Building ESG with Purpose

At Future Trust Consulting, we guide service-based SMEs through the foundational steps of building a resilient and actionable sustainability strategy. Our approach is structured, stakeholder-informed, and aligned with leading reporting standards.

Here’s how we help:

Materiality Assessment: Define What Matters Most

We begin by conducting or refreshing a materiality assessment that identifies:

• Sustainability issues that impact the business financially

• The company’s outward impact on society, environment, and economy

We engage internal teams and external stakeholders to surface emerging risks, build buy-in, and prioritize issues that matter most. These assessments are refreshed every 2–3 years to stay relevant in a shifting landscape.

Strategy Development: From Vision to Pillars

Using the materiality results, we help clients craft a sustainability strategy that:

• Defines a clear vision linking sustainability to core business purpose

• Organizes material issues into strategic pillars (e.g. environmental, social, governance)

• Establishes governance structures and reporting pathways

This strategy becomes the backbone of sustainability performance and reporting, ensuring cohesion across departments and clarity for stakeholders.

Ambition & Goal Setting: Define Your Level of Leadership

We support clients in setting ambition levels for each material issue—whether aiming for compliance, peer parity, or industry leadership. For each goal, we:

• Define SMART targets

• Assign intuitive KPIs and metrics

• Develop Key Performance Narratives (KPNs) to contextualize progress

We ensure metrics build on existing processes and align with industry benchmarks.

Benchmarking: Learn from Leaders, Not Just Peers

To sharpen strategy and reporting, we conduct targeted benchmarking against both direct competitors and sustainability leaders. This helps clients:

• Identify disclosure gaps and innovation opportunities

• Understand investment levels required for leadership

• Build internal business cases for ESG integration

We analyse peers’ materiality focus, strategic structure, KPIs, and reporting frameworks to guide our clients toward best-in-class practices.

Through this structured process, Future Trust Consulting equips SMEs with the clarity, confidence, and tools to embed sustainability into their business DNA—turning ESG from a reporting obligation into a strategic advantage.