Linking ESG
for people and planet
Addressing climate risks and the socio-ecological impacts
An understanding of the social, economic, governance and political (ESG) issues arising from ecological changes and variability such as
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climate change
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biodiversity loss
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biogeochemical flows changes
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land-system change
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ocean acidification
is key to building corporate regenerative and sustainable values.
Hi, I'm Catherine Chong
I help companies and investors to understand, integrate and adapt to corporate sustainable and regenerative values.
ESG, Sustainability & Regenerative Advisor
18 Years of Sustainability, Impact Investing and Tech Professional Experience in Asia, North America, and UK.
A strategist and an analyst by nature, I work with companies to identify, link and then disentangle economic, ecological, social, and governance (ESG) risks and impacts into corporate decisions.
My expertise includes translating complex socio-ecological systems thinking and component 'feedback' into corporate decisions.
My professional experience extends from corporate consulting for farming, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), forestry, to finance, especially private equity and sovereign wealth fund.
The projects in my portfolio include national green accounting, rainforest and wildlife conservation, sustainable crops certification, ethical lending and investing, payment-for-ecosystem services schemes like carbon cap-and-trade, and sustainable product strategy in food, fashion, and other consumer goods.
Interview & Press
Delicious Magazine. (2025)'15 Food Heroes Making Change in 2025'. The Leathersellers' Foundation . (2024) 'A System of Nature Regenerative Agriculture'. The Grocer (2024) ‘How Many Food Environmental Labelling Schemes Are Too Many?’ The Grocer (2023) ‘IGD Faces Backlash Over Front-of-Pack Eco-label Plans’ British Vogue (2023) ‘Great Britain: Tradition And Revolution - Forces for Change” EllenMacarthurFoundation.org (2023) ‘The Foundation's podcast makes the Lovie Award Shortlist’ Farmers Guardian. (2022) ‘Retailer eco-label has potential to 'mislead' shoppers” Food Navigator. (2022) ‘Poor data is hindering eco-label plans, group warns” Country and Townhouse. (2022) July/August Issue. ‘We need Regeneration’
Speaking Engagements
UKRI Agri-food for Net Zero Network+ (2024) 'Diversity for Net Zero'. Symbiocene Summit. (2024) Plant the Future: Right To Grow.' Aspen Institute UK. (2023) ‘Critical Conversations 4: The Future of Food Systems’ Groundswell. (2023) ‘Is it time to certify regenerative agriculture’ IEMA. (2023) ‘Environmental Disclosure and Sustainable Food Production - Friends or Foe?’
Books & Reports
UK Food Ecolabel Review. (2025) Upcoming. UK Parliamentary POST Briefing (2023) ‘Research Briefing: Measuring sustainable environment-food system interactions’ UK Parliamentary POST Briefing. (2023) ‘Environmental Impacts of (and Risks for) the Food Production System.’ Footprint Intelligence. (2023). ‘A transparent future for food service: How environmental data is greening supply chains and empowering the public’ Natural Environment Research Council and the British Science Association. (2023) ‘Roundtable: What is the role of eco-labels in driving clean growth?’