What We Do
Sustainability / CSR strategy
We help answer what social and environmental issues your company should engage on, how and with whom, to benefit that issue and your business.
Our sustainability strategies and actions are designed to directly assist immediate business objectives, while building the assets and capabilities that generate future value.
We work with you to:
- identify and pursue profitable opportunities,
- manage risks,
- design and assess sustainability strategies, including carbon and climate change strategies,
- integrate them with existing organisational strategies and values,
- use our proprietary Sustainability Value tool to demonstrate to investors and management the real economic value of ESG/sustainability actions,
- develop meaningful KPIs and measures,
- articulate the strategy,
- target relevant indices and awards, and
- build capacity.
ESG / Responsible investment
Because Dowse CSP understands the value that ESG can offer a business, or cost it, we are ideally placed to with portfolio construction, data, due diligence and review.
We work with you on:
- ESG investment principles, processes and decision tools that are integrated into traditional investment processes,
- ESG assessment data,
- commitments under the Principles of Responsible Investment,
- investor engagement,
- ESG governance within broader corporate governance.
Projects and partnerships
Dowse CSP invests in sustainable opportunities, and sets up and manages initiatives as part of a broader sustainability strategy.
We work with you to:
- invest in opportunities that address environmental or social issues,
- kick-start initiatives with reliable partners,
- establish metrics and governance systems,
- establish research, community, NGO and corporate partnerships,
- provide ongoing partnership management and administration.
Climate change and carbon
Climate change is the ESG issue of the moment, and it could be a very long moment. Dowse CSP sets climate change or carbon strategies that are low emission and sustainable.
We work with you on:
- climate change policy and emerging regulation,
- carbon measurement and footprints, emission reductions, abatement and offsets,
- ‘carbon neutral’ and ‘carbon positive’ strategies and verification,
- emission trading opportunities,
- voluntary and compliance approaches and evaluation.
Stakeholder engagement and communication
You can’t think ‘sustainability’ without thinking ‘stakeholders’. Is your engagement what’s needed for the changes you’re looking for? What can you do about that?
We work with you on:
- identifying and managing stakeholder issues
- initiating actions directly or through third parties
- gaining understanding and support for your organisational priorities and actions,
- capturing and leveraging sound, valuable ideas,
- preparing for particular audiences and events,
- managing information flow.
Sustainability /ESG reporting
If you decide to report on your sustainability, and that’s a big ‘if’, you need a clear appreciation of why you’re doing it, what readers are really looking for, and how best to deliver that.
We work with you on:
- reports as part of an existing or needed stakeholder engagement strategy,
- establishing relevant ESG/Sustainability metrics,
- reporting to GRI and international standards,
- report facilitation and coordination, report writing and publication,
- related stakeholder communication and release strategies.