Sustainability

Build the leadership capabilities needed to deliver on your sustainability commitments and create lasting environmental and social impact whilst building resilience and driving business value creation.

 

 

 

50%

of senior leaders globally think their CEO drives the innovation needed to make the company more sustainable.

Source: RRA, Divides and Dividends

 

Sustainability is a strategic lever for enabling value creation in an increasingly complex, fast changing and resource-constrained world.

We help you identify, assess and develop leaders who can translate sustainability into tangible business results while meeting stakeholder expectations. Our partnership ensures your executive team leads with a sustainable mindset and can apply principles for sustainable growth across your strategy, operations and supply chain.

The sustainability questions we help you answer

Sustainability demands a new type of leader—one who can balance environmental stewardship with business performance. Our deep expertise helps organizations tackle their most pressing sustainability leadership challenges.

  • How do we identify leaders who can effectively integrate sustainability into our business strategy?

  • What leadership capabilities are essential for delivering on our sustainability commitments?

  • How can we assess if our current leadership team has the right sustainability mindset and skill sets?

  • How do we develop our existing leaders to drive sustainability initiatives?

  • How do we find and attract executives and board leaders with proven sustainability credentials?

 

FIND A SUSTAINABLE LEADER

 

Leadership for sustainable growth and transformation

Sustainability provides a roadmap for business transformation, with the goal of creating a more resilient enterprise. But sustainability is so much more than a function or initiative–it's a mindset. You need leaders across your organization who can leverage sustainability as a lens for identifying risk and seizing opportunity.

 

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Develop sustainable leaders

Executive leadership teams need to work together towards your long-term vision. So, we work with your top team to assess and develop executives’ sustainability capabilities.

 


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Find leaders with a sustainable mindset

Our unique approach to assessment ensures we find CEOs, board members, and CxOs who have the mindset and skills to balance people, planet and profit in your organization. In fact, 46% of the job specifications we create talk about sustainability.

 


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Find world-class function leads

With access to an unrivaled pool of sustainable leaders, we work with you to find best-in-class Chief Sustainability Officers, board directors, climate leaders, sustainable finance leaders, and sustainable business line leaders.

 


 

Frequently asked sustainability questions

 

What is sustainable leadership?

Sustainable leadership refers to CEOs, board leaders, and other executives who have the mindset and capabilities to integrate environmental and social considerations with financial performance. These leaders recognize that profitability and sustainability are not opposing forces, but rather complementary objectives that can drive long-term value. They are positioned to debunk the myth that organizations must sacrifice profits for people and planet, instead demonstrating how addressing sustainability challenges can create competitive advantage, innovation opportunities, and enduring benefits for investors, employees, customers, and the wider community.

How do you assess sustainable leadership capabilities?

We evaluate leaders' ability to set clear sustainability targets, integrate environmental and social considerations into strategy, and demonstrate measurable impact. Our assessment considers both technical sustainability knowledge and essential leadership capabilities.

What makes an effective sustainability leader?

The most effective sustainable leaders combine multi-level systems thinking, an instinct for stakeholder inclusion, the capacity to disruptively innovate, and a long-term perspective. When activated by a sustainable mindset that rejects the false trade-off between social and financial value, sustainable leaders build dynamic and resilient enterprises.

 

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