Sustainability and Net Zero
The world is changing, and rapidly. Sustainability is no longer an ‘optional extra’ or a ‘nice to have’. Taking a strategic approach to sustainable business will be increasingly critical for organisations that intend to survive and prosper in the long term and as part of the future economy. At the same time, companies face increasing public scrutiny and regulation, affecting the way they conduct business. It is becoming increasingly a case of ‘change now’ or change will be forced upon you.
At Asesoria, we recognise the scale of the challenge facing businesses, many of who are having to think seriously about their strategic response, perhaps for the first time. We have become a trusted adviser to our clients, helping them on their sustainability journeys and ensuring timely implementation in response to new regulations and requirements have, whilst taking a pragmatic approach appropriate to the individual organisation.
Asesoria’s Sustainability and Climate Change team is experienced in supporting a wide range of business types and sizes – FTSE 100, FTSE 250, AIM, large private organisations and the public sector – from the initial stages of understanding their environmental impacts to developing and implementing sustainability and carbon reduction strategies, and communicating effectively with their stakeholders.
Our services include:
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– Stakeholder engagement |
– Sustainability strategies |
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– Materiality assessments |
– Carbon reduction plans |
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– Carbon footprint calculations |
– Science-based targets |
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– Carbon reporting |
– Net Zero roadmaps |
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– Regulatory compliance |
– Resilience planning |
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– SDG reporting |
– Business strategy integration |
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– Sustainability standards |
– Strategy implementation |
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– Renewable energy solutions |
– Sustainability management |
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– Resource efficiency |
– Monitoring and evaluation |
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– Sustainable supply chains |
– Sustainability communications |
Commissions can take the form of designing/ implementing stakeholder engagement programmes to developing sustainability strategies and net zero roadmaps; researching and advising on sustainability performance management systems; supporting with supplier and/ or customer engagement; advising on renewable energy options and the role of future technologies; providing expert support in streamlined carbon reporting; and building future capacity within organisations, including at senior management or board level.
Businesses using our services are able to reduce risks and cut costs through:
- better measurement and management of carbon, energy and resources;
- innovate to develeop more sustainable products and services;
- manage stakeholder expectations and regulatory compliance;
- move ahead quickly through effective, collaborative approaches; and
- enhance reputation and investor confidence by ‘future proofing’ their business.
Our focus will increasingly be on ‘decarbonisation’ in line with the Government’s requirement for 68% reduction in emissions by 2030 on the road to net zero, and particularly on the ways in which we can support the growing number of non-listed companies and SMEs that now need to make rapid progress.
Our Sustainability and Climate Change practice can also provide support ranging from health checks and competitor benchmarking, assessing communication and reporting from an external stakeholder perspective, through to working with clinets to develop an expansive, multi-layered corporate responsibility and sustainability strategy that can be progressed against specific, measurable and achievable objectives.
If you require support in developing and embedding your sustainability and climate change strategy, or how to report on your initiatives, or you simply want to explore how you take sustainability ambitions to the next level, please call us on +44 (0) 20 3053 8630 for an informal, friendly, no commitment chat with a member of our team.