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Free briefing session (usually £995) for sustainability strategy and corporate comms consultants

How to survive the regulatory flux and unlock transformative work

Outcome: Turn the CSRD rollercoaster into your advantage

Why is this needed?

Only those who understand how CSRD — regardless of the Omnibus outcomes — is changing the face of sustainability leadership will be able to unlock the exciting work that lies beyond compliance.

Why now?

CSRD has already radically transformed the market for sustainability services. But few consultants have evolved their ways of winning and delivering to capture this new market.

What participants are saying

“We are always telling our clients that they need to evolve their business, I had never stopped to think about the need for us as a consultancy to evolve. I now understand the need and can see a way forward.”

MD of Purpose agency

“We were all experiencing the impact of CSRD in different ways but hadn't come together as a leadership team to examine the whole picture. This exec briefing was a real aha moment for us.”

Leadership team of a sustainability strategy consultancy

Secure your 50-minute briefing session with three distinguished sustainability consultancy leaders, bringing an in-depth, value-packed, overview of the changing market context to inform your business strategy.

Dr Tom Bregman

Tom is a strategist with more than 10 years of experience helping businesses to navigate uncertainty and unlock their potential to thrive.

He has supported some of the world's biggest companies to reshape their strategies — and spent considerable time helping banks and multinational buyers to engage small and mid-sized businesses on their social and environmental expectations.

Tom holds a PhD in Zoology having researched the impacts of deforestation on biodiversity and ecosystem resilience.

Kathleen Enright

Kathleen is a veteran sustainability practitioner and inspirational team leader.

She has worked up and down the value chain, starting out in Fair Trade, then going on to imagine and implement some of the most successful sustainable business strategies in the market today.

Kathleen was previously Global Managing Director of renowned sustainability consultancy Salterbaxter, where she grew the business and won awards for Best Sustainability Consultancy (Financial Times) and Best Place to Work.

Dr Geoff Kendall

Geoff holds a PhD in artificial intelligence, and has co-founded two software businesses, the second of which he sold to a global tech company where he served as marketing director for three years.

Geoff switched careers in 2010, joining London-based think-tank SustainAbility to advise some of the world’s biggest corporations on business strategy.

He left after four years to set up Future-Fit Foundation, and as CEO led development of the Future-Fit Business Benchmark until May 2022.

In the session, we will focus on how...

CSRD is undermining the perceived value of strategy consulting

A wide range of ‘first-time buyers’ need sustainability guidance. But this new focus on compliance is driving a mindset shift that favours quick fixes to keep the regulators happy, versus deep thinking that supports the long-term success of the business.

New competitors are making it harder to win business

Larger accounting and legal firms are leveraging double materiality assessments as loss leaders, with their sights set on bigger future contracts. At the same time, low-cost ESG platforms are starting to offer box-ticking solutions which lead companies to question whether they really need anything more.

New decision makers complicate the pitching process

Finance and risk teams typically have oversight of mandatory disclosure projects and budgets — and that includes CSRD. These new buyers speak a different language — and have different incentives — to those who have historically sourced sustainability services. This demands new ways of selling.