Conflict in Ukraine, increased attention around the climate crisis, and China’s recent lead in EV production have fuelled concerns around global energy security and the green transition. In the US, the Biden administration has demonstrated its commitment through the Inflation Reduction Act, allocating $369bn to energy security and climate change. As the energy transition accelerates, we summarise the alternative data marketplace across renewables. 

China’s automobile exports surpassed Japan's for the first time in 1H23, making it the largest car exporter in the period. Electric vehicles, accounting for around a third, were the main driver of growth. Considering China produces 60% of the world’s motive batteries used to power EVs and interest we receive at Neudata on this topic, this report highlights datasets to help monitor China’s lithium-ion battery supply chain.

The recent closure of Pacific Epoch lends a timely opportunity to review the Chinese ecommerce data landscape since our last summary three years ago. In this report, we focus on the symbiotic relationship between China’s ecommerce giants and the l...

Mass layoffs in some industries and labour shortages across others have left global labour markets in a state of paradox. In light of these trends, we summarise the alternative datasets that can help track employee churn. We also highlight studies that link workforce turnover with financial performance, outline the common challenges with using these datasets, and suggest several solutions to help investors overcome such issues.