Strategic Advisory
For the smallest products to entire infrastructural mega-projects – we can do it all.
Sustainability is increasingly part of how organisations manage risk, make investment decisions and plan for the future. But turning broad sustainability ambitions into practical actions can be difficult, particularly as reporting expectations, regulation and stakeholder requirements continue to evolve.
RA Sustainability provides strategic advisory support to help organisations understand where they are today, identify where they need to go and develop a practical route to get there.
Our approach combines sustainability knowledge with an understanding of how organisations actually operate. We focus on strategies that are proportionate, achievable and useful rather than producing plans that simply sit on a shelf.
Whether you are developing your first sustainability strategy, reviewing existing commitments or responding to new reporting and regulatory requirements, we can provide independent advice tailored to your organisation.
Our EPDs will be aligned with BS EN 15804 2012+A1:2013 or A2:2019, and the peer-reviewed PCR (Product Category Rules).
What we offer.
Organisation Strategy
We help organisations turn sustainability ambitions into clear, practical strategies.
This can include reviewing your current position, identifying key sustainability risks and opportunities, setting priorities and developing realistic objectives and actions. Where appropriate, we can also help establish targets, responsibilities and measures that allow progress to be tracked over time.
The result is a sustainability strategy that reflects your organisation, its activities and the expectations of its customers, investors and other stakeholders.
Our support can include:
- Sustainability and carbon strategy development
- Baseline and current-state reviews
- Materiality and priority identification
- Target and KPI development
- Decarbonisation and transition planning
- Sustainability roadmaps and action plans
- Strategy reviews and updates
Functional Strategy
Sustainability strategies only create value when they can be applied across the organisation.
We work with individual teams and business functions to translate wider sustainability objectives into practical actions relevant to their day-to-day responsibilities. This can include procurement, operations, projects, supply chains, finance and other functions that influence environmental and carbon performance.
By connecting organisation-wide goals with functional decisions, we help make sustainability part of normal business planning rather than a separate activity.
Our support can include:
- Functional sustainability planning
- Procurement and supply-chain strategy
- Carbon reduction initiatives
- Project and operational sustainability planning
- Data and performance requirements
- Internal responsibilities and governance
- Integration of sustainability objectives into existing processes
ESG & Disclosure
Organisations are facing growing expectations to provide clear, credible information about their environmental, social and governance performance.
We support organisations in understanding what information is relevant, how it should be gathered and how sustainability performance can be communicated clearly and consistently.
Our approach is focused on evidence. We can help identify gaps in existing information, establish appropriate metrics and improve the processes used to collect and manage sustainability data.
Our support can include:
- ESG strategy and reporting support
- Sustainability disclosure readiness
- Carbon and environmental data reviews
- KPI and metric development
- Data-gap assessments
- Reporting processes and governance
- Stakeholder and client sustainability requirements
Regulation & Compliance
Sustainability regulation and reporting requirements continue to develop across sectors and markets.
We help organisations understand the requirements that are relevant to their activities and consider how these affect existing strategies, projects and reporting processes.
Rather than treating compliance as a standalone exercise, we aim to incorporate regulatory requirements into wider sustainability planning wherever possible. This helps organisations respond to current obligations while being better prepared for future changes.
Our support can include:
- Sustainability regulatory reviews
- Compliance gap assessments
- Carbon and environmental reporting requirements
- Policy and standards reviews
- Client and supply-chain requirements
- Evidence and documentation reviews
- Preparation for emerging sustainability requirements
Practical sustainability advice for your organisation
Every organisation starts from a different position. You may already have established sustainability targets and need specialist support with a particular challenge, or you may be at the beginning of the process and need help deciding where to focus.
RA Sustainability can provide targeted advice for individual projects as well as longer-term strategic support.
Tell us what you are working on, where you are experiencing challenges and what you would like to achieve. We can then discuss the most appropriate way to support you.
Contact us to discuss your sustainability strategy
