Climate targets without substantiation are vulnerable. They do not survive the audit, they are labelled as greenwashing and they fail to convince stakeholders. And the pressure is coming from several directions at once: regulation (the CSRD, the EU Taxonomy, CBAM) calls for demonstrable policies and targets; customers subject to the CSRD request scope 3 data and climate plans from their suppliers; and banks and investors are factoring climate risks into lending terms and valuations.

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On top of that, climate is a business risk in its own right – heat stress, flooding, raw material scarcity, rising carbon costs – as well as a cost issue, through energy prices and ETS carbon pricing, while reputation, brand value and access to talent strengthen the business case. The challenge, then, lies in translating ambitious targets into a financially substantiated strategy that steers investment decisions.

A climate strategy starts with a reliable baseline and ends with an internally supported plan that guides decision-making.

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We work in five steps:

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1. Targets and level of ambition – Based on your carbon footprint (scope 1, 2 and 3), we set quantitative reduction targets for the short and long term, scientifically substantiated using the SBTi methodology and the 1.5°C pathway, with a clear base year and interim milestones.
2. Reduction measures – We translate the targets into decarbonisation levers such as energy efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, process changes and collaboration with suppliers and customers.
3. The financial translation – We translate the decarbonisation measures into a CapEx and OpEx plan.
4. Risk analysis – We analyse your climate risks (both physical and transition risks) and draw up a plan to prepare for them.
5. Governance, embedding and reporting – We define responsibilities, link the strategy to investment decisions and to your wider business strategy, and make progress transparent through reporting.

• Carbon footprint calculation: the emissions baseline that every climate strategy needs
• Carbon target setting and the SBTi: from ambition to validated reduction targets
• Decarbonisation roadmap: from targets to a phased action plan with business cases
• Climate risk analysis & adaptation plan: risk analysis and adaptation targets as part of your climate strategy
• Sustainability reporting and the CSRD: the climate strategy as the core of your ESRS E1 reporting