Leadership in Climate and Nature-related Transition
Board climate and nature-related governance are rapidly becoming required, and future-focused companies realise they can deliver a competitive advantage. We work with boards to ensure organisations benefit from effective oversight and integration of climate and nature-related risks and opportunities.
Our Services
> Board and C-suite Transition Governance Reviews
> Transition Strategy Review (Geo-System Strategy)
> FastTrack Policy / Regulatory Platform
What Our Clients Say
"There are so many leaders and organisations who are completely committed to delivering a net zero world. It is relatively straightforward to draft your company strategy; the challenge is exactly how to deliver it.
I engaged Transition Value Partners, and in a one-day workshop with the Board and executive committee, we turned that strategy into practical actions that we all could identify with. It is not a panacea, but it did bring our journey to life."
Ian Funnell, Chair of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) Board
"We benefitted from Transition Value Partners' knowledge and expertise, enabling us to make our Climate Transition Plan best in class."
Alice Steenland, Chief Strategy, Sustainability, and Marketing Officer, Signify
Our Approach
The sheer scale of the energy transition is breathtaking. We understand board and C-suite commitments and obligations to stakeholders in delivering the organisation's vision for a sustainable, resilient future and how those connect at a system level. Many corporations and investors have adopted Science-Based Targets and Net Zero commitments, whether spurred on by technological advances or by concern about growing extreme weather. Transition plans are crucial in delivering on commitments and disclosure to create long-lasting value.
Drawing on over 50 years of experience, we utilise a tailored approach to support boards and senior management through our 'Geo-System Strategy’®. We work with our clients to evaluate how their innovation, strategy, and regulatory affairs function can best align, enabling them to deliver strategic opportunities.
Transition Governance Review
We believe in maximising shareholder value
through decarbonisation.
Geo-System Strategy®
Through our Geo-System Strategy®, we accelerate your journey, unlocking value within climate transition .
Transition Strategy Review
Independent and individual: tailored to Boards, C-suite or investment committees.
This is a critical aspect of effective management and governance of climate and nature-related transition, which reporting frameworks increasingly require.
Horizon scanning integrates transition strategy, innovation and policy (beyond compliance).
FastTrack Policy Accelerator
Governments are beginning to recognise the private sector's power to deliver sustainable growth.
FastTrack, our innovative policy accelerator, is designed to 'fast-track' your journey to profitable decarbonisation. We offer a business-focused, structured approach to identifying policy enablers and policy blockers designed to deliver profitable, high-impact decarbonisation strategies.
See www.fasttrackpolicy.com for more information.
Who We Are
Co-Founders of Transition Value Partners
Anna-Marie Slot is an award-winning senior leveraged finance lawyer with three decades of experience delivering deals around the globe and has been named the Financial Times Most Innovative Sustainable Lawyer.
Paul Dickinson is a Time100 climate leader, a co-host of the Outrage and Optimism podcast and co-founder of CDP (the Carbon Disclosure Project), instrumental in building it into the primary global platform for corporate reporting on climate change. We work with a network of world-class experts on bespoke solutions for you.
Alongside our client work, we have trained Non-Executive Directors in the Chapter Zero Network, and the FT and the Wall Street Journal have covered Transition Value Partners.
In the spirit of "Outrage + Optimism," Paul Dickinson, co-host of "Outrage + Optimism," and Anna-Marie Slot, founder of "30forNetZero30," bring their unique perspectives to this new podcast, where they join forces with C-suite and board leaders in the business world to dissect the critical challenges and opportunities presented by the global transition.
We'll discuss real-world examples of the complexities of:
· Developing robust transition strategies: From decarbonization roadmaps to navigating evolving regulatory landscapes.
· Integrating sustainability goals with core business objectives and maximizing shareholder value through Geo-System Strategy®, a framework for connecting strategy, innovation, government, and regulatory policy.
· The role of the board in driving successful transition: Overseeing strategic alignment, ensuring accountability, and fostering a culture of innovation.
Join us for candid conversations that will equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the climate transition, mitigate risks, and unlock new opportunities for your organization.
These podcasts are also available on the Apple and Spotify platforms.
Podcasts
Our first guest is Esohe Denise Odaro, sharing her insights in episode 1: “We're now looking at: how can we create value? And I talked about future proofing earlier - how do we take this business model and make it business ready for the future economy? And that in itself is, frankly, the definition of sustainability.” PAI Partners is a pre-eminent private equity firm investing in market-leading companies across the globe. The Firm has more than €27 billion of assets under management and, since 1994, has completed over 100 investments in 12 countries and realised more than €26 billion in proceeds from over 60 exits. PAI has built an outstanding track record through partnering with ambitious management teams where its unique perspective, unrivalled sector experience, and long-term vision enable companies to pursue their full potential – and push beyond. Learn more about the PAI story, the team and their approach at: www.paipartners.com.
Episode 1 - Denise Odaro
Episode 2 - Doris Honold
Our second guest is Doris Honold, sharing her insights in episode 2: “the amount of investments going into Morocco and Egypt money is staggering, it will reshape the geo-political landscape”. Doris is a seasoned leader in financial services with more than 25 years of Board level experience in finance, risk management, and change management, which she gained as Chief Risk Officer and Chief Operating Officer. She is also experienced in non-executive Director and Advisory appointments with organisations focused on climate change and sustainable development. Doris has worked in Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore and London. Until 2019, she was Group Chief Operating Officer of Standard Chartered Bank and a member of Supervisory Board of the Standard Chartered Germany AG.
Doris is also the Chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative and a Board member of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market. Both organisations work on mobilising global capital for climate actions.
Episode 3 - Rhian-Mari Thomas
Our third guest is Dr. Rhian-Mari Thomas. Dr Thomas is the Chief Executive of the Green Finance Institute, an independent, commercially focused organisation seed funded by the UK Government. She spent 20 years in investment banking and corporate finance and was the first person to be awarded an OBE for services to green banking. She is an emeritus member of TCFD and co-chaired the launch of the TNFD, to which she remains an advisor. Dr Thomas sits on numerous advisory groups across UK Government, as well as the World Economic Forum’s Clean Energy Financing steering committee and co-chairs the leadership council for Snowball Impact Investments. She is also a Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund UK. A fluent Welsh speaker, Dr Thomas holds a PhD in Physics from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
(Attributed to P. Drucker and A. Lincoln)