How We Helped Clients Define And Realise Their Sustainability Goals
We have deep experience helping corporations in Asia to understand the relevance of ESG and develop customised strategies, goals and programmes to activate sustainable change and create lasting value for our clients and society.
We brought our technical expertise in climate science and social impact assessment to help clients understand their footprints and influence to inform decisions.
We brought our technical expertise in climate science and social impact assessment to help clients understand their footprints and influence to inform decisions.
How We Helped Clients Define And Realise Their Sustainability Goals
We have deep experience helping corporations in Asia to understand the relevance of ESG and develop customised strategies, goals and programmes to activate sustainable change and create lasting value for our clients and society.
We brought our technical expertise in climate science and social impact assessment to help clients understand their footprints and influence to inform decisions.
We brought our technical expertise in climate science and social impact assessment to help clients understand their footprints and influence to inform decisions.
Trusted by leading organisations in Asia, working in partnership to drive a shared, sustainable future
Consumer Products
Embedding Sustainability into the Core of Business Strategy at a Fortune 500 Household Appliance Leader
CHALLENGE: How do we make sustainability a strategic driver of growth and global expansion strategy, rather than a reporting obligation?
APPROACH: We guided the company's journey to embed sustainability into operations and growth strategies, through Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), boardroom and C-suite alignment on the vision and direction.
INDUSTRY: Consumer Products, Retail, Manufacturing, Technology
APPROACH: We guided the company's journey to embed sustainability into operations and growth strategies, through Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), boardroom and C-suite alignment on the vision and direction.
INDUSTRY: Consumer Products, Retail, Manufacturing, Technology
Real Estate
Designing an Impact Measurement Framework and Outcome Indicators for a Property Development Group
CHALLENGE: How do we measure, manage and aggregate social impact across multiple business activities and community initiatives and enable better investment decision making?
APPROACH: We built an IMM framework tracking nine stakeholder groups with mapped impact pathways across all initiatives. Applied ABC impact classification to inform strategic resource allocation. Delivered a project-level measurement tool enabling group-level aggregation and dashboard visualisation.
INDUSTRY: Real Estate, Private Equity
APPROACH: We built an IMM framework tracking nine stakeholder groups with mapped impact pathways across all initiatives. Applied ABC impact classification to inform strategic resource allocation. Delivered a project-level measurement tool enabling group-level aggregation and dashboard visualisation.
INDUSTRY: Real Estate, Private Equity
Sustainable Finance
Building Impact Measurement and Management Capability to Support Growth-stage Ventures Scaling Up for SDGs in Southeast Asia
CHALLENGE: How do we equip growth-stage ventures with the knowledge to apply impact measurement and management in ways that are investor-useful and partner-ready?
APPROACH: As Senior Technical Advisor and Accredited SDG Impact Standards practitioner in the SDG Venture Scaler by UNDP and the Temasek Trust, we applied the SDG Impact Standards across ventures spanning agriculture, renewable energy and nature-based solutions in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Established baseline metrics, defined Theory of Change, and coached each venture to communicate impact in pitch-ready ways.
INDUSTRY: Sustainable Finance, International Development
APPROACH: As Senior Technical Advisor and Accredited SDG Impact Standards practitioner in the SDG Venture Scaler by UNDP and the Temasek Trust, we applied the SDG Impact Standards across ventures spanning agriculture, renewable energy and nature-based solutions in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Established baseline metrics, defined Theory of Change, and coached each venture to communicate impact in pitch-ready ways.
INDUSTRY: Sustainable Finance, International Development
Luxury Retail
Defining a Strategic Transformation Pathway and an Impact Narrative for a Top-10 Luxury Jewellery Group
CHALLENGE: How do we embed sustainability into long-term growth and unlock new market opportunities through a circular business model?
APPROACH: We conducted a Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) integrating financial and impact perspectives, engaging 2,000+ retail consumers and stakeholders . Developed a long-term sustainability strategy and impact narrative, as part of the brand narrative, endorsed by the Board, with focus areas including traceability of raw materials and circularity.
INDUSTRY: Consumer Products, Retail, Manufacturing, Metal and Mining
APPROACH: We conducted a Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) integrating financial and impact perspectives, engaging 2,000+ retail consumers and stakeholders . Developed a long-term sustainability strategy and impact narrative, as part of the brand narrative, endorsed by the Board, with focus areas including traceability of raw materials and circularity.
INDUSTRY: Consumer Products, Retail, Manufacturing, Metal and Mining
Corporate Philanthropy
Architecting the Strategy of a HK$100M Corporate Social Investment Fund
CHALLENGE: How do we build an investment framework that directs philanthropic capital toward measurable community outcomes?
APPROACH: We conducted societal research and needs mapping to identify community needs and service gaps. Engaged 16 cross-sector experts to test assumptions and identify needed support. Built impact KPIs and project selection criteria. Defined three strategic focus pillars and shaped the active deployment of more than HK$100M in philanthropic giving.
INDUSTRY: Real Estate, Corporate Foundation
APPROACH: We conducted societal research and needs mapping to identify community needs and service gaps. Engaged 16 cross-sector experts to test assumptions and identify needed support. Built impact KPIs and project selection criteria. Defined three strategic focus pillars and shaped the active deployment of more than HK$100M in philanthropic giving.
INDUSTRY: Real Estate, Corporate Foundation
Non-profit
A Shared Framework for Co-Creating, Measuring and Tracking Impact for 3,500+ Enterprises Across Sectors
CHALLENGE: How can Hong Kong's cross-sector recognition scheme, with a 23-year legacy, redefine "caring" to stay relevant to what today's society needs?
APPROACH: We served as Knowledge and Strategy Partner to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Engaged 2,000+ multi-sector stakeholders, corporates, SMEs, NGOs, government, universities and the general public. Localised international sustainability standards for the Hong Kong context. First year saw 3,500+ enterprises tracking their performance under a unified framework.
INDUSTRY: Public-Interest, Cross-Sector
APPROACH: We served as Knowledge and Strategy Partner to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Engaged 2,000+ multi-sector stakeholders, corporates, SMEs, NGOs, government, universities and the general public. Localised international sustainability standards for the Hong Kong context. First year saw 3,500+ enterprises tracking their performance under a unified framework.
INDUSTRY: Public-Interest, Cross-Sector
Retail
Tracking Sustainable Consumption Across Asia Through Five Years of Independent Primary Research
CHALLENGE: How do consumers in Asia understand sustainability, and which priorities and actions genuinely resonate with them?
APPROACH: We engaged 13,500+ retail customers across multiple industries over five years through quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, identifying the sustainability attributes most valued by each brand's target consumers. Findings revealed a linear correlation between sustainability performance and consumer trust, with 49% having reduced or stopped purchases from brands lacking sustainability focus and 78% having paid more for sustainable products or services.
INDUSTRY: Retail, Consumer Goods, Beauty
APPROACH: We engaged 13,500+ retail customers across multiple industries over five years through quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, identifying the sustainability attributes most valued by each brand's target consumers. Findings revealed a linear correlation between sustainability performance and consumer trust, with 49% having reduced or stopped purchases from brands lacking sustainability focus and 78% having paid more for sustainable products or services.
INDUSTRY: Retail, Consumer Goods, Beauty
Education
Embedding the SDG Impact Standards Into a Master Curriculum at HKU
CHALLENGE: How do we cultivate the next generation of impact measurement and management practitioners through applied learning?
APPROACH: We developed and delivered the course 'Strategic Sustainability Integration in Business and Investment' within the MSc in Environmental Management programme. The course centres on the SDG Impact Standards developed by UNDP, covering foundational IMM concepts, the five dimensions of impact, ABC impact classification, impact value chains, and the 12 Enterprise Actions.
INDUSTRY: Higher Education
APPROACH: We developed and delivered the course 'Strategic Sustainability Integration in Business and Investment' within the MSc in Environmental Management programme. The course centres on the SDG Impact Standards developed by UNDP, covering foundational IMM concepts, the five dimensions of impact, ABC impact classification, impact value chains, and the 12 Enterprise Actions.
INDUSTRY: Higher Education
Electronic Components
Building a Science-Based Pathway to Climate Leadership at a Global 500 Manufacturer in Japan
CHALLENGE: How do we develop a credible decarbonisation pathway and connect climate strategy to business growth across a 77,000-person global enterprise?
APPROACH: We measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions to develop a comprehensive inventory, then conducted climate scenario analysis to assess physical and transition risks alongside transition opportunities. Worked with the company through SBTi validation of its near-term and long-term targets, with climate strategy now linked to growth planning across operating regions.
INDUSTRY: Electronic Components Manufacturing
APPROACH: We measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions to develop a comprehensive inventory, then conducted climate scenario analysis to assess physical and transition risks alongside transition opportunities. Worked with the company through SBTi validation of its near-term and long-term targets, with climate strategy now linked to growth planning across operating regions.
INDUSTRY: Electronic Components Manufacturing
Metals & Mining
Turning Sustainability Claims Into Science-Based Evidence Through Life-Cycle Assessment
CHALLENGE: How does a company prove that a "more environmentally friendly" product is genuinely greener?
APPROACH: We conducted an ISO 14040/44 cradle-to-gate Life-Cycle Assessment of recycled gold, verifying input materials and quantifying carbon emissions impact. Findings informed the carbon credit strategy and supported the launch of the first carbon-neutral gold in Japan.
INDUSTRY: Materials, Metals & Mining
APPROACH: We conducted an ISO 14040/44 cradle-to-gate Life-Cycle Assessment of recycled gold, verifying input materials and quantifying carbon emissions impact. Findings informed the carbon credit strategy and supported the launch of the first carbon-neutral gold in Japan.
INDUSTRY: Materials, Metals & Mining
Sustainable Finance
ESG Literacy Across a Global Bank's Asia Operations
CHALLENGE: How do we make ESG accessible at scale across functions, levels and geographies within a large financial services organisation?
APPROACH: We designed customised micro-learning modules for the largest independent local public banking institution in Asia, made available to employees across its Asia operations in three languages: English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. 8,000+ employees reached through company-wide roll-out.
INDUSTRY: Banking, Financial Services
APPROACH: We designed customised micro-learning modules for the largest independent local public banking institution in Asia, made available to employees across its Asia operations in three languages: English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. 8,000+ employees reached through company-wide roll-out.
INDUSTRY: Banking, Financial Services
Sustainable Finance
Building Institutional IMM Capability at a Government Financial Institution
CHALLENGE: How does a public financial institution build the internal capability to measure, manage and demonstrate the impact of its policies and investment facilities, and translate that into credibility with international funders?
APPROACH: We co-delivered IMM training with UNDP to the institution's management, and advised on developing an IMM framework with impact indicators, materiality analysis, and a monitoring plan. The framework aligns the institution's public policies and green and social investment facilities with Cambodia's national priorities and SDG commitments, strengthening its readiness to engage international development agencies and impact investors.
INDUSTRY: Public Financial Institution, Sustainable Finance
APPROACH: We co-delivered IMM training with UNDP to the institution's management, and advised on developing an IMM framework with impact indicators, materiality analysis, and a monitoring plan. The framework aligns the institution's public policies and green and social investment facilities with Cambodia's national priorities and SDG commitments, strengthening its readiness to engage international development agencies and impact investors.
INDUSTRY: Public Financial Institution, Sustainable Finance
Sustainable Finance
Turning Sustainability Into a Competitive Edge for a Personal Lending FinTech
CHALLENGE: How can a FinTech and personal lending provider strengthen investor confidence, unlock policy-driven financing advantages, and benefit both the company and society?
APPROACH: Designed a strategic ESG and impact assessment process to align operations with best-practice ESG disclosure and B Corp certification standards. Conducted a comprehensive Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) to identify priority impacts across equitable lending, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability and corporate governance.
INDUSTRY: Financial Services, FinTech
APPROACH: Designed a strategic ESG and impact assessment process to align operations with best-practice ESG disclosure and B Corp certification standards. Conducted a comprehensive Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) to identify priority impacts across equitable lending, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability and corporate governance.
INDUSTRY: Financial Services, FinTech
Education
Translating Academic Research Into Real-World Impact Through IMM Integration
CHALLENGE: How do we reshape a university's funding framework so academic research can translate into scalable solutions that address societal challenges?
APPROACH: We partnered with the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services at The Chinese University of Hong Kong to apply the Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Framework across two funding schemes — the Knowledge Transfer Impact Project Fund and the Knowledge Transfer Venture Impact Fund. Supported 45 academic-led ventures across health tech, EdTech and social innovation to shape pitch-ready impact narratives.
INDUSTRY: Higher Education, Research & Innovation
APPROACH: We partnered with the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services at The Chinese University of Hong Kong to apply the Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Framework across two funding schemes — the Knowledge Transfer Impact Project Fund and the Knowledge Transfer Venture Impact Fund. Supported 45 academic-led ventures across health tech, EdTech and social innovation to shape pitch-ready impact narratives.
INDUSTRY: Higher Education, Research & Innovation
- Inspiring HKD 290m in government funding to improve living conditions for underprivileged householdsCurated and led the Big Little Things programme as Secretariat of Business for Social Good at Our Hong Kong Foundation. The programme was publicly credited by the then Secretary for Labour and Welfare as the inspiration for government action, prompting the HKSAR Government to grant a HKD 290 million fund that has since benefited 24,000 subdivided unit households across Hong Kong.
- Saving HKD 30m energy cost and moving towards net zero goalAnnual energy consumption in 2023 reduced by 8% compared to 2019, equivalent to a saving of about HKD 30 million, for an international property and hospitality group through our recommended retrofitting and retro-commissioning initiatives. Drove 26% carbon reduction over the same period by implementing climate strategies we developed for operations across Greater China, the US and Europe, setting them on a path to net-zero by 2045.
- Achieving a training NPS of 80 and embedding ESG company-wide at a Leading Construction EnterpriseDesigned and delivered a company-wide ESG learning pathway for a Leading Construction Enterprise, moving ESG beyond compliance and into strategy and operations. Reached 600+ employees with an average training Net Promoter Score of 80, with participants reporting sharper understanding of ESG's strategic relevance to their roles, greater confidence in applying ESG principles to day-to-day decisions, and clearer alignment on priorities across functions and locations.
- Uncovering 20% emissions reduction opportunity in the design of a new technology through LCAPIE conducted a comparative Environmental Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) of a new technology solution for the separation and recycling of post-consumer blended textile for a research institute. The research enabled the commercialisation of the new technology in ways that create lower environmental impact compared with existing industry practices and the effective communication of the competitive edge of the new technology to potential licensee .
Trusted by leading organisations in Asia, working in partnership to drive a shared, sustainable future