Nossa Data at Climate Week NYC

22nd September, 2025

My first day at #climateweeknyc was off to a strong start, with my morning commute leading into a session titled “Digital Climate Reporting Roundtable: Reduce Reporting Burden; Produce Actionable Data.” The discussion brought together influential voices in the sustainability ecosystem, including Michelle Savage and Campbell Pryde of XBRL US, as well as Neil Stewart from the IFRS Foundation, and several more. Their perspectives set the tone for a day of insightful exchanges on how to make climate reporting more streamlined and impactful.

The key theme of the session was guiding companies on determining the right approach to gathering their 𝗚𝗛𝗚 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. The conversation also emphasised looking beyond sustainability-labelled investment funds to the broader universe of global assets under management, highlighting the scale of capital markets’ potential role in driving change. Speakers explored the importance of interoperability in reporting frameworks, underscoring how reducing duplication, aligning with existing protocols, and leveraging the work of organizations like hashtag#SASB can fill in the gap as ESRS sector standards were paused.

Another highlight was hearing from keynotes from lawmakers trying to shape the regulatory landscape. Assemblymember Deborah Glick from the New York State Assembly and California State Senator Scott Wiener shared updates on their initiatives, including California’s SB 253, which mandates GHG measurement and reporting at the state level. Their contributions underscored the growing role of state-level regulation in the US for climate disclosures.

The rest of the day was filled with several meetings with ESG and climate leaders, including clients, top performing corporates, and other players in the climate ecosystem.

Onto Nossa Data's Day 2!

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29th September, 2025

Just wrapped up a busy and energising week at #ClimateWeekNYC, undoubtedly an incredible opportunity to connect with leaders across sustainability, policy, and corporate reporting, and I’m leaving with a lot of insights and optimism about where climate disclosure is headed.

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While I’m still summarising notes from memory, here are a few key themes stood out to me:

• The jargon has been wrong from the beginning: I know, I’m a former finance bro who works in ESG; I’ve probably contributed to the overwhelming number of terms and acronyms. While I’ve improved, I still noticed last week that several climate issues are spoken about too exististentially - We have more tangible topics like water scarcity and energy costs that people are facing in their day-to-day spending, which are better methods of conveying the same increasing burdens we face 
• Regulation is difficult and continuously coming soon: Many people look at the SEC and EU backtracking as an indication that regulations will completely be walked back, but the direction is quite clear that more regulation is coming, albeit with several more surprises and speedbumps along the way.
• Human Capital and ESG resilience: Despite all the noise and negative sentiments that appear, the fund flows, long-term unit economics, and, most importantly, the strong interest amongst each industry’s human capital, are all stronger than a few negative headlines targeting a 3-letter acronym

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On Day 1, I shared some early reflections from the “Digital Climate Reporting Roundtable” session [➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7376232148791607296/]. Building on that, the rest of the week expanded my perspective with [Insert broader reflection: e.g. how cross-border regulation and investor demand are shaping the ESG reporting ecosystem].

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As always, I’d be glad to share more of my learnings from Climate Week. If you’d like a consultative chat about how these developments could affect your reporting strategy, disclosure practices, or ESG data approach, feel free to reach out directly via DM or by commenting “ESG” in the comments section.

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