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

climate change
biodiversity loss
biogeochemical flows changes
land-system change
ocean acidification

is key to building corporate regenerative and sustainable values.

Hi, I'm Catherine Chong

I am an Environmental, Social, and Governance Advisor.

I help companies, investors, and governments to understand, integrate and adapt to sustainable and regenerative values.

18 Years of ESG, 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 professional experience extends from management role in banking to 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 developing national green accounting standards and industry specific environmental impact and outcome standards for agriculture (e.g. BSI), finance (e.g. SASB), 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.

4+ Years of Activism in the UK

I saw firsthand the adverse socio-ecological impacts of industrial farming on my family and community in the global south. Since co-founding Farms to Feed Us, a platform connecting consumers with small-scale farmers in the UK, I found myself healing through activism for agroecology.

I recently developed corporate training on climate and food actions. The topics include eating for biodiversity.

Since 2021, I lead engagement at CLEAR, a consortium of 40+ organisations with interests across the environment, animal welfare, human health, and landworkers, representing the institutional interest of regenerative farming in the UK. We lobby for policies and regulations relating to food system accountability and transparency.

See my latest work on food environmental labelling at clearfoodlabeluk.org/ecolabelreview

Catherine Chong on Leathersellers Articl

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2023) Redesigning Food Podcast Series. “Is there a better way to produc

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Speaking Engagements

CLEAR. (2025) ‘Food System Accountability and Transparency for UK Agricultural Transition: Institutional Learning and Collaboration.' 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?’

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’

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The Organic Magazine by the Soil Association

Go to link

Footprint Intelligence. (2023). ‘A transparent future for food service: How environmental data is gr

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Books & Reports

UK Food Ecolabel Methodological Review. (2025) 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?’