Sustainability Strategy & Management Services

We combine a deep understanding of the principles and practice of sustainability with simple, clear and business relevant guidance.

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Products & services

Sustainability strategy consulting – we provide the pieces you need

Our innovative and practical approach will help you integrate sustainability with your everyday business priorities.

We specialise in working directly with people from across your business. This builds their understanding and engages them in creating real-world solutions that work.

Good strategies have some fundamental elements. We can help you with one, several or all of them, according to your needs.

1. Analyse – risks and opportunities

What are the priority environmental and social issues for your organisation? We are experts in understanding and analysing the issues that matter.

2. Focus – on the material issues for your business

Prioritising your focus is a key part of maximising the effectiveness and business value of sustainability management. Commonly known as ‘materiality assessment’ it is at the heart of the GRI’s Global Reporting Initiative’s G4 guidance. We will work with you to find the issues that are material for your business and your stakeholders.

3. Vision – for sustainability in your company

A compelling vision for sustainability in your organisation should crystallise your ambition and engage staff and stakeholders. We have helped diffferent organisations create their vision.

4. Strategy – to deliver your vision and goals

Good strategy provides the basis for good business decisions. We have supported a number of leading organisations to understand, prioritise and structure their strategies for sustainability.

5. Plan – your actions to implement and deliver

Achieving your strategic goals requires clear and meaningful plans and pathways for action. We develop structured management plans that will guide your progress.

6. Report

CSR and sustainability reporting – tell the strategic sustainability story in a way that can be heard by company leadership, investors, owners, customers and all stakeholders. With many years’ experience we provide clear, business relevant guidance and advice for your sustainability reporting and communication

Experience

Intersnack Procurement – a 5 year strategy for leading food sector company

Intersnack Group is one of Europe’s largest snack firms, sourcing products from across the world. Their procurement company undertakes purchasing for the wider Group and has the lead responsibility for the organisation’s value chain. We have worked closely with Intersnack Procurement to develop an ambitious 5 year vision and strategy for sustainable sourcing containing strategic goals and targets and detailed plans for the sustainability of their products.

Elopak AS – FutureProof 2020 Strategy

Elopak is a global packaging firm with a strong position in European and Pan-American markets. They wanted to build upon their existing track record in reducing the carbon footprint of their products and processes to create a clear transformational ambition for sustainability.
We provided advice, guidance and strategic support to lead the development of a ground-breaking 10 year vision and strategy for Elopak’s sustainability. See more >>

Becker Underwood – the world’s first business Net-Positive Strategy

Terrafiniti provided strategic consultancy support over 2 years to help Becker Underwood develop their Net-Positive sustainability vision and sustainability strategy.
Now a recognised leading edge approach, our team’s work with Becker Underwood produced the world’s first private sector Net-Positive Strategy – a systematic approach to allow each part of the business to assess their performance and engage in progress towards a clear, ambitious corporate goal.

Smiths Group – developing a CSR reporting strategy

We provided strategic assessment, guidance and recommendations for the development of Smith’s Group CSR reporting. A FTSE100 company and a world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies, Smiths Group wanted an independent perspective on their approach to CSR management and reporting. We provided a clear pathway for developing their approach.

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability – a vision for sustainability

Terrafiniti supported the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability to develop its approach to environment and sustainability management and performance. Our work involved training staff and developing an environmental policy for this national medical charity helping people affected by brain injury.

World Economic Forum – global risk manager’s network for sustainability

Terrafiniti provided research and strategic support services to the World Economic Forum to support the development of a global risk manager’s network for sustainability.

Business context

Strategy development

Good strategy provides the basis for good business decisions. Strategies that support successful and innovative companies will be those which are responsive to fast moving environmental and social issues. Mixing strategy theory and practice, we will help inspire, design and guide a strategy that makes sense for you, your business and your stakeholders.

Scenario and sustainability futures management

What do sustainability trends mean for the future of your business? We use scenarios to present a range of possible futures and stimulate your thinking about the future of your business.

Sustainability benchmarking and assessment

How do your sustainability activities compare with your peers and competitors, where are your existing strengths and what are the key opportunities for evolving your approach?
We have developed structured analysis tools, checklists and guidance processes to analyse and locate your practice relative to your peers and sustainability best practice. We can work with you to identify gaps and opportunities, develop appropriate responses to key challenges, and communicate your work to employees and stakeholders.

Value chain analysis

Effective sustainability increasingly requires management up and down the value chain, issues in one part of the chain can impact in others. We use conceptual models and approaches to assist you in analysing the environmental and social dimensions of your whole value chain, understanding impacts and boundary issues and driving innovation through your business relationships.

Sustainability management systems

There is a mass of sustainability information out there but as yet no global standards. We can help you cut through the information overload to focus on the right things in the right order with the right level of ambition. We have a scalable management system approach which builds from a number of key stages to allow you to effectively and simply identify, prioritise, manage and communicate your sustainability performance.

How can we help you?

Sustainability resources

We provide free guides to important sustainability topics >>

Contact us

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