Sustainability

Navigating the sustainability landscape to help you overcome challenges and embrace opportunities – at the corporate and product level

Proposition articulation

Authenticity is key in any brand-level communication and never more so than in the realm of sustainability.

Through rigorous discovery and assessment, we can help you convey what is distinct and differentiating about your approach, drawing on our storytelling skills while avoiding the risk of accidental greenwashing.

Corporate & regulatory reporting

Reporting standards continue to evolve to meet client and regulator expectations, putting greater resource pressure on internal teams.

We bring a robust understanding of global reporting requirements to help you convey information in line with best practice and relevant reporting standards.

Sustainable marketing education

From marketing to compliance, diverse business teams are increasingly being tasked with sustainability-related reporting, disclosures, collateral and campaigns.

Through bespoke and off-the-shelf training formats, we can help upskill your teams to equip them with the knowledge to succeed in these new areas of responsibility.

Business strategy

Global regulating bodies are increasingly focused on consistency (or lack of it) between corporate and product-level approaches to sustainability. For firms with multi-affiliate or more complex group structures, this can present a challenging area to navigate.

We can help assess the viability of your sustainability proposition, stress test its authenticity, guide you and your stakeholders through choices on language and terminology and advise on opportunities for progressive thinking and thought leadership

RI Cert – ABRDN

abrdn were aware of the need to upskill their global marketing team on sustainability and responsible investing in the ever-evolving global landscape. They enrolled 27 members of the marketing team - across Europe and Asia - in the Responsible Investing Marketing Certificate programme.

Proven process

Stakeholder level

Corporate level

Investment level

Stakeholder level

Internal or external, majority or minority, influential or understated- all the stakeholders in a business matter. We can help you assess, define and measure your approach to areas such as:

Culture & collaboration
Team structure
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Corporate communications
Internal communications

Corporate level

Reporting standards across the globe are placing an increasing emphasis on entity-level reporting and disclosure. We can help you articulate, explain and report on:

Brand values & identity
Organisational structure & complexity
Regulation & reporting

Investment level

With a range of product-level disclosures and labels emerging in various jurisdictions, it is vital asset managers are sure their product/strategy aims are clearly understood by clients. We can help you cut through the noise to provide clarity around: