22 Feb 2023
Sustainability & ESG consulting: a fast evolving landscape
The growing demand for advice | Ambitious, stakeholder driven corporate objectives on sustainability and ESG, combined with limited internal capability or capacity means that the demand for specialist advice is growing.
“”– William Godfrey Executive Director M&A Advisory, LondonThe demand for Sustainability & ESG consultancy and solutions is growing rapidly as these topics are prioritised by both corporates and investors with a focus on driving sustainable performance, delivering against reportable goals and metrics. Even against a more challenging economic backdrop, we continue to see significant market opportunity and increasing consolidation as firms look to meet this client demand and fast track their development. In what remains a fragmented market with limited players of true scale, new entrants with a market leading niche, or international platforms with a differentiated and broad service proposition, leveraging data and analytics, are attracting particularly strong interest – from both private equity and strategic trade.
The Sustainability & ESG market at a glance
Our insight on the key trends driving the Sustainability & ESG sector and what it means for consultancies and solutions providers across the market.

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