For many years we have helped clients from trade, industry and the public sector to move towards sustainable development in terms of technology and the environment. We are now expanding our focus to offer you and your business qualified help and advice with regard to all aspects of sustainability.
When it comes to sustainable enterprise, responsibility rests firmly on the shoulders of the business community. Adopting an active approach to sustainability minimises the risks to which a company is exposed, protects and promotes its brand and serves as a competitive advantage not only when doing business, but also in terms of attracting new employees of the right calibre.
To achieve lasting success, everything upon which a company is built must be sustainable. That is why it is so important to take good care of the resources your business depends on: financial resources, such as the availability of capital, ecological resources, such as access to raw materials, and social resources, such as a good education system and an efficient infrastructure.
Our services:
Positioning
One good way of getting the ball rolling as regards sustainability is to determine your own position. This can be done by analysing your business in one or more of the following ways:
- Current situation analysis - an inventory and review of your current work with sustainability issues.
- Benchmarking - comparing your work with that of your competitors, customers, or other significant players in your field of activity.
- Gap analysis - comparing your own sustainability work with international guidelines and standards (OECD, Global Compact, ILO).
Resource analysis
The next step is to analyse and identify how dependent you are on various resources by carrying out a resource analysis. This provides you with an insight into the resources that are essential for your business.
Managing trust
If your business is to continue to enjoy the confidence and trust of society and/or your partners, it is essential to satisfy certain expectations that these stakeholders have. We help you to identify these expectations.
Confidence from stakeholders is absolutely crucial for everyone working in a particular market or dependent on political decisions.
We help you to formulate guidelines that make it easier for your employees and co-workers to act in a way that supports and strengthens this confidence. Useful tools in this work include:
- Stakeholder dialogues - a way of confirming the demands and expectations that stakeholders have of your company in the context of sustainability.
- Training - ensuring that co-workers are familiar with and understand the significance of your business's work in terms of sustainability.
- Reports/Audits - help you to communicate the efforts you are investing in sustainability.
- Code of Conduct - clear guidelines explaining how co-workers need to act to prevent any erosion of confidence in the company.
- Action plan and follow-up - a systematic approach and regular follow-ups help you to keep tight control over your sustainability work.