Experience
Technical depth, with the operating-model view to make it stick.
Carter Sustainability Consulting works across three levels: setting strategy, governing the data behind it, and delivering the calculations, controls and reporting processes in practice.
How the work fits together
Strategy
What should the organisation do, why, and in what order?
Sustainability, ESG and net-zero strategy, operating-model design, prioritised roadmaps and business cases grounded in delivery reality.
Governance & data
How should sustainability information be owned, controlled, structured and trusted?
Data-governance frameworks, ownership and accountability, source-to-report mapping, data lineage, reporting controls and evidence retention.
Delivery
How are the calculations, reporting processes, systems and improvements actually implemented?
Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon accounting, GHG review and assurance readiness, due diligence, process redesign, analytics, AI and automation.
Areas of expertise
From emission factors to operating models.
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon accounting
- GHG inventories
- Scope 3 methodology
- Emission factors
- Supplier emissions
- GHG inventory review
- Assurance readiness
- Carbon due diligence
- ESG due diligence
- ESG data
- Data governance
- Data strategy
- Sustainability strategy
- ESG strategy
- Sustainability transformation
- Operating-model design
- Programme design
- Process improvement
- Technology strategy
- Strategic analysis
- Roadmap development
- Business-case development
- Carbon reporting
- Analytics
- AI and automation
Types of engagement
Technical delivery
Building and correcting Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventories, rebuilding Scope 3 methodologies, testing calculation chains and preparing evidence for external verification.
Governance and control
Defining data ownership, source-to-report mapping, data-quality rules, approval workflows and audit trails so reported ESG information is controlled and traceable.
Strategy and transformation
Current-state review, target operating model, prioritised roadmaps, business cases and programme mobilisation across sustainability, finance, procurement and technology.
Transactions
Carbon and ESG due diligence for investors and lenders, red-flag reviews and post-investment improvement plans.
Organisations supported
- Corporates
- Sustainability consultancies
- Professional services
- Banks and lenders
- Private equity
- Private credit
- Asset and investment managers
- Infrastructure investors
- Public sector
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