Sustainable Strategy

Effective sustainable action requires a strategic, holistic, integrated, pragmatic, and accountable approach.

We can ensure your business focuses on what matters by identifying and prioritising material ESG risks to your business, and creating and implementing a roadmap for sustained positive impact.

How we can help

Our experienced team can assist you to: 

  • Establish scope, ambition, oversight and governance 
  • Evaluate ESG risks and stakeholder expectations for a variety of scenarios 
  • Assess opportunities and targets, processes and policies, and benchmarking and certification for impact 
  • Promote progress, performance, investor reporting, culture and training, and efforts to review and improve your processes

 

For further information on specific components of a sustainability strategy please refer to our other service offerings.

The process

Our experts have delivered science-backed sustainability strategies, consulting and advisory services for more than three decades.

We can provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for a bespoke sustainability strategy for your business, in your location(s) for your people, for specific initiatives (e.g. food waste reduction) or material issues (e.g. climate change). 

Through regular consultation and evaluation, we develop strategies that establish processes and accountability, and connect performance to impact pathways, to meet strategic objectives and create positive impact throughout your value chain.

Why this is good for business and good for the planet

  • Ensure your business focuses on what matters in a time-efficient manner to minimise impact, reduce costs and ensure long-term sustainable operations.
  • Integrate and strategically address non-financial risks that may have a major impact on your financial performance, value creation and reputation. 
  • Improve your ability to adapt to changing market, environmental, societal and stakeholder needs.
  • Implement a sustainable strategy to protect, enhance and regenerate nature and culture, and provide a genuine experience for the travellers your business depends on.

Get in touch with the EarthCheck team today.

YOUR EARTHCHECK TEAM

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Dr. Steve Newman
Melinda Watt
Stewart Moore
Stewart Moore

"We’re pleased to be working with EarthCheck to ensure we’re incorporating the best ideas, the most effective framework and a high degree of accountability as we work to provide our guests with truly regenerative travel experiences."

Ken Cruse

Soul Community Planet Co-Founder and CEO

WHO’S USED THIS SERVICE

YOUR EARTHCHECK TEAM

Dr. Steve Newman Headshot
Dr. Steve Newman
Melinda Watt
Stewart Moore
Stewart Moore
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Acknowledgement
of Country

There are more than 476 million Indigenous Peoples, found in all regions of the world, from the Arctic to the tropical forests. They make up more than 6 per cent of our global population.

 

In the spirit of reconciliation, EarthCheck acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout the world and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Indigenous Peoples today.

 

EarthCheck acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples are guardians of the forests and biodiversity hotspots we all depend on. Research shows that lands managed by Indigenous Peoples, with secure rights, experience lower deforestation rates, store more carbon, hold more biodiversity, and benefit more people than other lands — including protected areas.

 

We recognise and support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the most comprehensive international instrument on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration is a positive document that maps out a path for Indigenous Peoples to be free from discrimination and secure in their identities and life choices.

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EarthCheck Certified: Aligned globally

EarthCheck science and products were developed by the Australian Government Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre (STCRC) over ten years. Our science is reviewed annually to ensure that it meets international standards relative to greenhouse gas protocols, responsible tourism, and certification.

EarthCheck products and services are built on the Agenda 21 principles for Sustainable Development endorsed by 182 Heads of State at the United Nations Rio De Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and aligned to the SDGs.

EarthCheck Certified provides a framework for organisations to achieve the desired outcomes for sustainable development as set out in the final report of the World Summit for Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in 2002.

EarthCheck Certified complies with the Mohonk Agreement (2000), which outlines the guidelines and principles for an international sustainable tourism certification program. It is also a Recognised program of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).

EarthCheck Certified is a verification standard accepted by CDP. It is also an approved program of the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA), London & Partners, the Mexican Secretary of Tourism (SECTUR) and the City of Sydney.

EarthCheck Certified is an approved program for meeting the EU Energy Directive for the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle – BAFA) in Germany and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy) in the Netherlands.

EarthCheck partners with international research organisations to maintain the currency of EarthCheck science and our benchmarking systems.

The EarthCheck brand signifies scientific excellence, better environmental, economic, and social performance, improved community interactions, and savings through more efficient use of resources. It provides recognition and promotional support to a global consumer market.