Corporate responsibility and ethical business practices have long helped mitigate risk and strengthen financial performance. Whether referred to as sustainable investing or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, expectations and regulations vary across jurisdictions, industries, and society—posing a challenge for multinational organizations in determining how to respond.
Heightened demands for sustainability and action on environmental, social, and governance standards are driving companies to respond to new risks and embed longer-term sustainable growth strategies into their investment decisions. With increased regulatory scrutiny of corporate sustainability disclosures, and customers and investors seeking greater public transparency and corporate responsibility, businesses face the enormous challenge of implementing sustainable change.
Our professionals deliver measurable results and proven insights from assessing, monitoring, and verifying information for some of the world’s leading corporations. Our global team of multidisciplinary experts are skilled at building engagement across the enterprise with various stakeholders and identifying creative solutions to incorporate sustainable business practices. Whether developing strategy and plans for corporate responsibility, sustainability, supply chain management, or governance, StoneTurn acts as a trusted advisor to help firms achieve their goals.
The team was amazing: working to deadline, churning out high-quality work, and responding to all of our needs.
– Chambers, Quoting a Client
How We Help
Corporate Compliance, Risks, and Controls
StoneTurn’s multidisciplinary professionals conduct sustainability risk and materiality assessments that identify key governance factors, including legal/regulatory, operational, and reputational risks. We assist companies attempting to address sustainability concerns proactively, requests from internal and external stakeholders, and those looking to comply with regulations locally and globally. Our experience includes:
- Definition, analysis, and materiality assessment of social risks
- Data collection, assurance, and review
- Integration of corporate responsibility into governance, policies and procedures, controls, risk, and stress testing
Supply Chain Investigations, Due Diligence, and Greenwashing
Our team provides insight into an investment target’s supply chain risks and opportunities, offering investors a unique view of an asset and greater confidence when moving forward with a transaction. We combine due diligence with on-the-ground human intelligence to provide a holistic view of the risk associated with an investment. International regulations increasingly require companies to provide assurance that their supply chains do not include child labor, slavery, or corruption.
StoneTurn’s professionals have the sophisticated investigative skills and resources to provide clients with the intelligence needed to investigate supply chain risks and greenwashing claims to help prevent possible reputational fallout.
We assist clients with reviews of:
- Supply chain risk
- Existing vendor policies
- Social and labor conditions
- Reputational factors
- Governance commitments
- Regulatory developments
- Data privacy and security
- Ethics and compliance
Sustainability and Net Zero Transformation
Our team assists organizations looking to reach their environmental goals or exploring the feasibility and cost/benefits of pursuing them. We have the expertise to develop goals, climate strategies, implementation tactics, and compliance programs focused on climate policies, energy conservation, reduction in waste and pollutants, and protection of natural resources. We match our partners who provide technical solutions to our corporate clients to achieve their sustainability goals.
Our experts:
- Develop strategies, scenario analysis, and defined sustainability targets and KPIs
- Work with clients to create a roadmap for change
- Develop climate action and sustainability plans
- Provide independent verification and validation
- Perform disclosure reviews and defense
- Assess climate risk and carbon exposure
