Selected work.
Depth and an evidence-based approach to every engagement. All clients are anonymised.
ESG Strategy & Climate Risk Integration
Institutions operating at the intersection of regional mandates and international capital standards face a credibility problem: sustainability infrastructure needs to satisfy global investor scrutiny without losing sight of what the business actually does. This engagement built that infrastructure from the ground up — materiality assessment through to governance design and inaugural reporting — leaving the client with a fully documented, independently coherent ESG position across 78% of its balance sheet.
- Double materiality assessment benchmarked against 14 regional and global peer institutions
- Three-year sustainability strategy with value-added KPIs calibrated to the institution's mandate and stakeholder expectations
- Climate risk toolkit for assessing ESG and climate risks across loans and investments, aligned to PCAF methodology
- Sustainability governance framework structured across Board, executive, and operational levels
- Inaugural sustainability report aligned with global standards and local regulatory ESG guidance
ESG Transformation & Rating Uplift
When ESG ratings start affecting cost of capital, clients demand sustainability data as a procurement condition, and investors expect more than a policy statement — the gap between where a business is and where it needs to be becomes expensive. This engagement closed that gap end-to-end: honest gap assessment against global peers, ESG strategy with measurable targets, a GHG inventory with Paris-aligned milestones, and full management of the MSCI rating process. The starting point was CCC. The result was A.
- Pre-rating gap assessment mapping ESG positioning against global peer benchmarks across the MSCI scoring framework
- ESG strategy covering governance structure, policy commitments, and measurable KPI targets
- GHG inventory and decarbonisation framework with Paris-aligned milestones and baseline year
- End-to-end management of the MSCI ESG rating process — from agency onboarding and data submission through to final assessment
Sustainability Infrastructure & Strategy
Organisations with fragmented operational structures and no sustainability data infrastructure face a foundational problem: without a measurement architecture, strategy has nothing to stand on. This engagement built the full system — 400+ KPIs with defined ownership, calculation methodology, escalation pathways, and reporting frequency — then translated that foundation into an integrated strategy and a facilitated implementation roadmap calibrated to how the business actually operates.
- ESG monitoring system capturing 400+ sustainability KPIs — with defined ownership, escalation pathways, reporting frequency, and calculation methodology for each
- Gap assessment identifying strategic sustainability priorities relative to industry benchmarks
- Integrated sustainability strategy spanning the full airport services ecosystem
- Facilitated stakeholder workshops to co-develop implementation plans across constraints, dependencies, and timelines
- Initiative-level milestone planning across the multi-year strategy roadmap
ESG Strategy & Governance
Diversified groups with multiple subsidiaries and different risk profiles need an ESG approach that holds at group level without forcing a uniform model on every entity. This engagement established that architecture: a gap assessment against global peers, a group-level ESG strategy with governance structures and measurable KPIs, and end-to-end management through the MSCI rating process to an independently verified result.
- Pre-rating ESG gap assessment mapping current standing against global peer benchmarks across the MSCI framework
- ESG strategy covering objectives, KPIs, governance design, and policy commitments at group level
- Governance improvements including public ESG data availability and senior management ownership structures
- End-to-end support through the MSCI ESG rating application, data submission, and scoring process
ESG Strategy & Roadmap
Organisations under increasing supply chain ESG pressure — receiving data requests from clients integrating supplier criteria, and scrutiny from investors expecting more than a policy document — often find their existing sustainability posture is more gesture than substance. This engagement replaced that with something real: a multi-site materiality assessment across 13 topics, a roadmap of 36 executable initiatives, updated group policies, and structured training to ensure the team can own their ESG position going forward.
- Comprehensive materiality assessment across major manufacturing and distribution sites in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
- Multi-year ESG strategy roadmap with 36 initiatives aligned to global packaging sustainability standards and industry benchmarks
- Updated group-level ESG policies across environmental management, health & safety, and business ethics domains
- In-person ESG training delivered to executive and senior management teams to build internal capability
Fund Strategy & Investment Thesis
Deploying impact-first capital credibly requires more than intent — it requires a differentiated thesis, rigorous sector analysis, and a clear view of where the fund can win in a crowded landscape. This engagement provided that foundation: a comprehensive mapping of the global catalytic capital landscape, market sizing across five priority sectors including technology readiness and policy environment, and a facilitated process that translated research into a coherent investment thesis ready for investor communication and pipeline development.
- Global catalytic capital landscape mapping — profiling vehicles, ticket sizes, financing structures, sector focus, and co-investor dynamics to identify differentiated positioning
- Market sizing and risk assessments across five priority sectors, including technology readiness, policy environment, and market uptake trajectories
- Facilitated strategic workshops with the investment team to translate research into a coherent fund strategy
- Investment thesis and sector prioritisation framework designed to guide early pipeline development and investor communication
