How-To Guides
Practical, step-by-step guides for sustainability professionals — actionable advice from experienced consultants.
How to Build a Stakeholder Engagement Plan
A step-by-step guide to identifying, prioritizing, and engaging stakeholders for sustainability strategy, materiality assessments, and ESG reporting.
How to Build Community Climate Resilience
A practical guide for municipalities and organizations to assess climate vulnerabilities, engage residents, and implement resilience strategies that protect communities from climate impacts.
Carbon & EnergyHow to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
Step-by-step guide to calculating your organization's carbon footprint using the GHG Protocol, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
How to Conduct a Climate Risk Assessment
A step-by-step guide to assessing physical and transition climate risks using TCFD-aligned scenario analysis and quantitative risk methods.
How to Conduct a Materiality Assessment
Step-by-step instructions for running a single or double materiality assessment aligned with GRI, ISSB, and CSRD/ESRS requirements.
Supply ChainHow to Create a Circular Economy Strategy
Guide to developing and implementing a circular economy strategy that reduces waste, extends product life, and creates new value streams.
How to Create a Climate Action Plan
A practical guide to developing a credible climate action plan with emissions targets, reduction strategies, governance, and accountability mechanisms.
Carbon & EnergyHow to Develop a Net-Zero Strategy
A comprehensive guide to building a credible net-zero strategy covering decarbonization pathways, residual emissions, carbon removal, and implementation planning.
How to Develop Sustainable Supply Chain Policies
A practical guide to building sustainability requirements into procurement and supply chain management, covering environmental, social, and governance criteria.
ESG ReportingHow to Implement ESG Reporting
A practical guide to implementing ESG reporting across your organization, from framework selection and data infrastructure to governance and assurance.
BiodiversityHow to Integrate Biodiversity into Business Strategy
A practical guide to embedding biodiversity considerations into corporate strategy using TNFD, SBTN, and the mitigation hierarchy.
How to Measure Scope 3 Emissions
A step-by-step guide to measuring Scope 3 value chain emissions using the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain Standard.
How to Set Science-Based Targets
A practical guide to setting GHG reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including near-term and net-zero commitments.
ESG ReportingHow to Write a CSRD-Compliant Report
Step-by-step guide to meeting EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requirements, including ESRS standards, double materiality, and assurance readiness.
How to Write a Sustainability Report
A practical, step-by-step guide to writing a credible sustainability report aligned with GRI, ISSB, and CSRD requirements.