SHIFT by Sustainable X

Sustainability expertise.

Without the headcount.

Your clients are asking for it. Your tenders require it. But sustainability keeps losing to the day job – because there’s no one internally to drive it. SHIFT gives you a named sustainability expert, a fixed monthly cost, and a story your clients actually believe.

Book a free sustainability health check

“We went from low scores on ESG questionnaires to winning a £1.8m NHS contract – in under six months.” Pharmaceutical manufacturer, UK –  SHIFT client

  • 450 clients engagements across 25 sectors
  • 1 fixed monthly cost – no surprises
  • 0 new hires / fixed overhead needed

Sound familiar?

  • Client sustainability questionnaires
  • Carbon reduction plan tender requirements (PPN 006)
  • Procurement social value demands from clients
  • Investor ESG due diligence
  • NHS Evergreen compliance
  • No internal sustainability expertise / experience / resource

What is SHIFT?

  • Named consultant, not a team rotation – one person who knows your business and is accountable for your progress
  • Start immediately – no recruitment process, no onboarding lag. We can be working in and on your business in  days.
  • Tailored to your sector and clients – scope reviewed every 4 to 12 weeks and adjusted as your needs evolve
  • Sustainability as a growth driver,  not a compliance burden –  we build the evidence that wins you clients, tenders and talent
  • Greenwashing-free, always – every claim we help you make is evidenced, honest and built to last

Most businesses know sustainability matters – for their clients, their people and their long term competitiveness. The challenge isn’t intention. It’s resource. Hiring a full-time sustainability lead is expensive, slow and often more than you need at this stage.

SHIFT is the alternative. A retained monthly advisory service from Sustainable X gives you the expertise of a seasoned sustainability professional, tailored to your business, for a fraction of the cost of a hire.

We don’t arrive with a generic framework and a long invoice. We start from where you are, apply what’s relevant to your sector and clients, and build something that works for your business. A sustainability programme that grows with you and turns compliance into competitive advantage.

Think of it like your retained HR or Marketing support. You know what you’re getting. You know what it costs. And you know it’s being handled.

How it works

Free sustainability health check

30- 60 minutes with a named consultant. We identify your biggest risks and opportunities. No obligation, no sales pitch - just clarity.

Strategy and horizon

A fixed-price half-day session. Baseline where you are, map it to the right framework, for your sector and business and agree your priorities.

Road map and dashboard built

Your impact dashboard, board report template and ESG evidence pack delivered. Immediately usable for tenders, clients and investors.

Ongoing accountability, measuremenet and control

Your sustainability programme — handled, evidenced and evolving. One monthly cost. Named consultant who know you and the business.

The shift - from pressure to competitive advantage

Before SHIFT After SHIFT
Sustainability keeps getting deprioritised - no one internally owns or drives it A named expert driving your programme, every month
At risk of failing client ESG requirements and questionnaires - potentially losing preferred supplier status A complete, credible evidence pack ready to submit on demand
Scattered activity with no framework, narrative or proof A board / investor ready sustainability story in place and evolving
Worried about greenwashing, unsure what you can legitimately claim Evidenced, honest claims built on real data. Nothing overstated.
Unpredictable costs, missed deadlines and invoice surprises when things get urgent Peace of mind, support on tap and one transparent monthly cost.
Sustainability Strategy | ESG Strategy

What clients achieve

  • Revenue protection and growth – what customers care, what they care about, how to engage them, build  deeper relationships and trust.
  • Cost reduction – eliminate waste and inefficiencies, reduce consumption per unit of output and increase productivity (34% material savings achieved through design and souring changes).
  • Talent advantage – increase retention and reduce recruitment costs (47% reduction achieved).
  • Risk mitigation – protect your business against regulatory, reputational and supply chain risks.
  • Capital access – position for choice of lending and potentially favourable terms.

What our clients say

"Sustainable X are phenomenal to work with, taking a challenging subject that is sustainability and making it very accessible. They are generous with their time and add value with every interaction you have with them. I can’t recommend them highly enough."
Edward RolandsonRO Group
Edward Rolandson
"One of my favourite moments of the year was working with Sustainable X on our ESG strategy. R Capital has always been committed to staff, customers and communities effected by investments so it has been really great to formalise our goals and clarify exactly what we are going to do and when we are going to do it by. It so important to me to leave this world in a better state than we found it."
R Capital
“Thank you for spending your time with us and doing such a great job getting all our achievements and opportunities out of us and into some form of structure on paper. It will be immensely helpful to us to be able to have a proper sustainability policy and a set of goals for further development. We often struggle to talk about our sustainable stuff in a really coherent way.”
Laura CrawfordMama Bamboo
Laura Crawford
"The team at Sustainable X demystified our carbon footprint and helped us put a plan together that combined planet & purpose whilst not losing sight of the desire to continue to grow profitability to look after our people and other key stakeholders. With hands on approach they inspired my team, heralded our many successes in this area and worked with us to fill in the gaps to set us up for success  to make a material and positive difference to our impact on environment."
Jason L DancigerHANA Group
Jason L Danciger
"One thing’s certain, when creating a truly sustainable business model, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. To achieve the level of focus required to create lasting change, sustainability is becoming engrained into every aspect of our business. Achieving net zero is a bold ambition and the journey will be long – but we must make a start and thanks to the work completed with SustainableX, our roadmap is clear."
Steven RawdingRichard Irvin
Steven Rawding
"Sustainable X have helped us to clearly see where we are and to define the steps we need to take to get to where we want to go. The process has been invaluable, and the Sustainable X team have been a joy to work with throughout. Not only are we now better able to explain to others what we are doing, but more importantly we are in a better position to win more of the work that we want to be doing."
Thomas BryansIF_DO
Thomas Bryans
The process with Sustainable X has helped us structure what we are already doing on sustainability and given us a framework to structure and progress our efforts.By understanding and measuring the impacts of our business, we can benchmark our performance and demonstrate our improvements over time to employees, customers, investors and suppliers. Collaboration with our stakeholders is key to us making increasingly positive impacts, and we would recommend Sustainable X to any manufacturer who want to accelerate their sustainability progress.”
Marc CohenHypeTex
Marc Cohen
"The Sustainable X process has made the complex simple for us, and we know where to focus now. We were already doing so much, and so many clients have different ways of asking about sustainability.  In the last month we have pulled it all together. We’re now clear on the good things we’re already doing and focused on what else we can do to get better outcomes. Our strategy is clear. We have come further in the last month than in the last 5 years."
Eugene MeehanO’Neill & Brennan
Eugene Meehan
"Our work with Sustainable X has been invaluable. The approach has saved us a lot of time and really focused our drive to keep improving the sustainability impacts of Big Green smile. We have already made improvements for all our stakeholders, and have action plans to move the dial on all our major impacts.  It has really highlighted how being sustainable is good business."
Ben WigleyBig Green Smile
Ben Wigley
"As a people business, the key drivers to improving in our areas of greatest impact relate to engaging with our employees and clients to help them be more sustainable.  The Sustainable X process was highly engaging, making it easy for us to prioritise actions over the short and longer term; the approach was collaborative rather than prescriptive, with the result that we’re confident we’ll achieve the objectives we’ve identified."
Tim NashAPR Actuarial Solutions
Tim Nash
The Sustainable X process has been really thought provoking for us. We understand where we are on our sustainability journey and now have a direction of travel is that is tailored to our business. It would have genuinely taken us a year to get where they have got us already. We feel like we are on a FastTrack to improving our impacts working collectively with our customers, employees and community!
Josh FreethArticad
Josh Freeth
"Sustainable X have taken my hand and guided me through this very unknown, sometimes scary, dark road called Sustainability, towards the light! You have helped us understand what ESG involves and helped lay out a roadmap for us to follow. Breaking down and explaining the terminology in layman terms. Thank you for all your support."
Mishel HathiramSigma
Mishel Hathiram
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