has three tiers. Most businesses over-complicate the first two and avoid the third entirely.
The sustainability industry built 26 frameworks, 14 disclosure standards, and thousands of taxonomies. Then wondered why nothing moved.