Do you want to do well by doing good?
Do you want to increase sales, lower costs, access new sources of investment, recruit and retain top talent?
Do you want to do meaningful work and be truly part of the solution?
If you want to build a sustainable business and brand, you have come to the right place!
Whatever your sector - cleantech, cannabis, mobility, mining, retail, real estate, energy, space, you name it - we can help.
Described (flatteringly!) in Marketing Magazine as “one of the world’s leading experts in corporate responsibility” and among Quebec’s “Top 10 Green Leaders”, I have helped many global brands, including Walmart, The Gap, Royal Dutch Shell, CIBC, Gildan, Cliffs and many others, major charities, governments, as well as a host of fast growing early stage companies, to do the right thing and get credit for it.
Our proprietary advisory service methods deliver a simple, quick and proven path to getting results.
How? By researching, developing and implementing a sustainability strategy that addresses your material environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and then - importantly - positioning it to create a virtuous circle of actions, results, and reputation.
Research includes: materiality assessment; risk/opportunity matrix; competitor and customer benchmarking; stakeholder audit; SWOT analysis; and strategy workshops.
Development includes: integrated ESG strategy and platform; policies; programs for each priority; Life Cycle Analysis; KPIs; protocol/standards integration; Indigenous relations; stakeholder engagement; project charters; data management dashboards; internal and external communications plans; and overall governance processes.
Integration includes: Staged activation of operational programs/projects; data monitoring and reporting; corrective action plans; executive coaching; employee information, education and engagement; sales training and support (including ESG questionnaire response); M&A due diligence; external communications, including regulatory and public disclosure, investor/government/public relations, and marketing communications.
We work with all major internatonal sectorial and cross-sector standards (list too long for here) and have created two. We also provide support for major infrastructure projects, including Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plans (LARAP) and Stakeholder Engagement Plans (SEP), all of which comply with international and regional standards including the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework.
Our goal: help you do well by doing good. To learn more about how, click here for a short presentation.
Rick Petersen
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“The problem will be solved by a symphony with everyone playing a different instrument. Hopefully, we’ll all be playing the same song.” Jeffrey Hollender, Founder Seventh Generation