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Transformational
strategy

We’re on the side of business. We think it’s the greatest opportunity for transformation we have. But sustainability isn’t creating enough change or doing it fast enough.

Sustainability has done a lot to lay the path to a more transformative future. The processes it has developed are the right ones. And it’s a very good thing that in most big businesses there is an established corporate responsibility function, and that this is taken seriously at board level. But it’s not delivering the results we need. All too often the sensible CR framework, and its associated targets and report, act to enable business as usual, rather than change it.

Business has reach and influence, scale and resources, creativity and cultural understanding. But at the moment, it’s not harnessing these effectively. Now is the time for this to change. For the sake of the world, for the sake of society and very much also for the sake of your business.

Businesses that create impact at scale through what they do and how they do it will generate value for everyone.

We exist to make this happen. Not by shouting and screaming, that’s not our style. We build trust with you and your stakeholders, combining evidence and conviction to create a compelling case for action.

Our Approach
We work systematically and methodically to understand impact

Once we understand your impacts, we organise these into a framework that makes intuitive sense and reflects who you are, what you do, and what your stakeholders expect.

We set targets that stretch the business and are ambitious

We make sure they are realistic and supported by a pathway to achieving them.

We develop specific structures for delivering change

From data management systems to impact audits and policies and governance structures, we make sure you have what you need to deliver the targets you’ve set.

We weave embedding and engagement into everything we do

We know this is the only way to create real change. We bring together a wide range of internal stakeholders and make sure every function throughout the organisation – from marketing, to HR, to strategy – gets what this means for them. And we help to build internal cultures that engender action in everyone.

Products and Tools

Materiality

Materiality and double materiality, done right, can be powerful strategic tools. We rigorously identify and analyse the sustainability issues your organisation has an impact on, and those that represent a risk to the business. Aligning with current and future regulation and best practice, we use robust expert-led evidence and innovative approaches that not only lead to good reporting – they drive real action.

Stakeholder engagement

Do you know what stakeholders really think about your social and environmental actions, and what they’d say if they were feeling bold? If you don’t, we can help. We use our tools, network and knowledge to fill in the gaps and push your thinking. We speak to challenging people, ask challenging questions, and deliver surprising results.

Strategies and targets

We bring powerful simplicity and logic to your sustainability strategy – bold and directional frameworks supported by clear metrics that ladder up to meaningful targets. We challenge you to be ambitious, but work to understand what is achievable, and bring it all together in a way that makes stakeholders take notice.

Reporting and comms

Effective sustainability communications should reflect the business’s direction and tell a compelling story. If the strategy is right, and the business is delivering, creating a report that tells a story doesn’t have to be a long and challenging process. Communications should show, not tell, the audience what you are doing, and point the way towards change.

Embedding and engagement

It’s only possible to deliver transformative change if people within your organisation understand and buy in to it. We help you turn something that works on paper into something that lives and breathes in your organisation – and that therefore makes a difference.

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Examples of our work