Shaping the Future, Together.

Putting Purpose in Action

The sustainability agenda is being reshaped. Net zero pathways are under pressure as costs rise and priorities shift. Yet recent geopolitical shocks have reinforced a fundamental reality. Energy systems must transition faster, and economies must become more resilient and less dependent on fossil fuels.

At the same time, AI is transforming how organisations operate, make decisions, and create value. This brings a parallel need to reskill workforces, rethink business models, and ensure that technological progress translates into real economic and social benefit.

Delivering impact in this environment requires more than intent. It requires a deep understanding of behaviours, clear accountability, and rigour in how outcomes are measured. This is not a retreat from sustainability. It is a reset.

The opportunity is to move beyond commitments and unlock real value through resilient strategies and better decisions. We work with leadership teams to define pragmatic pathways, embed new capabilities, and deliver measurable economic, environmental, and social outcomes.

Supporting you at each step of your sustainability journey

1,000+
projects globally

150+ clients

Over 15 years and more than 1,000 projects, we have built deep expertise at the intersection of strategy, finance, sustainability, and social impact.

Our multidisciplinary team combines rigorous quantitative methods, including economic modelling, social return on investment and advanced analytics, with qualitative insight and hands on experience. This allows us to cut through complexity and support better decisions in fast changing environments.

We work with corporates, governments, foundations, and mission led organisations to define direction, shape strategy, drive transformation, measure impact, and unlock sustainable sources of value.

Wherever you are in your journey, we bring the clarity, rigour, and execution capability needed to turn ambition into tangible results.

Our Expertise

RESEARCH & DIAGNOSTICS

Our team brings unique expertise in primary and secondary research, data analysis, and real-world experience to identify solutions to complex social and environmental issues. We use a combination of surveys, interviews, focus groups, data collection and site visits to conduct our primary research. Our analytics team leverages the latest techniques and tools in machine learning and generative AI to generate actionable insights.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

  • Market intelligence and research

  • Sustainability diagnostic

  • Single and double materiality assessment

  • Carbon footprint, lifecycle assessment (LCA)

  • ESG due diligence

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

We provide insight to stimulate thinking, generate new ideas and guide our clients towards making the right ESG strategic choices. Beyond our research capabilities, we offer a wide range of proprietary tools and services that support every element of strategy development. Our reputation for collaborating with clients to achieve exceptional results is unmatched in the social impact and ESG industry.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

  • Purpose definition

  • Theory of change development

  • ESG and sustainability strategy

  • Decarbonization, net zero strategy

  • Income generation strategies

GROWTH & TRANSFORMATION

We help organisations identify their potential for ESG transformation through a proprietary suite of diagnostics and tools. With this informed evidenced-based view, we work with our clients to design and implement the operating models, capabilities and ways of working they need to deliver their strategy and purpose. Our transformation approach follows an agile model to ensure rapid and realistic change.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

  • Operating model design and implementation

  • Programme and change management

  • Process optimisation and AI-driven transformation

  • Benchmarking and zero-based budgeting

  • Product and business development

  • Training and capacity building

REPORTING & EVALUATION

With our advanced analytical tools and reporting capabilities, we enable clients to not only monitor but also showcase their sustainability progress. Our methods support robust impact evaluation, facilitating clear communication with stakeholders and strengthening investor relations through transparency and trust.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

  • Sustainability performance and portfolio management

  • Advanced data analytics and behavioural analysis

  • Economic modelling and social return on investment (SROI)

  • Impact frameworks and assessments

  • External evaluations

  • Sustainability, ESG and impact reporting and communication

SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Because of our corporate finance and investment banking heritage, we are passionate about supporting the growth of the sustainable investment market, from helping entrepreneurs to raise capital from impact investors, and embedding ESG practices in private equity to designing social impact bonds.

PROJECT EXAMPLES

  • Impact investment strategy

  • Impact/ESG due diligence

  • Impact/sustainable investment readiness

  • Sustainable finance frameworks, second party opinion (SPO) and reporting

  • Social impact bond design and development

  • Venture philanthropy

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  • Expertise

    Over the years, we have developed a series of methodologies and tools designed to maximise social impact and sustainability.

  • Insights

    Learn more about social and environmental issues affecting organisations like yours and how to manage them

  • Case Studies

    We have supported many leading organisations to deliver meaningful change. Here are some prime examples