Our Services
Retail and e-commerce sustainability work is increasingly driven by compliance and being rebuilt around AI tools. What this needs, in particular, is someone to decide if the output of a tool actually means anything, and take final responsibility for the work, e.g., for the underlying legal frameworks, methodology choices, data architecture, or supplier engagement. This is where we focus our work.
ASRS Reporting & Compliance
For Group 2 retailers reporting from FY26 and Group 3 from FY27, the first reporting cycle sets the methodology, data architecture, and governance baseline that auditors will test for years to come. If executed well, it gives the business a real climate risk picture, but if not, it produces plausible-looking information that will fail its first assurance.
We work with retail and e-commerce clients across the full ASRS lifecycle, if sensible with the with assistance from AI tools and a particular focus on the parts these tools cannot make decisions about for you:
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Materiality and financial risk assessment specific to your business model
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Climate scenario analysis tested against your actual supply chain and sourcing model
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Scope 3 boundary decisions and methodology selection (spend-based vs activity-based)
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Governance and internal control design, including board literacy and named accountability
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Data architecture and audit-trail design
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Final report preparation and assurance-readiness review
Best for: Group 2 and Group 3 retailers in or approaching their first reporting cycle.
Sustainability Strategy
A sustainability strategy is only useful if the team can actually execute it. Our work starts with what your business actually does, what it sells, how it sources, where it ships from, and builds a strategy around the real operational levers.
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Materiality assessment to international standards (GRI, with double materiality where required)
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Gap analysis against peers and standards
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Stakeholder engagement (internal and external)
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Quantified target setting (SBTi-aligned where appropriate)
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Roadmaps with realistic operational sequencing
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Sustainability reporting to GRI, ISSB & ASRS standards
Best for: retailers building a sustainability function, refreshing an outdated strategy, or preparing for investor or customer scrutiny.
Emissions Reduction & Circularity
The operational underpinning to most of the other work. We measure what is actually happening, identify where the meaningful reductions are, and design programmes that procurement and operations teams can run.
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Carbon emissions baselining and assessment (Scopes 1, 2, 3)
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Lifecycle analysis for material product categories
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Energy and waste audits
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Packaging assessment and APCO reporting
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Lower-impact materials sourcing strategy
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Supplier engagement programmes for primary data collection
Best for: retailers wanting to move beyond spend-based emissions reporting to data that actually informs decisions, and brands with packaging or product-stewardship obligations.
Modern Slavery Reporting
Modern Slavery statements are increasingly the part of compliance that gets pattern-matched by AI tools, and increasingly get called out for being generic. We focus on the work that makes the statement defensible and useful: real supply chain mapping and supplier engagement, and a properly integrated risk management process.
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Supply chain mapping (tier 1 and beyond where material)
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Supplier risk assessment and engagement
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Modern Slavery risk management and due diligence design
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Remediation planning where issues are identified
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Annual statement preparation and review
Best for: retailers reporting under the Modern Slavery Act, or larger organisations whose suppliers are now reporting and need help responding to the upstream pressure.
How We Engage
We offer two engagement models, depending on what you need:
Full-service delivery:
We run the work end-to-end, from data architecture through to final report. Best for first-time reporters, where in-house capacity is thin, or where the deadline is tight.
Advisory + capacity-building:
Your team executes, we steer and review. Best for companies who want sustainability managed in-house long-term and need senior capability to get there. Often the right fit for clients with an emerging Head of Sustainability or an ESG-curious finance team.
We're explicit about which model fits your situation and we will offer bespoke options when full-service is not necessary. Goal of our joint work is for your business to be able to do it well, not for you to need us forever.
