Gautam Naik is a Senior Writer on the S&P Global Sustainable1 Thought Leadership Team and a frequent contributor to the S&P Global podcast ESG Insider. He spent a decade as a science and climate change reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York and London, covering topics such as rainforest and biodiversity destruction, sea level rise, severe weather events and ocean acidification. He joined S&P Global Market Intelligence as a European consumer reporter where he tackled sustainability subjects ranging from plastic and food waste to the rampant use of forced labor in consumer supply chains and the escalating ESG risks posed by big meat producers.