Sustainability
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Our insight

As your dedicated strategic partner, we work with you to future-proof your business model and integrate sustainability at all levels of your organisation.
400+
CEOs, CFOs and sustainability teams we’ve supported on their sustainability journey
70
benchmarks, rating agencies and methodologies in our benchmarking pool
50+
highly qualified experts at your service to support your sustainability strategy
Our approach

Sustainability strategy, simplified

By working with you to develop a comprehensive sustainability strategy, our experts will help your company stand out in an increasingly compliance-driven market.
Pragmatic
We help you identify gaps in your existing sustainability strategy, working with you to develop and implement an action plan to improve your sustainability maturity.
Holistic
Our strategic transformation approach aims to create lasting change by integrating sustainability throughout your organisation and beyond – focusing on areas such as governance, reporting, ratings and certifications, and value chain collaboration.
Collaborative
Based on market trend research, competitive benchmarking and impact analysis, we’ll work with you to build a robust business case for improved sustainability maturity – enabling you to gain buy-in from key stakeholders.

Our services

Your full-service
strategic partner

  • Strategic gap analysis
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    Nexio Projects can help your organisation take a holistic view of your current sustainability position – and understand what steps you need to take to move up the sustainability maturity curve.
  • Peer benchmarking
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    Gain a transparent overview of your organisation’s sustainability performance relative to market competitors – helping you to identify your strengths and weaknesses, mitigate risks, target opportunities and facilitate engagement with customers, suppliers, employees and other value chain stakeholders.
  • Strategic implementation
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    Successfully integrating sustainability into your company’s strategy is a critical step in creating a future-proof business model. Drawing on our in-house expertise and our extensive partner network, we help you deliver best practice solutions aligned with a bespoke strategic roadmap – taking your organisation from compliance to purpose.
  • Supply chain services
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    With between 75% and 90% of an organisation’s environmental and social impacts coming from its supply chain, effective oversight and collaboration is essential to drive system-level change. Nexio Projects offers a comprehensive supply chain solution to help you measure your company’s impacts through a tailored supplier engagement strategy that reflects your climate transition plan and business context.
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Conduct
a thorough analysis of your business ecosystem, covering your industry, value chain, regulatory context, market trends and financial elements – as well as your current sustainability management system and activities.
Facilitate
a focus-setting workshop and interviews with key stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of your current approach to sustainability.
Create
tailored roadmaps covering the core pillars of sustainability maturity and specific material topics.
Perform
an impact analysis and develop impact pathways over short-, medium- and long-term time horizons.
Present
the potential positive impacts of our recommended actions, and the risks of inaction, to help build a strong business case for sustainability improvements.
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Analyse
your company’s sustainability performance against globally recognised standards and best practices, as well as information from rating agencies and scientific studies.
Produce
a detailed visualisation to help you understand your current level of sustainability maturity relative to your peers – and the steps needed to overtake those who are more advanced.
Provide clarity
on your company’s sustainability risks – covering the entire organisation and focusing on ESG issues as well as key material topics for your own business and the wider industry.
Identify
opportunities for operational cost efficiencies, innovation and closer alignment with existing and emerging regulatory requirements – with the aim of improving long-term resilience.
Understand
how and where to set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) goals to drive sustainability progress – grounding strategic decisions in your organisation’s business context.
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Develop
or optimise a strategic framework that incorporates your mission and vision, articulates your sustainability purpose and helps to streamline and focus your organisation’s sustainability efforts.
Formalise
your strategic pillars, identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and setting targets on all relevant topics within these pillars.
Define
and implement actions and initiatives to help you achieve your sustainability goals.
Establish
a robust governance model with clear lines of responsibility and accountability for the development and implementation of your renewed strategic approach.
How can we support you?
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Governance and strategy
Reviewing, stress-testing and improving your sustainable procurement policy, supplier code of conduct, governance model, strategic objectives, and monitoring and reporting frameworks.
Due diligence
Identifying social, environmental and governance risks in your supply chain and assessing your due diligence, primary data collection, CSR risk assessment and supplier categorisation processes.
Supplier engagement and capacity building
Identifying social, environmental and governance risks in your supply chain and assessing your due diligence, primary data collection, CSR risk assessment and supplier categorisation processes.
Strategic gap analysis
open
Nexio Projects can help your organisation take a holistic view of your current sustainability position – and understand what steps you need to take to move up the sustainability maturity curve.
How can we support you?
Contact us
Conduct
a thorough analysis of your business ecosystem, covering your industry, value chain, regulatory context, market trends and financial elements – as well as your current sustainability management system and activities.
Facilitate
a focus-setting workshop and interviews with key stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of your current approach to sustainability.
Create
tailored roadmaps covering the core pillars of sustainability maturity and specific material topics.
Perform
an impact analysis and develop impact pathways over short-, medium- and long-term time horizons.
Present
the potential positive impacts of our recommended actions, and the risks of inaction, to help build a strong business case for sustainability improvements.
Peer benchmarking
open
Gain a transparent overview of your organisation’s sustainability performance relative to market competitors – helping you to identify your strengths and weaknesses, mitigate risks, target opportunities and facilitate engagement with customers, suppliers, employees and other value chain stakeholders.
How can we support you?
Contact us
Analyse
your company’s sustainability performance against globally recognised standards and best practices, as well as information from rating agencies and scientific studies.
Produce
a detailed visualisation to help you understand your current level of sustainability maturity relative to your peers – and the steps needed to overtake those who are more advanced.
Provide clarity
on your company’s sustainability risks – covering the entire organisation and focusing on ESG issues as well as key material topics for your own business and the wider industry.
Identify
opportunities for operational cost efficiencies, innovation and closer alignment with existing and emerging regulatory requirements – with the aim of improving long-term resilience.
Understand
how and where to set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) goals to drive sustainability progress – grounding strategic decisions in your organisation’s business context.
Strategic implementation
open
Successfully integrating sustainability into your company’s strategy is a critical step in creating a future-proof business model. Drawing on our in-house expertise and our extensive partner network, we help you deliver best practice solutions aligned with a bespoke strategic roadmap – taking your organisation from compliance to purpose.
How can we support you?
Contact us
Develop
or optimise a strategic framework that incorporates your mission and vision, articulates your sustainability purpose and helps to streamline and focus your organisation’s sustainability efforts.
Formalise
your strategic pillars, identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and setting targets on all relevant topics within these pillars.
Define
and implement actions and initiatives to help you achieve your sustainability goals.
Establish
a robust governance model with clear lines of responsibility and accountability for the development and implementation of your renewed strategic approach.
Supply chain services
open
With between 75% and 90% of an organisation’s environmental and social impacts coming from its supply chain, effective oversight and collaboration is essential to drive system-level change. Nexio Projects offers a comprehensive supply chain solution to help you measure your company’s impacts through a tailored supplier engagement strategy that reflects your climate transition plan and business context.
How can we support you?
Contact us
Governance and strategy
Reviewing, stress-testing and improving your sustainable procurement policy, supplier code of conduct, governance model, strategic objectives, and monitoring and reporting frameworks.
Due diligence
Identifying social, environmental and governance risks in your supply chain and assessing your due diligence, primary data collection, CSR risk assessment and supplier categorisation processes.
Supplier engagement and capacity building
Identifying social, environmental and governance risks in your supply chain and assessing your due diligence, primary data collection, CSR risk assessment and supplier categorisation processes.

Why develop your
sustainability strategy?

Companies that integrate sustainability into their core strategy are better positioned to mitigate risk and drive innovation and competitive advantage in the long term.
<40%
of companies across sectors are on track to meet their sustainability commitments
53%
of investors have cancelled M&A deals due to material findings in ESG due diligence
75%
of executives believe they haven’t effectively embedded sustainability into their business
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Sustainability Advisory Lead
Specialist in ESG regulation and reporting, including standard interpretation, gap analysis, materiality assessment, process set-up, data collation and consistency and audit readiness. Ex-EY & KPMG CFA, MBA INSEAD
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Testimonials

On the side of
integrated sustainability

Defining our sustainability efforts is a key challenge. That’s why we asked Nexio Projects to support us in integrating sustainability into our vision and mission.
Gijs Hemmink
Sustainability Manager at
Hanzestrohm
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Following a gap analysis exercise with Nexio Projects, we now have a clear roadmap for our future sustainability strategy – and we’re putting it into action.
Robert-Jan Brussaard
General Manager at
Ocean Network Express
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Nexio Projects provided practical and actionable suggestions to build on our existing sustainability roadmap, empowering our teams to make more impactful contributions.
Willeke Muno
Sustainability Manager at
Dekkers International
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Insights

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What do we define as key sustainability goals and how will we measure progress?
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There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to defining sustainability goals and developing a sustainability strategy. However, a number of steps are essential to the process, starting with the identification of material ESG issues. Ideally, this is conducted in line with the ESRS double materiality assessment (DMA) guidelines. In this step, it’s critical to map and engage all the stakeholders that need to be involved in the DMA process, and to define the impacts, risks and opportunities (IROs) that these material topics and their sub-topics present throughout your value chain. A second step is to measure where your company stands on the various material topics to establish a baseline and understand current gaps. In parallel with this step, it’s important to have a clear vision and set SMART targets that clearly define the desired outcome.

Here, it’s key to engage stakeholders, conduct peer benchmarking and scan the regulatory horizon to define the level of ambition and set science-based targets. Once you’ve set goals and targets, you’ll need to develop and implement action plans to achieve your sustainable business goals. It’s also important to put in place the right data processes and systems to measure and monitor your progress against targets. Finally, don’t build your sustainability strategy in a vacuum! It’s important to decide how you'll integrate ESG goals and strategies into your broader business plan, and create an incentive structure that prioritises sustainability goals as much as financial ones.

What are the common challenges in implementing sustainability strategies?
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Common challenges we see in the implementation of sustainability strategies include: limited leadership buy-in and commitment; cultural and engagement challenges; difficulties in collaborating across the value chain; inadequate data quality and limited non-financial data structures and processes; and moving beyond the ‘compliance-centric mindset’ to focus on innovation. To overcome these, it’s essential to create a clear vision based on material impacts and opportunities, set SMART sustainability goals, build an appropriate organisational structure, align incentives, streamline data collection early through scalable data processes and systems, and engage with key suppliers to ensure your value-chain impacts are reflected.

Who needs to be involved in the development our sustainability strategy?
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One of the first steps in developing a sustainability strategy is to map the entire value chain and identify stakeholders. This exercise should reflect the industry, activities and operational specifics of the business. Typical stakeholders involved in these journeys include internal (e.g. senior management in key departments and sustainability teams) and external (e.g. key suppliers, investors, local communities, NGOs and industry associations) parties.

When structuring sustainability roles and responsibilities in your team, consider key roles such as a senior ‘champion’ for high-level sponsorship, ‘deciders’ who can approve projects and allocate resources, and ‘doers’ who can implement different aspects of the strategy. In addition, it can be helpful to categorise stakeholders into the following groups: ‘active’ supporters of sustainability efforts, ‘agnostic’ individuals who are indifferent but can be persuaded, and ‘disgruntled’ stakeholders who are resistant to sustainability efforts. This structure ensures a balanced team with clear roles and diverse perspectives, which is critical for developing and implementing an effective sustainability strategy.

What are the main frameworks we can use for peer benchmarking
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At Nexio Projects, we use over 40 benchmarking tools and frameworks, including ratings and certifications such as EcoVadis, B Corp, CDP, Sustainalytics, Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), MSCI, ISS ESG and Refinitiv. We also use benchmarking tools such as the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) rankings and non-financial disclosures from companies themselves.

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