Sustainability Strategy and Transformation

Our Approach to Sustainability Strategy

Companies that drive sustainability at scale create value in a host of ways, from capturing new growth markets and building new revenues streams to higher market valuations and enhanced employee retention. We help companies set a clear sustainability strategy that links positive environmental and societal outcomes to core drivers of competitive advantage and value creation, allowing them to transform their business models and value chains to capture the value they create.

• Defining Sustainability Vision, Strategy, and Ambition. A successful business sustainability strategy is anchored in purpose, focused on long-term value creation, and driven from the top of the organization. We work with clients to identify environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics that are material to their industry today and in the future, and build an end-to-end sustainability strategy across the portfolio and an authentic sustainability narrative.

• Making the Core Business Sustainable. Companies must assess and enhance the sustainability of their existing portfolio and operations. We work with clients to decarbonize their operations by helping them engage their suppliers to build more sustainable supply chains, implement circularity in design, and provide approaches to value capture in the market.

• Driving New Sustainable Growth. Companies have a major opportunity to unlock new sources of growth through a sustainability transformation. We work with clients to build sustainability as advantage through sustainable business model innovation by helping them create new sustainable business offerings and ventures in areas such as green products, climate tech, and nature-based solutions. We also help them identify opportunities to capture growth and margin from sustainability scarcities, and shape new sustainable ecosystems that work to their advantage.

• Enabling the Sustainability Transformation. To achieve sustainability at scale, companies must ensure they have the right operating model, capabilities, and governance structure in place. We help by supporting the transformation. This includes data and analytics related to material ESG metrics, AI tools such as CO2 AI, and other digital capabilities to enable measurement and reporting, as well as the cultivation of partnerships and ecosystems.