Sustainability strategy and ESG advisory
Connect sustainability and ESG priorities with business performance
Understanding which sustainability issues matter to your organisation supports better decisions about risk, investment and future growth. Tonkin + Taylor helps clients develop strategies that support commercial objectives while responding credibly to environmental, social and governance expectations.
Whether setting a new direction, responding to investor or customer requirements, or strengthening an existing approach, we start with your business model and operating context. We identify material issues and assess what they mean for your organisation, focusing our efforts where they can protect or create value.
Tonkin + Taylor combines strategic sustainability advice with engineering, environmental science and implementation expertise. We test priorities against costs, benefits, technical feasibility, and delivery capacity, helping clients develop realistic plans that align with operations, assets, and capital investment.
Credible transition planning is a key part of this work. We help clients connect emissions reduction and climate resilience with business strategy, translating targets into feasible actions and investment priorities. Our approach makes assumptions and dependencies clear and supports changes in direction as conditions evolve.
We work with boards, executives, finance and delivery teams to embed sustainability into existing governance and planning processes. Clear responsibilities, meaningful metrics and practical roadmaps help turn strategy into measurable progress.
What we do
- Sustainability and ESG strategies aligned with business objectives
- Material issue assessment and prioritisation
- ESG benchmarking and gap analysis
- Governance, accountability and integration with risk management
- Credible transition plan development and review
- Integration with business planning and capital investment
- Goals, targets and performance metrics
- Sustainability roadmaps and implementation plans
- Impact mapping and theory of change
- Board and executive workshops
- Capability building
- Implementation support, progress monitoring and strategy review
Our new discussion paper, Credible Transition Planning: From Narrative to Navigation, explores what good transition planning looks like in practice, where New Zealand organisations are making progress, and where important gaps remain.
