Corporate sustainability

Creating resilience through sustainable business models

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Sustainability is a business imperative

We help our clients differentiate themselves in the market by developing and implementing sustainability and ESG strategies that reduce risk and build long-term organisational resilience.

Action, not words

Investors, regulators and your customers are demanding not only robust sustainability plans, but credible evidence of progress made towards your sustainability goals.

Bespoke support

We can guide you through any or all of the stages of your sustainability journey as a targeted project or as part of a wider sustainability programme.

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Support at every stage of your sustainability journey

We'll work with you to understand where you are on your sustainability journey by using data to measure performance and assess gaps.

Our review stage support includes: materiality analysis, Scope 3 emissions assessments, energy audits, carbon footprinting, competitor analysis, policy and regulatory reviews, product life cycle assessments, bench marking and gap analysis, sub-metering and more.

We'll help you to define what you want to achieve by empowering ambition and developing a clear strategy tailored to your organisation and that prioritises action.

Our strategy stage support includes sustainability strategies, ESG strategies, net zero strategies, packaging strategies, circular economy strategies, site decarbonisation strategies, supply chain decarbonisation strategies and more.

We'll set out exactly what you need to do to become more sustainable through target setting and developing roadmaps with clear action steps.

Our target and roadmap stage support includes alignment with science-based targets, net zero roadmaps, decarbonisation pathways, circular economy roadmaps, product sustainability assessments and more.

We'll support implementation of your strategy with feasibility studies, concept development and by acting as owner's consultant.

Our implementation support inlcudes sustainable procurement support, circular economy business support, feasibility studies, business case development, technology development, supply chain engagement, capacity building and training, project management as owner's consultant and more.

We'll help you communicate your plans and achievements to legislators, investors and other stakeholders through effective reporting.

Our reporting support includes ESG reporting including: TCFD, Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) - Phase 3, European requirements arising from Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), mandatory greenhouse gas reporting, corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, environmental or sustainability reports, greenhouse gas reporting, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developing science based targets, disclosures to CDP, customer or sector sustainability disclosure requests, Organisation Environmental Footprinting (OEF), third party assurance, life cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPD), sector certifications such as the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) and more.

Related capabilities

Our comprehensive range of services help our clients to achieve an effective, forward-thinking and sustainable way to do business.

Circular economy

Our experts can tailor a plan to help your organisation benefit from a circular economy approach including market assessment, resource mapping, sustainable procurement, stakeholder engagement, sustainable packaging and more.

Energy and carbon management

We support governments, other public sector bodies and businesses with their energy and carbon management. Our comprehensive knowledge and experience delivers value across a wide range of areas.

Life cycle assessment

Our deep scientific analysis is helping our clients develop more sustainable products and services and/or demonstrate their already impressive environmental credentials.

Net zero pathways

Whether you are just starting to plan your journey to net zero, or already have a roadmap in place and want expertise to deliver your ambitions, our experts can add value, maximising opportunities and avoiding risks.

Scope 3 emissions management

We can help you tackle your Scope 3 (value chain) emissions with baselining, strategy development, target setting, supplier engagement, implementation and reporting.

Sustainability and ESG strategy and reporting

We develop strategies and roadmaps that help you to understand and respond to the risk and opportunities that will impact your company’s success and long-term value creation.

TCFD and climate risk

Our extensive experience in strategic consulting, combined with the depth of expertise in climate science and technical environmental subject matters, enables our experts to provide comprehensive support to an organisation's understanding and response to climate risk.

Corporate water risk and security

We can help you future-proof your organisation's water needs and provide security against increasing resource costs, water security risks and legislation changes.