We have some news - and genuinely, it's the good kind. When we launched Analyst in the Loop, we were the team behind ClimateAligned - a sustainability data company helping debt investors make sense of climate disclosures. We started writing this newsletter because we were living the same
You've heard the AI agent talk. What's not clear is whether the people doing the talking actually stick with it past day three. We did. We're a team of practitioners who want to leverage AI not just to experiment, but as a real way
If you've been paying attention to the AI world, it's been wild lately. Anthropic's new plugins sent SaaS stocks plummeting, reigniting debate about whether AI platforms will displace traditional software businesses in a “SaaS-Pocalypse”. At the same time, Anthropic and OpenAI are staking out
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TLDR: Explore which companies are actually decarbonising, not just greenwashing Which companies are genuinely committed to sustainability, and which are just greenwashing? Our analyst Natasha used brief.green to analyse the sustainability reports of the 50 largest market cap companies with net zero targets, assessing whether they're taking
Articles featured: An Opinionated Guide to Using AI, OpenAI Research Paper, MIT Research via Forbes, Business Costs of Poor AI Data Quality, ICO Guidance I waded through the AI slop flooding the internet (yes, over half of new articles are now AI-written) to find pieces that will actually help you
AI has made high-quality sustainability research easier than ever—and in the quest to decarbonise our economy, it's never been more important. Strong research can serve many purposes, from building your company's brand to identifying market risks and opportunities. While AI simplifies the research process, it
Louie from Climate Proof had a problem. He wanted to know which of the world's 50 largest banks were genuinely preparing for physical climate risk. Not just talking about it, but actually doing the work. The challenge: finding and assessing evidence scattered across tens of thousands of pages
Last week's AI tools for COP30 were a hit. So we're keeping the momentum going. This week, we're supporting your climate work in two ways: For your next project: We built a Regeneration Atlas that calculates carbon sequestration potential for any location—because showing
If you’re heading to COP30 — or racing to finish COP-related work before it kicks off — you’re probably already feeling the chaos. Two weeks of nonstop meetings, panels, announcements, press briefings, dealmaking, and, yes… even more meetings. Oof. But don’t panic — we’ve got you. We’ve rounded
You may have noticed something different — our newsletter has a new name. AI is reshaping how we work, and if you’re the one on your team figuring out how to use it to work smarter and faster, this is for you. Over the past few months, our team at