Environmental, Social, & Governance

Sustainability

We help our clients to embrace the sustainability agenda through analyzing strategic direction and providing recommendations to achieve alignment with contemporary trends such as the Circular Economy, or Corporate Social Responsibility.

We work with leading organizations, financial institutions and their clients to address complex sustainability challenges and create long-term value by clarifying strategic direction, designing corporate sustainability programs, and enhancing transparency and the robustness of public disclosures.

We assist governments at national and local levels in raising awareness, providing training and developing strategies to meet their commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals, other international and local agreements.

Our broad range of sustainability services include the following:

• Sustainable urban planning and green building advisory services
• Sustainability and green strategy and action plans
• Product and corporate environmental footprint analyses
• Analyses of energy, water and waste during operation
• Plans for carbon management during operation
• Life cycle assessment and cost analyses
• Product portfolio analysis and improvement
• Integrated sustainability performance management
• Performance improvement and smart design assistance
• Waste management strategy plans
• Sustainable procurement strategies
• Sustainability roadmaps
• Sustainability Reporting
• Training on sustainable practices
  

ESG Advisory Services

Corporations, private equity and investors are recognizing that it is no longer only about how a company’s operations impact the environment, its people, and the communities in which it operates, but it’s also increasingly about how environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can materially impact a company’s performance and ultimately, its value.

Kishu Associates provides an extensive range of advisory support and technology solutions to assist clients to achieve their ESG goals and navigate the changing landscape. Companies engage us throughout various stages of their business lifecycle and ESG journey, leveraging our diverse team’s extensive global experience and insights in governance and risk to:

• Improve environmental and social outcomes
• Embed ESG across governance and areas of business
• Comply with regulation and disclosure reporting
• Develop ESG policies
• Align goals to standards and frameworks
• Reduce risk
• Deliver sustainable value and growth

UN Global Compact

• In March 2023, Kishu Associates joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.
• We are proud to be part of thousands of other companies globally committed to taking responsible business action to create the world we all want.
• The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 15,000 companies and 3,800 non-business signatories based in over 160 countries, and more than 69 Local Networks.

MAIN PILLARS

The main pillars for evaluation according to the Kishu ESG Standard are the following:

• Respect for human rights
• Employee rights
• Health & Safety and working conditions
• Quality customer service
• Environment
• Fight against corruption and bribery
• Local community

OUR SOLUTIONS

Self-Assessment

A company may, as a first step, evaluate its ESG status and awareness level through a self-assessment. This can be done by completing the Questionnaire, following the respective guideline of KISHU Associate’s ESG PLATFORM. After the successful completion of the self-assessment, a relevant Attestation of completion shall be issued by KISHU Certified and registered experts with NEMA.

Remote Evaluation

In case where the completion of the Questionnaire is accompanied by the submission (uploading) of the required documentation for demonstrating compliance with the criteria, KISHU Associates team shall evaluate the relevant documentation & the ESG status and issue a Verification Statement.

On-Site Audit

Following a risk assessment, the company may request an on-site audit, in order to assess its ESG status and performance according to the Standard’s requirements. After the successful outcome of the audit, KISHU Associates shall issue a Certificate of Conformity.