ESG & Sustainability Consulting
FTI Consulting’s ESG & Sustainability consulting professionals provide extensive support to companies and advisors navigating today’s evolving and rapidly shifting ESG and sustainability-driven demands. From materiality assessments and reporting to net zero strategies, supply chain audits and ESG-related internal investigations, among many other offerings, our diverse group of experts can guide you through your ESG journey to support a more sustainable and inclusive future for your organisation and the world more broadly.
Solutions for Your Business
FTI Consulting’s end-to-end ESG & Sustainability consulting team understands the emerging trends driving corporate strategy and provides an integrated approach to identify risks, develop a roadmap forward, and seize opportunities for leadership. Our diverse team of expert sustainability consultants brings an expansive range of capabilities and offerings together to work through every phase and facet of an ESG and sustainability program to deliver authentic, impactful solutions tailored to your unique business needs and stakeholder priorities.
How We Help
A successful ESG and sustainability program is authentic, grounded in data and aligned with the company’s overarching strategy and stakeholder priorities. FTI Consulting Australia combines deep industry and subject matter expertise to develop programs that deliver tailored solutions to help a company become more sustainable and provide assurance to stakeholders that it consistently manages ESG and sustainability risks and opportunities.
ESG Strategy & Reporting
Materiality Assessments: Identify key risks and opportunities within E, S and G to prioritise based on stakeholder...
Materiality Assessments: Identify key risks and opportunities within E, S and G to prioritise based on stakeholder input and relevance to long-term value creation.
ESG Strategy and Sustainability Development: Define your program objectives, metrics and targets and associated management approaches and timelines, aligned to your business priorities.
ESG and Sustainability Reporting: Develop and communicate best-practice ESG program elements rooted in materiality, stakeholder feedback and meaningful alignment with business priorities in a sustainability report that is aligned to an internationally recognised reporting framework.
Climate Reporting and Governance: Develop climate-related financial disclosures aligned with Australian and international reporting standards. Conduct a reporting suite assessment, peer benchmarking and gap analysis to fill in the gaps or develop new disclosures. Receive support with the climate risk assessment, scenario analysis and financial impact analysis. Translate the outcomes of the climate risk assessment into a compelling climate report that satisfies regulatory requirements and stakeholder needs. Develop relevant governance structures to support your climate reporting and strategy.
Climate Finance: Mobilise and manage funds aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change and driving investments in environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient projects. Identify investment opportunities, assess eligibility, prepare a sustainable funding strategy and gain access to climate finance, financial modelling and options analysis for optimising decarbonisation pathways, carbon accounting and carbon market analysis.
Environmental
Climate Change Strategy: Assess climate change risks and develop strategies to protect and enhance enterprise...
Climate Change Strategy: Assess climate change risks and develop strategies to protect and enhance enterprise value. Assess market opportunities offered by the transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient and circular economy.
Net Zero Strategy: Develop strategies to achieve product or company carbon neutrality in a cost-effective manner.
Quantification of Impact: Quantify current and anticipated financial, environmental, and social impacts of business operations across a range of scenarios.
Energy Transition: Prioritise, procure, and finance renewable energy projects, undertake energy conservation initiatives, and assess asset optimisation, including storage. This involves a suite of modelling tools including energy market and asset optimisation models.
Regulatory Reporting: Ensure efficient data collection and disclosure in order to satisfy multiple regulatory requirements related to climate and environmental impact.
Social
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Build awareness, knowledge and strategies to create a diverse...
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Build awareness, knowledge and strategies to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Human Trafficking: Develop strategies and compliance programs to identify/eliminate human trafficking and any modern-day slavery from the supply chain.
Human Rights:Investigate and develop strategies to ensure company upholds fundamental human rights principles, aligned to internationally recognised guidelines and frameworks.
Environmental Justice: Develop strategies to address local challenges from environmental or community activists that impact reputation and operations.
Emerging Societal Issues: Support companies navigating emerging societal issues and the rapidly evolving expectations of both internal and external stakeholders.
Social Impact Assessment: Developing frameworks and approaches to measure and report on the impacts of your initiatives on the community.
Governance
Compliance Programs: Conduct holistic assessments of corporate compliance and governance programs to develop,...
Compliance Programs: Conduct holistic assessments of corporate compliance and governance programs to develop, implement and monitor effective compliance, detection and risk management. Perform risk assessments, third-party due diligence and investigations.
Data Management & Controls: Develop data management protocols to set and transparently manage ESG data, enabling company to have defensible and accurate data, internal controls and regulatory preparedness.
Cyber, Data Protection & Data Privacy: Identify potential vulnerabilities with existing systems, protocols and practices. Develop and execute mitigation strategies, including an incident response plan and proactive employee training.
Financial Crime, Sanctions and Export Controls: Advisory services for developing effective management of compliance with global regulations, including risk assessments, program design and implementation and investigations.
Meet Our ESG Experts

Kumar Padisetti
Senior Managing Director
Melbourne, VIC

Ben Waters
Senior Managing Director, Head of Agribusiness, Asia Pacific
Sydney, NSW

Wouter Veugelen
Senior Managing Director, Head of Australia Cybersecurity
Sydney, NSW

John Dowell
Managing Director
Brisbane, QLD

Carla Liedtke
Managing Director
Sydney, NSW

Shane Murphy
Managing Director
Perth, WA

Elodie Castagna
Senior Director
Perth, WA

Izabela Szewczul
Senior Director
Melbourne, VIC
Insights
- Preparing for Australia’s Mandatory Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Read Article
- How Australian Companies Can Prepare for the ISSB Standards and Mandatory Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Read Whitepaper
- Integrating ESG Risks and Opportunities in Business Valuations Read Article
- Leveraging Cybersecurity as a Business Growth Enabler Read Article
- Preserving Deal Value in the Face of Increasing Complexity Read Article
- Australian CFOs Hold the Key to Unlocking ESG Value Read Article
Related Capabilities
- Cybersecurity Consulting & Data Privacy Advisory
- Data & Business Analytics Consulting Services
- Information Governance, Privacy & Security Consulting
- Strategic Communications Consulting
- Transaction Advisory Consulting
- Private Equity Consulting
- Government & Public Policy Consulting
- Due Diligence & Business Intelligence Consulting