Specialist independent sustainability & ESG consultancy
Terrafiniti has provided leading sustainability & ESG consulting services for the last three decades. Recognised thought leaders, we are small, agile and specialist – with some of the deepest experience in the sustainability sector.
Terrafiniti offers expert sustainability services and advice, ranging from materiality assessment and strategy development/refresh, to training and capacity building and developing responsible sustainability communications.
We are chosen for our effectiveness and trusted insights, not because of our size or marketing budget.
Sustainability & ESG Services
- Sustainability & ESG Strategy Development
- Double Materiality
- Learning & Training
- Reporting & Disclosure
- Avoiding Greenwash – Responsible Communications
Who do we work with?
Often we’re called in by company leaders or senior managers in forward-looking organisations who want to develop or accelerate their sustainability performance and credentials.
We have been privileged to support some of the largest, most innovative and ambitious companies, universities, charities and NGOs worldwide – we have also supported governments too!
Why do they want to do this?
Typically they:
- Need to meet the latest standards in sustainability management and disclosure
- Are being asked by customers to share their approach and focus and demonstrate social and environmental performance
- Want to differentiate from their peers on sustainability/ESG – or avoid falling behind their competition
- Might be struggling to attract or retain the right staff when the organisation is seen as lagging on sustainability or purpose
- Need to answer investors’ concerns on their ESG/sustainability risks, opportunities and management
- Have a track record in specific aspects of environment or sustainability but want to integrate their approach to bring greater value
- Want to turn purpose into meaningful performance.
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What are the business benefits of sustainability?
Revenue
Eco-design and market innovation. Superior products that meet wider customer requirements and values.
Costs
Production efficiency and expense reduction in the value chain. Less waste and more output per unit input.
Risks
Regulation and risk control and resilience. Getting ahead of regulation, preferred supplier status.
Intangibles
Enhancing reputation and building trusted brands. Employer of choice. Stronger relationships with customers.
EVERYTHING GOOD STARTS WITH A CHAT
We love to talk – get in touch to send a message or book a call to discuss your sustainability issues – if we can’t help you we’ll say so.
Terrafiniti has been featured in some of the world’s most recognised business, news and sustainability sites. Our analysis, ideas, and opinions have been reprinted and featured in blogs and news articles across the globe.
The following organisations have featured our insights on a range of leading-edge topics in sustainability, from metrics to strategy and management, natural capital to sustainable energy.
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Case Studies
Terrafiniti worked with Intersnack to define and build their Buying into the Future sustainability strategy and provide ongoing support for development and implementation. As a result, Intersnack was able to powerfully demonstrate its sustainability ambition, commitments and achievements. The strategy identified significant financial savings and helped secure preferred supplier status with a major retailer.
RNLI Materiality Assessment
“As Sustainability Manager for the RNLI, I believe that sustainability is not a place you arrive at – it’s a horizon, and the closer you get, the more it moves and changes. It was clear right from the beginning that Terrafiniti understood the needs and challenges of our organisation.”
3stepIT Go Circular ESG Strategy
For more than 20 years, award-winning 3stepIT has been helping businesses to embrace the circular economy model, saving millions of electrical devices from going to landfill and tons of carbon emissions.
Sustainability and ESG Services For Your Business
Empowering Your Sustainability Journey
Our consultancy services are tailored to support and empower you at every stage of your sustainability journey. Whether you’re just beginning or have a well-established approach, we provide expert guidance to help you navigate the challenges of sustainability.
Over the years, we’ve assisted numerous companies and NGOs across various sectors in not only meeting but often surpassing their sustainability and ESG objectives. We specialise in helping you navigate the intricacies of sustainability and ESG, refine your sustainability strategy, and craft compelling narratives to showcase your efforts.
Regardless of whether you’re seeking a starting point, aiming to progress further, or refining an already advanced approach, we offer comprehensive assistance and insights in both the strategic (the big picture) and operational (the practical aspects) dimensions of sustainability.
Sustainability & ESG Strategy & Management
Setting your sustainability agenda and direction.
It’s crucial to be clear about your sustainability/ESG position and direction of travel.
A sustainability strategy provides a way to identify what’s material, describe your ambition and goals and communicate strongly and consistently to your customers and stakeholders.
- Sustainability gap analysis and review
- Competitor review and assessment
- Sustainability strategy development
- Vision and Ambition development
- Double materiality assessment
- Goal-setting and implementation plans.
Sustainability Training
Improving your skills and results.
Successful sustainability / ESG needs sustainability skills.
As you gear up your organisation to embed your strategy, drive your carbon reduction, ESG performance, sustainable production or supply chain sustainability, you need to equip your staff and leadership to help understand and drive progress.
We are specialists in responsible communications, providing support and training on avoiding greenwashing.
- Online and in-person sustainability training – remote support
- The fundamentals of sustainability/ESG
- Team training for sustainability
- Leadership in sustainability
- Responsible communications & avoiding greenwashing
- Bespoke training and capacity building.
Sustainability Reporting
Getting your message out.
Effective reporting is vital to allow your stakeholders to understand your sustainability/ESG approach and performance.
What’s needed for effective formal sustainability and ESG disclosure/reporting and how do you avoid greenwashing?
- Benchmarking – reporting best practice reviews and assessment
- What to report, when and how – reporting strategy and guidance
- Communicating your material issues, double materiality
- Stakeholder perspectives – accessing and assessing third-party views.
Sustainability / ESG Review & Benchmarking
How are you doing?
How does your sustainability compare with best practices and compete with peers and competitors?
Review and benchmarking spots areas for improvement and where you can build value in your strategy, plans or communications.
- Reviewing business performance or sustainability programmes and practice
- International best practice review for sustainability/ESG/CSR reports
- How do you match-up? We compare you with your competitors and peers.
Responsible Communications
Ensuring effective ESG / Sustainability communications.
Successful ESG/sustainability efforts are underpinned by clear, consistent and coherent communication.
Investors, analysts, customers and consumers increasingly require a sustainability narrative which accurately reflects your context and activities, ambition, focus, goals and performance.
- Ensure marketing messages make your best case while avoiding greenwash
- Gain clarity on the priorities and focus of your stakeholders
- Provide the right messages for the right audiences
- Avoid greenwash by understanding and building responsible communication.
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Our Consultants
Dominic Tantram
PhD MCIEEM CEnv FICRS | Founding Partner
“I specialise in helping organisations navigate the complexities and opportunities of sustainability. I can help you by diagnosing priorities, developing strategies, plans and goals to help meet your objectives.”
Dominic is a Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) with over 30 years of experience in consultancy.
He has worked on projects for leading companies, industry groups and universities, WWF, WEF and other NGOs, the European Environment Agency and UK Government Departments. Dominic is passionate about removing greenwashing.
Joss Tantram
FRSA FICRS | Founding Partner
“I can bring over 25 years’ experience advancing the practice of sustainability and sustainable corporate strategy to help you achieve your goals. I have trained executives from more than 200 companies worldwide.“
Joss brings over 25 years of experience advancing the practice of sustainable corporate strategy and pioneering the idea of sustainability as a value concept and was a founder of WWF UK’s Business Education Unit.
From 2019 to 2022 Joss was part-time Director of Redefining Value at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), leading their work on capital market engagement and sustainable corporate transition.
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Essential Resources for anyone tasked with understanding sustainability and making it happen. Our free guides help you navigate the complexities of developing and delivering more sustainable business.
Based upon over 45 years of industry-leading experience, these resources provide informed and simple guidance for putting sustainability/ESG at the heart of your business goals, processes, reporting, and business strategy.
DEVELOP your sustainability approach – with these insight-packed free guides
The DEVELOP guides focus upon pulling your approach together and getting up to speed, they include:
- Developing a strategic business approach to sustainability
- Developing sustainable strategy
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Access our ADVANCED resources to build resilience and reduce business risk for a sustainable future, they include:
- Sustainability Management - and the obstacles to success
- Materiality Matters - why materiality is central to sustainable success
- Developing Sustainable Business Culture - sustainability as an organisational change issue
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What is Sustainability Training – and Why is it Important?
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Terrafiniti offers expert-led training that covers fundamental …
Carbon Neutral Communications
Despite considerable regulatory focus on carbon neutral claims, companies are still getting their communications wrong, so what is happening?
While many large companies now appear wary of making claims about carbon neutrality, we can still see considerable focus on these in the …
Events
SPRG NEXT SESSION | Navigating Double Materiality Challenges: Insights and Solutions for Sustainability Professionals
The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is expanding the scope of sustainability reporting to tens of thousands of companies, mandating a double materiality assessment (DMA) and comprehensive sustainability reporting. …