Businesses are facing greater pressure than ever to report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, with the market increasingly questioning what the organisations they work with – and for – are doing to address global issues and achieve social impact.
At Grant Thornton, we aim to support companies in effectively managing sustainability factors to enhance long-term value creation, mitigate risks, and foster positive impacts on society and the environment.
We can assist you with a variety of sustainability advice depending on your needs, ranging from initial strategy development, reporting and compliance support, through to carbon measurement and management.
When developing your initial sustainability strategy, we can support with materiality and impact assessments, gap/maturity analysis, and benchmarking. Whether you are currently focusing on strategy design or you are working towards implementation, our advisors from across the network can help you set realistic metrics, targets and KPIs.
Our sustainability reporting and compliance support services cover three areas, the first of which is ESG and sustainability reporting framework selection and implementation.
Secondly, whether you are looking into voluntary or regulatory reporting advice, such as on TCFD, we will spend time with you to understand your needs and shape your ideal team.
Third, when you require data assurance and internal audit, we can look at every issue from every angle and give advice that is designed for you. Controls, processes, assurance readiness and gap identification systems – we are well placed to do this for you as we always bring in a diverse range of perspectives – including calling on experts outside your core team.
Climate risks are increasingly having a real effect on businesses we work with. We support the establishment of market infrastructure to enable consistent, comparable climate-related disclosures at a global level.
We are committed to advancing the adoption and use of the ISSB’s Climate Standard as the climate global baseline. We have five areas where we can support you:
