"Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended."

Benjamin Franklin - US Author, inventor, politician and diplomat (1706-1790)

 

Tailored Solutions

Our approach is tailored to each client as sustainability is a different challenge for each organisation.

Whatever the best approach for your business, the fundamentals of good sustainability management are about:

  • Aligning sustainability with core business strategy and objectives.
  • Corporate behaviour and beliefs (or culture and values) reflecting a commitment.
  • Integrating sustainability into the decision making process at the highest level. Making it part and parcel of core governance processes, such as risk management, investment due diligence and remuneration decisions.
  • Knowing who your stakeholders are; actively partnering with the key ones and systematically engaging and learning with the others.
  • Focussing on key business issues (what we call material issues) and managing them to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Walking the talk; from HR practices to managing the supply chain right through to having a green head office.
  • Communicating transparently and effectively.
  • Managing and monitoring your sustainability activities.

Our typical client journey involves:

  • Getting started: undertaking a sustainability baseline and identifying priorities
  • Getting clarity: developing a sustainability strategy
  • Making it real: helping to implement the strategy, from performance management & monitoring to help with specific issues such as labour practices and climate change
  • Reaching out: engaging with internal and external audiences, sustainability communication

 

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