Strategic advantage through sustainability

Turn sustainability into a profit and value driver

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Are you ahead of the competition?

Sustainability training for your team

While competitors pay lip service and scramble to meet the latest requirements, market leaders are already capturing market share, attracting top talent and unlocking new revenue streams.  Don’t let changes in customer expectations, regulation updates and finance provider pressure catch you off guard.

“Get ahead of the curve with a sustainability strategy that drives profit and value, not just compliance.”

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Wake up call: Why waiting isn't an option

Revenue risk

70% of consumers avoid purchasing from companies they perceive to be unethical (Harvard Business Review) Edelman showed that 71% of consumers lose trust in brands perceived as placing profit over people.

Talent loss

A study from Fast Company reveals that 75% of millennial workers would take a pay cut to work at a responsible company. According to IBM 78% of employees would be more likely to stay with an environmentally responsible company (IBM).

Lender scrutiny

Major UK banks (e.g., Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest) are aligning their lending with Net Zero pathways as members of the Global Net Zero Banking Alliance. This means they are actively seeking to finance businesses that can demonstrate their contribution to a sustainable transition.

Supply chain vulnerability

Challenges regarding unsafe working conditions in your supply chain, Modern Slave Labour, pollution and deforestation as just a few examples can hit you reputation hard and fast.

From side of desk to profit driver in 90 days

Apply a sustainability lens to your business, build a clear business case and drive action on the highest impact opportunities.

Focusing on what matters for your business enables you to do well from doing good.  The good being positive people, planet and prosperity impacts.

Our proven process engages your team to drive business value.

Our sustainability impacts
Sustainability improvement

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.

Process

It starts with a leadership team strategy session (not just a workshop).  We start with a look at competitive position, risks and opportunities and build your business case for progressing sustainably.  Then we look at where you can make a difference, what you’re already achieving and where you want to be.  

The rubber then meets the road as you benchmark current performance, set objectives and key result milestones.  This includes consideration of return on investment of both time and capital.

Then the strategy and action plan can be clearly defined and communication created for the stakeholders that are integral to it and care about the outcomes. Finally you establish a management and control regime, ideally as part of business as usual.

Prioritise sustainability goals

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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Action

With a strategy in place, start making progress. We agree your objectives, build your action plan with you and finalise the first quarter targets.

We encourage and provide tools for you to:

  • Educate your employees.
  • Share your progress with customers.
  • Progress your plan.

Sustainability strategy and plan FAQs

Depends on your specific opportunities and risks.  Typically in year gains and full ROI within 24 months.

We try to do as much of the heavy lifting as possible.  Ideally we adapt and tweak existing processes and systems to capture additional data, and make it business as usual.  Every business only has so much "initiative capacity" so you should consider timing.  Our experience enables us to make the process complement other projects.

A sustainability accelerator is a fast track to understanding where you are today on your environmental, social, economic and governance impact management. This will enable you to communicate your position and ambitions to relevant stakeholders, authentically without the fear of being accused of greenwashing. Combined with clear action plans this helps you remain or become the first choice business for people to buy from, work for and work with.

Our process is sector agnostic, however having worked with over 300 businesses across over 30 sectors the chances are we know enough.  Part of our preparation is customer, competitor and sector analysis so we are never coming in to you with a generic session.

The deliverables at the end of a sustainability accelerator program vary depending your business, sector and progress to date. Ultimately the common outputs are a clear strategy, a resourced action plan, benchmark metrics, targets and milestones.  Every organisation then has their own communication specifics.

Yes. We also provide training, mentorship, and resources to help you develop your sustainability action plan and implement it successfully. We are available to provide ongoing support and guidance as you make progress towards your sustainability goals. And provide accountability if you want it.

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