ESG & Sustainability
ESG and sustainability advisory for multinational organisations operating across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, covering environmental management, climate strategy, sustainability reporting, supply-chain due diligence, and ESG governance. The practice integrates environmental and energy management (ISO 14001, ISO 50001), greenhouse-gas accounting, climate-related financial disclosure, and sustainability reporting under the international voluntary frameworks and the rapidly-evolving mandatory disclosure regimes across major jurisdictions.
Scope of Service
Environmental & Climate
- ESG strategy design and net-zero roadmap
- Greenhouse-gas inventory development (Scope 1, 2, 3) and verification readiness
- Carbon footprint assessment, decarbonisation strategy, and science-based target setting (SBTi-aligned)
- Climate risk assessment: physical and transition risk under TCFD / IFRS S2
- ISO 14001 environmental management system implementation and certification, including :2015 → :2026 transition planning
- ISO 14064 GHG accounting and verification readiness
- Energy and carbon management (now part of Service 04, EHS)
- Circular economy, resource efficiency, and waste-management programmes
Social & Governance
- ESG governance framework design and board-level ESG reporting
- ESG materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement
- Social responsibility programmes (ISO 26000 aligned)
- Human rights and modern-slavery due diligence
- Supply-chain ESG assessment and due-diligence programmes
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and workforce-sustainability programmes
- ESG-linked compensation and incentive design
Sustainability Reporting
- Sustainability reporting under GRI Universal Standards
- IFRS S1 / S2 (ISSB) disclosure preparation
- ESRS / CSRD compliance and double-materiality assessment
- TCFD-aligned reports
- CDP submission preparation
- Integrated reporting (IR Framework)
- Regional regulatory disclosure preparation across applicable jurisdictions
ESG Assurance & Data
- Limited and reasonable assurance readiness
- Independent third-party verification support
- Internal Controls over Sustainability Reporting (ICSR) framework design
- ESG data quality, governance, and digital platform advisory (cross-referenced to Service 01, Risk)
Standards and Frameworks
International standards and frameworks
Regional ESG disclosure regimes
Americas
SEC Climate Disclosure Rules; California SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (Climate-Related Financial Risk Act) (United States); Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) climate-related disclosure rules; OSFI Guideline B-15 on climate risk management (Canada).
Europe
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD); European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS); Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR); EU Taxonomy Regulation; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); UK Sustainability Disclosure Standards (SDS); Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR); UK Modern Slavery Act 2015; Germany's Lieferkettengesetz (LkSG, Supply Chain Due Diligence Act); CSR-RUG.
Middle East
ADGM and DFSA sustainability disclosure rules; mandatory ESG reporting for ADX and DFM-listed companies (UAE); Saudi Tadawul (Saudi Exchange) ESG Disclosure Guidelines; CMA ESG framework requirements; Saudi Vision 2030 sustainability priorities.
Asia-Pacific
ASIC and Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS S1 and S2) climate-related disclosure requirements; Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Australia); SGX climate-related disclosure requirements (mandatory phasing through FY 2025); MAS sustainability disclosure framework (Singapore); SEBI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) mandate for the top 1,000 listed companies; SEBI ESG disclosure framework (India).
How We Work
ESG and sustainability engagements follow the firm's four-phase operating discipline.
Scope
ESG materiality assessment, applicable disclosure regime mapping (regional regulatory + international voluntary frameworks), and current-state assessment of ESG governance, data, and controls.
Design
ESG strategy and target architecture (net-zero, SBTi), disclosure framework selection, data governance model, ICSR framework, and roadmap for programme deployment.
Execute
GHG inventory build, climate risk assessment, supply-chain due-diligence programmes, sustainability report drafting, data platform configuration, and stakeholder engagement.
Assure
Verification readiness, third-party assurance coordination, board-level reporting cadence, regulatory submission, and ongoing surveillance through the reporting cycle.
Global Delivery
ESG engagements are delivered across the firm's nine-country permanent footprint with regional teams operating under the applicable regional disclosure regime: SEC and state-level rules in the United States, CSA and OSFI in Canada, CSRD/ESRS across the European Union, SDS and SECR in the UK, LkSG in Germany, ADX/DFM/Tadawul/CMA in the Middle East, ASRS in Australia, SGX/MAS in Singapore, and SEBI BRSR in India. Multi-jurisdictional ESG programmes are coordinated under a single methodology with regional reporting execution.
Sector Experience
- Real Estate & Commercial Property: Brookfield Properties: ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 45001 implementation and certification, an integrated environmental and occupational safety management programme.
- Industrial and Energy-Intensive Industries: energy and carbon management programmes including 1,000+ BEE-certified energy audits and ISO 50001 deployments across heavy industrial and refining estates.
- Regulated Utilities: sustainability and governance integration within the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) mandate, alongside the firm's enterprise risk and financial-controls work.
- Industrial Manufacturing, Steel, FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, and Banking: environmental management and sustainability work across the wider client roster set out in the Clients & Track Record page.
The practice is actively expanding its named ESG portfolio in line with the rapidly-evolving global disclosure landscape: CSRD entering force across Europe, ISSB IFRS S1/S2 adoption rolling out globally, ASRS taking effect in Australia, SEBI BRSR scope expansion, and developments around the SEC climate rules in the United States.
Subject-Matter Experts on Permanent Bench
Brookfield Properties: ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
Integrated environmental management and occupational health & safety management systems for a global real estate operator, environmental management and safety management delivered under a single integrated framework rather than as separate workstreams.
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