The Sustainability Strategist - Practical sustainability and environmental advice for SMEs
The Sustainability Strategist is for businesses that need to deal with sustainability requirements properly - without guesswork, over‑engineering, or losing time to things that don’t actually apply.
This work focuses on the environmental side of your business: carbon, compliance, and external expectations such as tenders, frameworks and client requirements.
Areas of work
Carbon footprinting
Establishing proportionate carbon baselines that can be reused, updated and evidenced.
Carbon reduction and net zero planning
Reduction plans and net zero pathways based on actual emissions, with clear boundaries and assumptions.
Public sector and tender requirements
Carbon, net zero and environmental inputs for tenders and frameworks, aligned to what the business can deliver.
Environmental compliance
Practical handling of requirements such as waste duty of care, waste permits and exemptions, and fire prevention plans.
How the work is structured
Work is scoped around what your business actually needs, rather than a fixed package.
This typically involves:
Reviewing what already exists
Identifying gaps, risks or pressure points
Producing specific outputs (e.g. footprint, reduction plan, tender inputs, compliance documentation)
Work can be short‑term and defined, or ongoing where requirements continue to evolve.
When this is a good fit
This work tends to suit businesses that:
Are being asked about carbon, net zero or environmental matters and need proper answers
Need to respond to public sector, tender or client sustainability requirements
Have environmental responsibilities but no internal specialist
Want to deal with sustainability and compliance properly, not reactively
This is most relevant where environmental requirements are becoming unavoidable and need to be handled accurately and proportionately.
Working arrangements
Work can be scoped as a short, defined piece of work or carried out over a longer period where requirements continue to change.
All work is delivered remotely, with on‑site work included only where it is agreed and genuinely useful.