Across conversations with business leaders, partners and peers, the Quantis team heard a growing focus on execution, and discussed approaches to embedding climate strategy across organizations, demonstrating impact and connecting sustainability initiatives to business value.
Here are four takeaways from the week:
The term ‘climate strategy’ is taking on a new definition. It used to be an exercise in ambition setting, modeling levers, building the all too popular waterfall charts, and zooming into emission factors to see “what happens if.”
With spreadsheets full of initiatives, priorities, and investments in place, it’s becoming a matter of execution through organizational strategy and how teams collaborate internally and externally. One of my favorite conversations last week was how well set up are you to execute your strategy?
John Willard, Global Climate Strategy & Risk Lead
Food & Agriculture feels increasingly focused on implementation and proof. The conversations I’m hearing are less about setting another ambition and more about how companies measure outcomes, substantiate progress and actually operationalize commitments. Regenerative agriculture is a good example, with growing interest in measuring impact beyond carbon and aligning across different frameworks and standards.
Kendra Pedley, US Food & Beverage Sector Lead
We increasingly know how to decarbonize. The question is how to make it investable. Many technologies exist. But upstream producers need credible demand signals before committing capital, while downstream companies need credible ways to recognize reductions in their Scope 3 inventories.
This is why EACs, mass balance, book-and-claim and other market mechanisms matter: they can connect demand for lower-carbon products with investments deep in supply chains.
But, without robust accounting, verification, protection against double counting and alignment among frameworks, these mechanisms won’t scale.
Antoine Bois, Global Industry & Services Sector Lead
Sustainability and business value are increasingly connected. We are moving from theory to practice. The most compelling initiatives are those that can simultaneously deliver environmental impact, strengthen resilience and create tangible value for the business.
Clement Turnier, US Cosmetics, Personal Care & Pharma Sector Lead
