Expert Sustainability Strategy Consulting for Your Organization

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Expert sustainability strategy consulting can make a significant difference in your organization's bottom line and reputation. A well-planned strategy can help you reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance your brand's image.

By assessing your organization's current sustainability performance, you can identify areas for improvement and create a roadmap for success. This involves analyzing your energy consumption, waste management, and supply chain practices.

A thorough sustainability assessment can also help you identify opportunities to innovate and stay ahead of the competition. For example, by adopting renewable energy sources, you can reduce your carbon footprint and lower your energy costs.

With a solid sustainability strategy in place, you can make informed decisions that benefit both your organization and the environment. This approach can also help you attract and retain top talent, as well as improve your relationships with customers and stakeholders.

What We Offer

At EY Sustainability, we offer a range of value-led sustainability and ESG services to help businesses navigate their sustainability strategy journey. Our team is dedicated to providing tailored solutions that drive long-term value and build stakeholder trust.

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We can help you rethink your ESG strategy and design a more effective approach. Sustainability leaders are doing just that, and we can show you how.

Our Climate Tech Acceleration Services drive impactful climate tech solutions to unlock sustainable, long-term value for businesses. This involves driving innovation and finding new ways to address climate-related challenges.

The Geostrategic Business Group can help you translate geopolitical insights into business strategy, enabling you to better manage political risk. This is especially important in today's rapidly changing global landscape.

We also offer Transaction Strategy and Execution services, which can help your company maximize value throughout the deal lifecycle. This includes target assessment, integration, and beyond.

Here are some key services we offer:

  • Climate Tech Acceleration Services: Learn more about how our team drives impactful climate tech solutions.
  • Geostrategic Business Group: Find out how we can help you translate geopolitical insights into business strategy.
  • Transaction Strategy and Execution: Learn how we can help your company maximize value throughout the deal lifecycle.

Key Challenges and Solutions

As businesses strive to become more sustainable, they face numerous key challenges. Identifying the sustainability and ESG trends that will impact their business is crucial for long-term success.

To create a sustainability and ESG strategy that delivers competitive advantage, businesses need to understand all stakeholder needs and expectations. This involves considering the needs of various groups, including investors, customers, employees, and the environment.

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A clear journey to net zero is essential for reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change. This requires a well-planned strategy and a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Protecting and creating value for the environment is critical for businesses to maintain a positive reputation and comply with regulations. This can be achieved through sustainable practices and investments in renewable energy.

To finance their corporation for the long-term, businesses need to effectively manage capital allocation. This involves making informed decisions about investments, divestitures, and other financial strategies.

Businesses can explore various EY-Parthenon Solutions to address these challenges, including Strategy Consulting, Corporate Finance Consulting, and Sustainability and ESG Strategy Consulting.

Here are some key solutions for businesses to consider:

  • Strategy Consulting to develop a sustainability and ESG strategy
  • Corporate Finance Consulting to manage capital allocation
  • Sustainability and ESG Strategy Consulting to create a competitive advantage
  • Divestment Strategy Consulting to optimize assets
  • M&A Advisory Services to navigate mergers and acquisitions
  • Restructuring and Turnaround Consulting to improve financial performance

ESG and Sustainability

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) services and offerings are crucial for companies to ensure alignment with sustainability principles and responsible practices. EY-Parthenon Sustainability and ESG Strategy Consulting teams can help transform sustainability and ESG strategy to protect and create new sources of short- and long-term value creation.

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A comprehensive approach to sustainability involves addressing climate change, social responsibility, and governance. AFRY's team of experts conducts comprehensive assessments in close collaboration with AFRY Management Consulting's energy and bioindustry professionals, identifying potential risks and opportunities for improvement.

AFRY's services include Double Materiality Assessment, Net-Zero Strategy and Implementation, and Circular Economy Solutions. AFRY helps companies improve resource efficiency, create closed-loop systems, decrease waste, and design sustainable products to enhance recycling and reduce emissions.

Here are some of the key services provided by AFRY's ESG and Sustainability team:

  • Market analysis and research
  • Net Zero strategies and roadmaps (scope 1-2-3)
  • Sustainability strategies and KPIs
  • Taxonomy and CSRD/ESRS advisory
  • Carbon pricing, modelling and carbon/GHG accounting
  • Climate Adaptation advisory
  • Biodiversity and natural capital accounting
  • Water strategies
  • Social responsibility
  • Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Environmental Product Declarations and Ecodesign
  • Sustainable and digital experiences
  • Green/impact tech advisory
  • Sustainable transformation
  • Strategic advice and ESG due diligence
  • Asset and portfolio reviews and impact strategies
  • Sustainable finance

ESG Offerings

Our ESG offerings are designed to help you navigate the complex world of sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. We provide a comprehensive suite of services to support your ESG journey.

We have a dedicated team of experts who can assist you with your unique ESG challenges, offering a range of services including sustainability and ESG strategy consulting, climate tech acceleration, and transaction strategy and execution.

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Our team of experts can help you conduct comprehensive assessments, identifying potential risks and opportunities for improvement within environmental impact, social responsibility, and governance. We also provide support for sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement.

Here are some of the specific services we offer:

  • Climate Tech Acceleration Services
  • Geostrategic Business Group
  • Transaction Strategy and Execution
  • Double Materiality Assessment
  • Net-Zero Strategy and Implementation
  • Corporate Biodiversity
  • Social Responsibility

Our ESG offerings are designed to help you achieve your sustainability goals and create long-term value for your stakeholders. We work with you to develop a tailored approach that meets your specific needs and goals.

By partnering with us, you can benefit from our expertise and experience in ESG and sustainability, and gain a competitive edge in the market.

Water

Water management is crucial for businesses, especially those in water-intensive industries. AFRY optimizes water usage across various sectors.

AFRY develops stewardship and conservation strategies to promote sustainable water practices. Advanced technologies are used to mitigate risks and support sustainability goals.

Risk assessments are conducted to identify areas for improvement. This helps businesses stay on top of regulatory compliance.

Sustainable water practices not only benefit the environment but also the bottom line. By reducing water waste and conserving resources, businesses can save money and increase efficiency.

Transformation and Change

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Transformation is a crucial step in sustainability strategy consulting, and it involves a five-step process: Assess, Identify, Strategise, Implement, and Review. This process helps companies understand their current situation, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies to achieve their sustainability targets.

The Assess stage involves evaluating a company's current performance, outlining its current and future requirements, and assessing its non-sustainability performance. This stage is critical in identifying areas where the company can improve its sustainability.

The Implement stage is where companies put their sustainability strategies into action, operationalising enablers, ensuring supply chain sustainability, and establishing performance and reporting requirements. This stage requires careful planning and execution to ensure successful implementation.

A Change Management Roadmap can help companies navigate this transformation smoothly, ensuring a seamless transition and helping the team integrate sustainability deeply into the organisational culture. By following this roadmap, companies can embed sustainability into their DNA and achieve measurable impact and value.

The transformation journey can be challenging, but with the right guidance and support, companies can overcome obstacles and achieve their sustainability goals. Our team of experts can help companies develop a comprehensive sustainability strategy, aligning with their core business objectives and stakeholder expectations.

Transforming Your Business Through Risk Mitigation and Opportunity Seizing

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Companies must meet new expectations for positive environmental, social, and economic impacts. This requires credible transition plans to deliver strategies, aligning with the latest and most ambitious climate science recommendations.

To navigate the changing terrain of sustainability reporting, organisations need trustworthy partners who can help them analyse the current situation and develop strategies and actionable roadmaps to achieve their sustainability targets.

Effective client onboarding is crucial for a company's initial sustainability project, especially under CSRD's Scope 3 standards. This involves building a cooperative relationship and setting clear goals with expectations.

The sustainability transformation journey involves five key steps: Assess, Identify, Strategise, Implement, and Review. Each step requires a deep understanding of the company's current situation and future requirements.

To ensure a seamless transition, change management experts can help companies implement sustainability practices smoothly. This involves integrating sustainability deeply into the organisational culture.

The following table illustrates the importance of risk mitigation and opportunity seizing in the sustainability transformation journey:

By focusing on sustainable development and environmental stewardship, companies can thrive in a competitive landscape while committing to social and environmental responsibilities. This requires a comprehensive approach to sustainability strategy, including climate, biodiversity, circular economy, water, and social issues.

Project Management

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Transformation and Change often requires a strategic approach to manage the process effectively. Our expert project managers guide your projects from start to finish.

Effective project management is crucial for successful transformation and change initiatives. We ensure alignment with ESG principles for beneficial impacts on both your business and the environment.

Sustainability initiatives are a key aspect of our project management approach. Our expert project managers efficiently drive these initiatives to achieve desired outcomes.

By leveraging our project management expertise, you can ensure that your transformation and change initiatives are well-planned and executed.

Expertise and Team

Our team of experts at Strategy& consulting has a wealth of experience in sustainability strategy. They work closely with clients to develop comprehensive sustainability strategies that align with core business objectives and stakeholder expectations.

We have a diverse team with various areas of expertise, including sustainability strategy, regulation and reporting, technology, and more. Our team includes a US Service Line Director - Advisory, a LatAm Head of ESG Strategic Advisory, and other experienced professionals.

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Our sustainability strategy experts support clients in their sustainability transformation, providing strategic frameworks, organization-wide transformation programs, and analyses of sustainable growth potential. They help clients navigate the changing terrain of sustainability reporting and focus on sustainable development and environmental stewardship.

Our team includes the following experts:

  • US Service Line Director - Advisory
  • LatAm Head of ESG Strategic Advisory
  • Advisory & Digital Analytics Service Line Director - Africa
  • Technical Director, Climate Change and Net Zero Strategy – Asia Pacific
  • Technical Director, ESG Strategic Advisory – Asia Pacific
  • Managing Consultant, ESG Strategic Advisory – Asia Pacific
  • EU Regional Service Line Director - ESG Advisory

We also have access to a range of services, including strategy consulting, corporate finance consulting, divestment strategy consulting, and more. Our experts can help clients explore EY-Parthenon Solutions and find the right fit for their needs.

Case Studies and Capabilities

Our team of experts has a wealth of experience in developing comprehensive sustainability strategies that align with core business objectives and stakeholder expectations.

We conduct thorough sustainability landscape assessments to identify emerging trends and business opportunities, and establish key performance indicators for steering the sustainability transformation.

Our sustainability strategy consultants work closely with clients to develop and implement effective sustainability strategies that drive continuous improvement and excellence in data tracking.

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To ensure sustainability is firmly embedded in a company's DNA, we support the redesign of corporate governance structures, processes, roles and responsibilities.

We help companies understand the impact of sustainability regulations on business models and derive strategic implications, and implement reporting frameworks including materiality analyses to increase transparency and stakeholder accountability.

Our technology specialists support clients to leverage cutting-edge digital solutions, such as generative AI, in order to achieve sustainability goals, and provide technology assessments to identify automation and digitization opportunities.

We also support organizations in developing sustainable financing strategies and mobilizing capital for their sustainability goals, and provide comprehensive advice and solutions to identify sustainable investment opportunities.

Here are some of the key capabilities we bring to the table:

  • Horizon scanning to identify emerging trends.
  • Conducting ESG materiality assessments across entire value chains.
  • Embedding sustainability priorities into business strategy and governance processes.
  • Setting meaningful performance measures and benchmarking against standards, peers and competitors.
  • Driving excellence in data tracking that underpins disclosures.
  • Driving continuous improvement.
  • Redesigning corporate governance structures, processes, roles and responsibilities.
  • Implementing reporting frameworks and materiality analyses.
  • Providing technology assessments and identifying automation and digitization opportunities.
  • Developing sustainable financing strategies and mobilizing capital for sustainability goals.

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