Building a truly sustainable business doesn’t have to be painful, confusing or expensive.
Most businesses want to do more about sustainability, but for most of us ESG frameworks are bloated, over-complicated and unrealistically expensive.
So we’ve created a brand new SME-friendly foundational framework designed specifically for resource-strapped businesses who want and need to do more but don’t know where to start.
We’ve called it 12 Weeks to Future-Ready…
…a simplified, realistic and achievable approach that will help you win better business, unlock new opportunities and reduce risks and costs.
12 Weeks to Future-Ready is an expert-led collaborative journey of assessment, development and forward planning. We’ll work closely with you and your key team to look at what you’re already doing right, put in place what’s needed and weave it all together into a fully-integrated sustainable strategy for your business, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We see sustainability as an opportunity not a threat.
But all too often it gets strangled in red tape and ESG-jargon, shutting good people and good companies out of what should be a common-sense, inspiring conversation.
Sustainability shouldn’t be a barrier to growth, it should unlock a great future. Done right, it’s a chance to win better clients, build trust, strengthen your business and open new doors.
Our aim is to translate complex ESG frameworks into no-nonsense, practical, demonstrable business improvements. We cut through the noise, making sustainability refreshingly simple and workable, so that you get to stand out from the crowd: credible, competitive and worth buying into—and your business gets the future it deserves.
5 reasons why ESG is such a pain for smaller businesses
ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) is the currently accepted framework—a mix of guidelines, tools and metrics—for helping businesses become more sustainable and have the evidence to prove it.
We’re big fans, but It’s far from perfect. In fact you get the impression that ESG is designed and driven by people who've never actually run a business day-to-day. Here are the five most common complaints we hear from business leaders.
1—ESG is designed for big business
ESG frameworks were built for large corporations with dedicated teams and enterprise systems, then awkwardly retrofitted for SMEs. The templates, thresholds, and requirements all assume resources and capabilities that smaller companies simply don't have.
2—It’s just too confusing
There are multiple competing ESG frameworks and an alphabet soup of standards with no single playbook for smaller companies. Most business owners can’t even work out where to start with ESG, let alone which direction to head—or what success should look like.
3—It seems like a moving target
You're trying to comply with rules that shift faster than you can implement them, so what works today may not tomorrow. Goal posts are moving, standards are in constant flux, governments are consulting on new requirements and supplier demands change regularly.
4—It’s too expensive
Implementation costs are often unrealistic for smaller firms (£10k-50k plus ongoing annual expenses). Consultant fees, software costs and admin overheads burn time and cash that should be focussed on serving customers and growing revenue.
5—It’s too technical & too complicated
ESG is awash with technical jargon, complex methodologies and specialist terminology that assumes knowledge you just don't have. Documentation is a nightmare and data requirements outstrip anything your current IT and processes could handle.
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We’re translators.
Framework people think differently to business people.
We speak fluent business. We also speak fluent ESG.
We sit in the middle, translating—bridging the gap between your day-to-day reality and the credible proofs that your buyers and customers are looking for. We’ll work with you to create a straightforward, sustainable way forwards for your business.
No jargon, no heavy lifting.
And you won’t need to become an ESG expert.
Are you ready to make the most of what’s coming or is it going to take you out?
You’ve built a good business, but buyers, backers and consumers now want proof that your business is sustainable: that you’re a safe bet, clean, well-run and thinking long term—and can keep it up.
In other words, they need you to prove that you’re future-ready.
The future belongs to those who are ready for it. That’s where we come in. We’ll show you how to build on what you’re already doing right, translate it into evidence that your buyers are looking for and plug any gaps along the way.
Result: less risk, more and better clients, growing margins, a great future.
A great future for you and your business.
The demand to become more sustainable is an opportunity not a threat.
There’s work to be done, changes to make, new practices to adopt—but it doesn’t need to be complicated, madly expensive or a huge burden.
And you don’t need to become fluent in ESG-Speak.
If you’d like to talk (in plain English) about what future-ready looks like for your business, book a call now by clicking on the link below.