Sustainability

We partner with organizations to begin with a comprehensive assessment of their sustainability profile, benchmarking it against best practices to identify key issues (e.g., decarbonization, employee well-being, respect for human rights across the supply chain), as well as areas of strength and improvement. Early measurement of specific KPIs supports the development of sustainability plans with well-defined, quantitative goals, enabling clear communication and progress tracking. When possible, we leverage solutions from within our group, such as ESG assessments and scores for individual companies or supply chain evaluations, seamlessly integrating them into our approach.

The main steps in defining a sustainability strategy and action plan include:

• Evaluating ESG maturity levels against best practices and benchmarking against a selected panel of industry peers

• Assessing risks and opportunities shaped by market trends and regulatory developments

• Defining improvement actions and establishing clear goals and ambitions

• Prioritizing initiatives based on their anticipated benefits and the required investment of resources

• Developing a strategic roadmap with detailed projections of costs and benefits

• Setting KPIs aligned with internationally recognized standards to ensure consistent measurement and tracking.

We guide our clients through every stage of their sustainability plan’s implementation, offering bespoke expertise—both internal and external—tailored to their specific needs. This ensures comprehensive support across the multifaceted dimensions of sustainable transformation:

Environmental (E)

• Transforming business models towards circular economy principles and sustainable product offerings

• Crafting strategies to minimize environmental impacts and contribute to planetary regeneration

• Maximizing efficiency in natural resource usage and consumption

• Measuring carbon footprints and designing effective decarbonization plans

• Executing energy transition projects to drive sustainability goals.

Social (S)

• Strengthening personnel management practices, including climate analysis, performance and potential evaluation, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and organizational well-being initiatives

• ProDriving sustainable procurement efforts, leveraging tools like Cerved’s ESG Supply Chain platform to enhance supply chain sustainability

• Designing and implementing initiatives to foster meaningful and impactful connections with local communities.

Governance (G)

• Defining clear responsibilities and aligning incentive systems for management to achieve ESG objectives

• Introducing roles dedicated to ESG coordination and/or forming sustainability committees at both board and managerial levels

• Integrating ESG risk and opportunity assessments as a core component of strategic decision-making processes

• Evolving ESG-Focused Financing Models:
• Facilitating access to funding linked to ESG performance metrics
• Providing guidance on securing subsidized financing and grants to support sustainable transformation initiatives.

We promote a strategic approach to communicating ESG initiatives and achievements, enhancing corporate reputation through targeted activities:

• Developing sustainability reports aligned with international reporting standards (GRI, ESRS), addressing the new transparency obligations under CSRD for large companies or as a voluntary initiative

• Conducting double materiality analyses and adopting both mandatory and voluntary ESG key performance indicators

• Implementing data models and systems for effective ESG data collection and analysis

• Creating integrated or standalone documents that serve marketing and communication purposes, addressing various stakeholders such as customers, employees, and prospective talent

• Designing editorial plans and producing content for dissemination on corporate websites and social media platform

• Supporting marketing efforts to authentically and effectively highlight sustainability initiatives.