ESG and Sustainability Support Services for Consultants and Corporates

A wide spectrum of customized ESG research and advisory solutions to fulfil your ESG and Sustainability goals, including strategy, operations, and reporting

Overview

At Acuity, it is our mission to collaborate with and support our clients in their sustainability journey. We offer a range of services at varying levels of complexity to facilitate organisations champion sustainability through our time-tested ESG solutions. Our approach includes proactively engaging with our clients and their salient stakeholders to understand their business perspectives, future goals related to ESG and their current ESG maturity to tailor and customize our service offerings for maximum end impact and sustainable value generation.

We offer flexible engagement models ranging from dedicated resources to ad-hoc projects to maximise our value proposition based on client requirements. Our ESG team is composed of Subject Matter Experts offering niche expertise be it on climate risk assessments, sustainable finance, portfolio management or sustainability disclosures amidst other core focus areas. Periodically, we also publish white papers, blogs and podcasts showcasing the latest developments in the field of corporate sustainability with a view to augment collective knowledge capital.

Who we serve

  • Consulting Firms
  • Leading Strategy Houses
  • Niche Consulting Firms
  • Boutique Advisory Firms
  • Accounting Firms
  • Specialized Financial Advisory
  • Independent Consultants
  • Fortune 500 Corporates
  • Small to Mid-Sized Firms
  • Start-ups
  • Market Research Firms
  • Professional Services Firms

Customized ESG research support across sustainable strategy, target screening and due diligence - Support we offer

Strategy Formulation

  • ESG KPI identification, analysis & target setting

  • Sustainability strategy development

  • ESG policy review / development

  • ESG / Sustainability management control framework adoption

  • ESG roadmap development

  • ESG maturity and materiality assessment

  • Framework based recommendations

  • ESG / EU taxonomy support

  • Tracking key sustainability trends & best practices

Sustainable Development Research Solutions

  • Tracking key sustainability trends

  • Designing sustainability strategies

  • Strategic planning for aligned priorities

  • Materiality assessment

  • Performance analysis

  • Peer Benchmarking (Competitive, Functional, Process, Strategic) on ESG initiatives

  • Sustainable Resource Management

Target Screening

  • Opportunity identification

  • Pre-investment opportunity screening on ESG aspects

  • Benchmarking and ranking of opportunities

  • Opportunity selection and brief profiling

Due Diligence

  • ESG due-diligence analysis

  • ESG risks & opportunity analysis

  • Impact assessment on ESG KPIs

  • ESG performance assessment

  • Peer benchmarking on ESG aspects

Design & Implementation

  • ESG / Sustainability programs / action items development

  • Mitigation plans for key material risks

  • SDG evaluation and impact

  • ESG gap analysis, rating guidance, and response submission

  • CDP, TCFD, CSRD framework alignment

  • ESG training material development

Monitoring / Reporting/Branded Content Creation

  • ESG / Sustainability / TCFD report development

  • SDG performance report

  • Rating agency’s assessment report submission

  • ESG performance tracking & periodic reports

  • ESG communication circulars (articles, blogs, newsletters, etc.)

  • Content creation; thematic studies

  • Whitepapers

Climate Solutions

  • Decarbonization pathway development

  • Climate change reports aligned with internationally acclaimed guidelines

  • Physical climate risk assessment for assets based on scenario modelling

  • Transitional climate risk assessment for multiple countries

  • Development of climate related KPIs

  • Development of Seasonality Model

  • Peer benchmarking, sectoral scoring and recommendations of best practices

  • Recommendations on climate mitigational measures

  • Financial estimations of climate change mitigation measures

  • Climate change strategy support

How we are different

Domain experts
Domain experts
A solid, experienced team with experience across private equity, venture capital and alternative investments (real estate, infrastructure, credit) research supporting clients’ ESG stakeholders and asset managers
Advanced monitoring and reporting
Advanced monitoring and reporting
We are developing an ESG module within FolioSure, our proprietary portfolio- monitoring and reporting tool, to provide flexible and intuitive ESG-focused solutions to private-market clients
Scalability
Scalability
Our client support is fully scalable, reflected in the wide range of team sizes supporting our clients
Stronger service-quality levels
Stronger service-quality levels
We work cohesively with client leadership and operational teams, offering customised ESG solutions exclusive to our clients. This creates a competitive edge that is truly sustainable
Nearshore capabilities
Nearshore capabilities
We have delivery locations in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Beijing, Colombo and Costa Rica to provide “follow the sun” ESG support
Multi-language capabilities
Multi-language capabilities
Our global platform of delivery, including in Beijing and Costa Rica, offers multilingual capabilities (a number of Asian languages and Spanish)

What we have done

Merger and Acquisition Support for ESG Consulting Firm
What we are proud of

Analysed several entities for our client to acquire

Performed business analytics to explore synergies for a merger or acquisition

ESG Road map
What we are proud of

Assessed the client’s pre-engagement ESG maturity

Mapped the client’s emission to the Scope 1, 2 and 3 emission classification systems

ESG Pitch Deck and Business Development
What we are proud of

Supported a client through lead generation and business growth

Developed a research-based pitch deck, saving the client’s time and resources

ESG Risk and Opportunity Assessment
What we are proud of

Reviewed the role of senior management in ESG risk and opportunity management

Established processes to manage ESG risks and opportunities optimally

Food Safety Metrics
What we are proud of

Developed several KPIs to track and monitor food wastage and other social parameters

Reduced food wastage by around 20%

TCFD Integration
What we are proud of

Supported the client in making gradual progress

Developed a core set of climate-related KPIs to monitor climate-linked performance

Climate solutions for a US-based healthcare provider
What we are proud of

Identifying compatible and adoptable sectoral best practices for climate management

Developing climate-management strategies and hazard-mitigation solutions

Carbon-management solutions
What we are proud of

In-depth study of the client’s existing ESG practices and maturity

Identifying sectoral best practices in carbon management and net-zero strategies

GRI-compliant sustainability reporting solutions
What we are proud of

In-depth study of the client’s ESG practices and maturity

Develop forward-looking statements and a GRI-informed data-collection mechanism

Strategy and reporting solutions
What we are proud of

In-depth study of the client’s ESG practices and maturity

Develop a short-term ESG roadmap based on the material ESG issues identified

ESG ratings solution
What we are proud of

Assess current ESG performance against ESG rating criteria

Enhance capacity, augment knowledge capital

Conducting materiality assessment for a US-based food retailer
What we are proud of

Identification of stakeholders and survey execution

Data collection, analysis, and materiality matrix

Supporting a niche consulting firm servicing asset managers and PE firms in developing ESG focused businesses
What we are proud of

ESG benchmarking

Portfolio ESG profiling

Preparation of the first sustainability report for a Middle East oil giant
What we are proud of

Understanding existing ESG initiatives taken by the organization

Conducting materiality assessment and KPIs identification

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