Helping companies to define and deliver nature strategy and pathways.
Sustainability is now an established business area and nature is rising up the agenda fast. Sustainability requires creativity and innovation, as well as a deep understanding of your business, to achieve true impact.
Nature is complex and hard to measure. It speaks a different language to business; it works at a different pace. Companies are under pressure to demonstrate high-integrity climate action, as well as build their knowledge of nature and biodiversity, develop nature strategies and find trusted nature-based solutions for net zero.
Sustainability leaders need to manage the transition to net zero, and build business resilience by managing the risks that climate change and the breakdown of biodiversity and vital ecosystem services present to the future of their organisation.
We work with companies to devise and deliver effective and impactful nature strategy - from target setting to nature action and stakeholder mapping, communication and engagement.
We understand the importance of your nature reporting, strategy and action aligning with your wider sustainability strategy, risk management approach and business growth aims.
We will work with you to develop your knowledge of nature, so you can assess your business through its lens and build an effective business case.
We create and deliver high-integrity nature projects and partnerships - drawing on our experience of nature restoration projects, nature-based solutions, carbon and wider nature markets.
We have extensive expertise in communications, training and engagement. A strategy is nothing without the buy-in of your board and professionals across your business who you’ll need to deliver it.
We will walk in-step with you as your nature adviser and team on-demand.
Creating climate and nature impact
Our sustainability services
Nature strategy and projects
Working hand in hand with you to navigate nature, nature reporting frameworks, nature target-setting and ultimately help you to devise your nature strategy and action plan. Creating and managing nature projects.
Nature-based solutions
Advising on and researching nature market opportunities to meet your climate and nature aims.
Partnerships
Finding the right partners, and creating and managing successful partnerships on your behalf to meet your sustainability and nature objectives.
Communications, engagement and training
Supporting you in securing leadership buy in, and delivering staff engagement and workshops to help integrate nature and sustainability into wider business plans and operations.
Track record in related areas
Team building, reporting and creating corporate partnerships
Leading UK conservation charity
Built team ethos of existing hires through team consultation, training and team building sessions. Designed and put in place new strategy and reporting system to motivate team and demonstrate progress. Created new pitch. Team achieved 14 new corporate partnerships and £1.3 future income within two years, with a range of organisations from fine jewellery, to energy and toilet roll manufacturing.
Nature-based investment product development & testing
Leading UK conservation charity
Researched emerging UK impact investment market. Worked with charity team and corporate financier to develop impact investment product to test. Undertook product testing research and interviews with key existing major donors and corporates. Testing results were mixed; it was decided that the market too nascent (2014).
New system design and staff engagement and training
Leading UK conservation charity
Undertook department wide consultation to inform design of contact database and new reporting system, and internal communications to gain buy-in for new system. Worked with IT to implement requirements and test. Successfully designed and delivered department-wide database training to support new reporting system. Roll-out was a success.