ESG Advisory Services

Gain clarity on your firm’s ESG requirements and build a strong compliance program with our dedicated ESG advisory practice.

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ESG Advisory Services

Behind the increased demand for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a heightened regulatory focus and a greater need for transparency and standardization. The ESG landscape is evolving at a rapid pace and requires additional resources to meet investor and regulatory expectations.

Our dedicated advisory practice helps firms of all sizes develop and monitor ESG programs to mitigate risk, make informed choices, grow profitably and sustainably, and combat greenwashing in the process.

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Our solutions

We provide global compliance and sustainability expertise to review and develop ESG programs based on best practices, current regulatory requirements, and robust oversight processes. Our support covers the following areas:

Program Management

Policies & Procedures Development
Carbon Footprinting
Net-Zero Management
DEI Baselining and Training
Portfolio Performance Assessment
Reporting (UN PRI, TCFD, SFDR)
Marketing and Disclosures Review

Portfolio Oversight

Portfolio ESG Risk Monitoring – Private and Public Investors
Annual Portfolio Carbon Footprinting
Annual Portfolio Climate Risk Analysis

ESG Assurance

Portfolio Testing
Disclosure Verification
Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) – Report Readiness and Assurance
Annual ESG Compliance Review

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Why work with us?

Unmatched Expertise: Benefit from a trusted and experienced partner with in-depth knowledge of the market and regulations
Comprehensive ESG Solution: Support across the spectrum of ESG program maturity in one comprehensive offering
Stay Ahead of the Shifting Landscape: Balance demands from investors, regulators, and stakeholders while keeping up with constant changes in the ESG space
Fee Transparency: Predictable fee model helps avoid scope creep – more fee transparency where others may have a daisy-chain of SOWs

What ESG advisory offers

Program management
Portfolio company implementation and oversight
Transaction due diligence
Assurance
Enterprise-level ESG

What is ESG?

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a lens that can be applied to any form of investing to consider non-financial factors that are not traditionally reported to assess an investment’s overall worthiness.

In recent years, firms increasingly add ESG metrics to their investment processes to provide for more complete analyses and support better investment decision-making. Discussion of ESG activities is also being added to annual reports and, in some cases, being built into standalone ESG reports.

Environmental (E)

Covers themes that impact the Earth, both positively and negatively. Includes climate change, natural resources scarcity, pollution and waste, permitting, and environmental opportunities.

Governance (G)

Encompasses items relating to the firm’s leadership and board as well as the firm's implementation of ESG policies. Includes board composition, diversity of the board, ethical business practices, lobbying, political contributions, account and tax transparency, and relationships with the SEC and other regulatory bodies.

The growing importance of ESG

Global sustainable inflows were up

12%

between the 3rd and 4th fourth quarter of 2021.

Assets in sustainable funds climbed 9% to

$2.4T

by December 2021.

The number of global sustainable funds launched in 4Q 2021 was

266

an 33% increase from 4Q 2019.

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Our team

Since ACA launched its ESG Advisory Practice, the team has grown to include subject matter experts in the ESG space, with years of industry and regulatory experience and key professional certifications. In 2021, ACA’s ESG practice supported over 83 unique client companies, across nearly 200 unique ESG projects. Our client base includes: Private Markets, Diversified Financials, and Hedge Funds.