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Our Services
There is no one
size fits all
Despite regulatory requirements in the sector, when it comes to sustainability, there really is no one-size-fits-all recipe. We therefore always do a thorough deep-dive into each company’s unique needs before providing bespoke, active solutions.
Our support can then be adapted to you, whether that’s in the development of a sustainable product spec, creation of path to strategic value creation, assistance with emission calculations, or identification of sustainability risks.
02.1
Climate Risk Assessment
We identify the physical and transition risks relevant to you, and assess their impact on your business. We then help you to map these risks, allowing you to make more informed decisions on key locations, strategy and operational development of your business.
Our actions:
Mapping industry climate risks with the specific climate change events in the region
Identifying potential risks, opportunities and mitigation strategies and modelling its value impact on the business
Developing climate risk assessment aligned with your risk management system and assessing the financial impact
Developing recommendations for (a) mitigation of your exposure to climate risk and (b) disclosing climate risk in your sustainability reporting and other disclosures to banks, investors, regulators etc.
Our deliverables:
Climate risk heat-map
Key impacts / opportunities and value map
Risk assessment matrix
Risk quantification
Mitigation recommendations
Outline of disclosures on climate risk and reasoning behind those
02.2
ESG Due Diligence
ESG due diligence has become indispensable for those who are selling a company, attracting new investors or evaluating targets as an investor/finance provider. The insights gained from these assessments are crucial not only in identifying and addressing risks, but also for creating value-generating opportunities.
Our actions:
Buy-side ESG due diligence
Vendor ESG due diligence
Review of private equity or venture fund’s portfolio
Due diligence for bank financing
Our deliverables:
Assessing environmental business factors, risks and opportunities:
- energy efficiency, supply chain, GHG emissions, water and biodiversity protection, material efficiency, waste reduction through transition to circular processes;
- green products and services;
- permits, licenses, incidents and breaches, contamination.
Assessing social risks and opportunities: safe, healthy and engaging work environment, employee rights, anti-discrimination, diversity and equity, fair pay
Assessing governance risks and opportunities: corporate governance, risk management
Advising on future sustainability plans and focus areas.
02.3
Sustainability Reporting
If you represent a large, listed or soon-to-be-listed company, you’ll need to add quality sustainability reporting to your financial statements to be able to address key concerns for your investors and stakeholders. We support you in implementing key frameworks such as Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, EU Taxonomy Regulation disclosures and Global Reporting Initiative Standards.
Our actions:
Assessing applicable sustainability reporting requirements
Reviewing your current governance and reporting practices to identify the gaps
Conducting double or single materiality assessment to identify relevant and significant sustainability topics
Developing stakeholder engagement programmes
Identifying data needs and potential data sources for reporting
Developing a concise and impactful structure for the sustainability report
Developing the missing elements for better sustainability governance, e.g. policies, procedures, etc.
Training and engagement of your team across the organisation
Our deliverables:
Materiality assessment and description of the methodology
Stakeholder engagement report
Reports on structure, data points and recommendations on data collection tools
Gap assessment against the requirements
02.4
Transition Plan Development
Identification of your company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission footprint is step one
for decarbonisation, climate change mitigation and the development of a sound transition plan. We support with Scope 1, 2 and 3 value chain-related emission calculation – the biggest challenge for many companies – and help you to build a comprehensive and effective decarbonisation strategy, covering your supplier choice, energy supplies, logistics routes and any other applicable aspects. This will become the basis for your transition plan which is soon to become one of the core pre-requisites for securing finance.
Our actions:
Identifying emission categories relevant to your company and developing a calculation tool
Selecting appropriate emission factors and calculating emissions
Developing guidelines for further in-house use
Training and engagement of your team across the organisation
Providing advice on setting emission reduction targets, including identification of emission reduction levers and assessing their potential effect
Supporting you in developing a sound transition plan for your business, with a focus on financing and investment needs
Our deliverables:
GHG calculations
Recommendations on further improvement of data reliability and level of detail
Setting GHG reduction (decarbonisation) targets
Transition plan for the company based on transition finance pre-requisites
02.5
Training
No matter the knowledge you have today, tomorrow will always require new ways of thinking. Our training modules focus not only on academic insights, but also on practical applications, including introductory lectures as well as one-day or multiple-day on-site or online workshops.
Modules:
Sustainable development challenges and the framework for solutions
Sustainability “starter-kit” for businesses
ESG risks and their assessment
Development of a sound transition plan
Ensuring proper governance for a company and its supply chain
Selection and implementation of data management tools
Training formats include introductory lectures as well as one-day or multiple-day on-site or online workshops. Here, your team will be able to work practically and learn how specific sustainability aspects refer to your business and create value.
And more
With a bespoke approach to each of our clients, we also offer further services to enable you to reach your full sustainability potential.
These include:
Sustainable finance advice on policy planning and financial products development
Capital markets advice
Development of a sustainable value creation-focused business strategy and capital allocation approach
Sustainable finance frameworks and instruments, including ESG governance approach
Implementation of responsible practices and human rights protection across the value chain
Development of sustainability-linked remuneration and incentive systems
Assessment of a circularity potential
