Most organisations enter at Orient or Diagnose and move forward only as far as the work justifies. Each stage answers what it is, what it solves, what we do, what you receive and what it indicatively costs.
One journey, five stages. Most organisations enter at Orient or Diagnose and move forward only as far as the work justifies.
ESG Access
Africa
01 / 05
ESG+E Preliminary Assessment
Build a shared understanding of ESG+E, introduce the practical concepts and tools, consider economic viability, and take a high-level view of what is already in place.
Supporting capabilities ESG Strategy & Advisory · Training & Capacity Building
02 / 05
ESG Strategic Diagnostic
Carry out a structured review of current ESG activity, supporting evidence, gaps, risks, opportunities and readiness.
Supporting capabilities Risk & Compliance · Governance · Specialist assessments
03 / 05
ESG Strategy & Phased Roadmap
Prioritise what is material, urgent and feasible, and build a realistic ESG+E strategy the organisation can actually fund and execute.
Supporting capabilities ESG Strategy & Advisory · Governance · Sustainable Finance
04 / 05
Implementation / ESG PMO
Coordinate implementation across internal teams, management, workstreams, suppliers, specialist experts and relevant partners.
Supporting capabilities Stakeholder Engagement · International Value Chains · Governance
05 / 05
Evidence, Reporting & Investor Communication
Track progress and convert ESG improvements into credible, measurable, decision-useful information.
Supporting capabilities Reporting · Sustainable Finance · Certification coordination
Principal output ESG+E Preliminary Assessment
Build a shared understanding of ESG+E, introduce the practical concepts and tools, consider economic viability, and take a high-level view of what is already in place.
Leadership knows ESG matters but not where the organisation actually stands, what is already in place, or what the sensible first move is.
A preliminary assessment, not an audit. It does not include exhaustive gap, risk or opportunity assessment, ESG data validation, full materiality or double-materiality, extensive stakeholder consultation, a detailed KPI system, a full implementation roadmap, technical studies, carbon inventory, audits, certification, assurance, legal opinions, implementation work, specialist supplier costs, or travel and accommodation.
Principal output ESG Strategic Diagnostic
Carry out a structured review of current ESG activity, supporting evidence, gaps, risks, opportunities and readiness.
The organisation needs a defensible picture of where it actually stands before committing budget to a strategy or answering an investor.
The base engagement does not include a full double-materiality exercise, extensive stakeholder consultation, certification or assurance, technical environmental audits, detailed legal opinions, carbon inventory or data verification, implementation, specialist supplier fees, or travel and accommodation.
Principal output ESG Strategy & Phased Roadmap
Prioritise what is material, urgent and feasible, and build a realistic ESG+E strategy the organisation can actually fund and execute.
Requirements arrive from several directions at once and rarely agree on what matters most. Without sequencing, everything becomes urgent and nothing gets done.
Principal output Implementation / ESG PMO
Coordinate implementation across internal teams, management, workstreams, suppliers, specialist experts and relevant partners.
A strategy exists on paper but nobody owns the sequencing, the interfaces between workstreams, or the specialists who have to be brought in.
Principal output Evidence, Reporting & Investor Communication
Track progress and convert ESG improvements into credible, measurable, decision-useful information.
Real improvement has happened but cannot be shown — so investors, lenders and buyers discount it, or ask for it again in a different format.
These run underneath the journey rather than competing with it. Which apply, and at which stage, depends on the engagement.
We are a strategic integrator. Being explicit about that boundary is what makes the rest credible.
Need · ambition · constraints
The organisation, its market, its starting point and what it is trying to achieve.
Diagnosis · strategy · coordination
Where we lead directly: understanding the reality, defining what matters, sequencing the work and coordinating everyone who touches it.
Technical expertise · assurance · certification · specialist assessments
Coordinated, not performed in-house. We do not claim to personally carry out every audit, engineering study, carbon inventory, certification or assurance engagement.
Published because scope conversations go better when both sides already know the order of magnitude.
| Engagement | Indicative fee |
|---|---|
| ESG+E Preliminary Assessment | From €10k |
| ESG Strategic Diagnostic | From €15k |
| Complex / institutional diagnostic | €20k–€35k+ |
| ESG Strategy & phased roadmap | €35k–€60k |
| Large group / government strategy | €60k–€120k+ |
| Implementation / ESG PMO | €8k–€15k / month |
| Complex multi-workstream PMO | €15k–€25k+ / month |
| Investor / funder ESG support | €15k–€30k+ |
| Complex reporting engagement | €30k–€80k+ |
| Executive / Board workshop | €3k–€7.5k |
Fees are indicative starting points or ranges. Final scope and pricing depend on the nature of the engagement, number of entities and locations, stakeholder intensity, documentation available, interviews required, specialist involvement, seniority and expected outputs.
Whether you're establishing where your organisation stands, preparing for investment, entering a new market or strengthening ESG capability, start the conversation.
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