core values

First and foremost we are a professional consultancy. What marks us out is the set of five core principles that underpin all our work:

independence

• We work for governmental bodies, companies and civil society organizations from a position of independence.
• We advise our clients on the basis of factual evidence and objective analyses.

commitment

• We tackle challenging sustainability problems, drawing on our knowledge and experience in the field to come up with ideas for real solutions
• We are driven by a sense of urgency to prevent further ecological damage and underdevelopment
  

focus on results

• We help build momentum for change in our clients and in the world around us.
• We formulate advice on strategy and policy that is practical and geared to implementation.
• We know how to define, measure, describe and depict the longer-term project results and sustainability effects.

linkage

• We make the interests of local communities a major factor in our thinking on opportunities for improvement.
• We strive for change based on dialogue and cooperation, and bring parties together.
• We reveal the connections between nature conservation and poverty reduction, between science and practice, and between sustainability and entrepreneurship.

enterprise

• We recognize the significant contribution to be made by a market-oriented approach to improving levels of sustainability.
• We help to formulate and realize new sustainability initiatives, sometimes by temporarily bringing them in house.
• We invest in exploring new fields of work and generate enthusiasm among our clients to carry these forward.