Sustainability

Securing our future

With ongoing sociopolitical uncertainties, momentum on the sustainability agenda continues to gather pace. It is transforming leadership priorities, organisational purpose, strategy, operations and culture across the private, public and civil society sectors. Boards and executive leaders have become louder on the responsibilities of organisations to progress beyond marketing initiatives, reporting and small adjustments, towards significant and meaningful change in their environmental, social and governance agendas.

As we continue to fall behind on many key sustainable development goal targets, leadership needs to be imbued with a fresh sense of urgency and ambition on these issues if they are to retain legitimacy and ensure their organisation’s success. Leaders that can set a tone from the top, geared to the changes required, are in demand, as are the domain experts, who can bring the knowledge, advocacy and change management expertise, that is so needed.

Specialist leadership advisors to:

Business on Chief Sustainability Officers and wider sustainable leadership
Impact and ESG Investors
Climate and environmentally focused public and civil society bodies
Organisations on governance and risk management

Our approach

Diversity & Inclusion

Our experience

Sustainability is an area that requires true interdisciplinary expertise with the capacity to engage across government, civil society and commercial organisations. Leaders with long track records in the space are few and far between and often the assessment of potential is key. Our Partners have deep industry experience and understand the pace and breadth of change and innovation necessary in these types of leaders. Motivated by our own commitment to sustainability and conviction to play our part, Saxton Bampfylde has built an enviable track record of appointments across the sustainability ecosystem.

Our impact

What we are doing

Beyond our expertise in securing talent in this area for our clients, we are fundamentally committed to playing our part and have committed to being net zero by 2025.

Our carbon footprint is independently measured and while it has already fallen dramatically by 42% during the pandemic, our current focus is on an environmental policy that continues our emissions reductions journey despite a return to higher office based work and increased travel in the post-Covid period.

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Sustainable Building Blocks for our Future

CANVAS: Scotland Edition

As we think about creating a more sustainable future, there are varying interpretations of what this can mean. In this edition of CANVAS we spoke to three individuals who are helping to drive forward positive change in their organisations to help preserve our economy, society and communities now and in the future.