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Joss Tantram

Joss is a founding partner at Terrafiniti, mixing practical guidance and big, hopeful ideas for a sustainable future.

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Why we should be reinforcing sustainable strategy in challenging times

Sustainability professionals face mounting challenges as global pressures, climate change, ecological degradation, and social inequality, intensify. At the same time, corporate focus and resources for sustainability are under strain due to shifting political and economic priorities.
To drive meaningful sustainability performance, professionals must ensure their organisations clearly understand how emerging sustainability trends will shape future business outcomes. This requires robust strategic analysis to build clarity, secure internal buy-in, and establish a credible business case.
Despite external pressures, the urgency for corporate sustainability remains unchanged. It is a strategic necessity, and its success depends on informed assessment, deliberate planning, and decisive action.

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Managing uncertainty in sustainability disclosure

Terrafiniti worked with WBCSD’s Corporate Performance & Accountability programme by researching and writing the July 2025 report ‘Managing Uncertainty in Sustainability Disclosure’. The publication offers practical guidance, analysis, and examples to help companies navigate the complexities of sustainability reporting - particularly in addressing and communicating uncertainty and its financial implications. Drawing on expert insights and collaboration with WBCSD members, standard setters, accountants, and investors, the report distils key challenges and requirements. It supports businesses in aligning their disclosures with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS S1 and S2).

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Sustainability disclosure in the UK – the new UK Sustainability Reporting Standards

More Sustainability Disclosures (potentially) hove into view – what is the UK’s approach and what are the implications?
In June 2025, the UK Government published draft versions of its first two Sustainability Reporting Standards—UK SRS S1 and S2—for public consultation. These proposals are closely aligned with the ISSB’s IFRS S1 and S2, with only minor UK-specific modifications. The aim is to maintain international consistency while tailoring the standards for UK use. The consultation, which runs until 17 September 2025, seeks stakeholder input to inform a decision on whether and how the ISSB standards should be formally adopted in the UK.

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Communicating Sustainability– how audiences value different language

To drive change in their organisations, sustainability professionals have to be effective influencers as well as content experts.
However, navigating how to develop the right messages for the right audiences can present a range of challenges, especially when sustainability can be complex, nuanced, and the subject of assumptions and strong passions.
Understanding the nature and types of communication that are used and valued by different groups, functions and professions in your organisation is fundamental to success.
Even within a single organisation, ways of thinking, cultural norms and professional perspectives can vary widely. Successful sustainability communication needs to recognise and utilise this diversity.

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Sustainable transition – waiting for the underpants gnomes?

Dramatic changes are needed in business and industry to head off coming poly crises and build a prosperous future for the growing global population.
But plans for this ‘sustainable transition’ are few and far between and often lack credible substance to bridge the link between ambition and action. Indeed, many appear to rely upon an unspecified magical transformative ingredient that will make it all happen – the underpants gnomes.

This article highlights how concerns are mounting about the gap between high level commitments and real change, how action can lag behind the rhetoric of some sustainable transition approaches and explores the essential components of a plausible plan. (you can also find out what an underpants gnome is…).

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WEF Global Risks 2023 – What’s new and what’s changed?

While big picture environmental threats of climate change, nature loss and ecosystem collapse remain long term risks, geopolitical instability and the current cost-of-living crisis challenges present emerging challenges to the chance for global consensus and coordinated action.
The WEF (World Economic Forum) Global Risks Report 2023 presents a picture of how more than 1,200 respondents perceive the global risk landscape, identifies several future scenarios and possible polycrises arising from the complex interactions of a number of individual trends.
What are the Report’s headlines and top 10 short- and long-term risks?

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ESG and Sustainability Reporting – are you engaging your investors?

ESG and Corporate Sustainability reporting with an investor focus is increasing in importance. Many company reports are still stronger on rhetoric than on providing a clear picture of sustainability issues, impacts and risks. In addition, there are still challenges in how companies identify which of these issues, impacts and risks are material to the company now and in the future. Joss Tantram, Partner at Terrafiniti, reviews regulatory guidance for ESG and sustainability reporting and considers the fundamentals of good disclosure for stakeholders while enhancing investor engagement.

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Sustainable value creation

Understanding the relationship between your organisation and the wider world, and identifying which issues, trends, dependencies and risks are material (important) to your business future is critical. Not just for measuring and managing impact, but also for developing resilience and responding to the changing requirements of clients, investors and wider stakeholders and ultimately maximising the opportunities for sustainable value creation.

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Engaging leadership in sustainability – CFO

Engaging leadership in sustainability is vital - even in a large organisation with dedicated sustainability specialists. To ensure that sustainability becomes and remains a strategic priority, sustainability professionals need to work hard to get the organisation on board. You need to start with the positions, roles, places and people that matter.

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