Sustainability

Make your transition with a pragmatic, efficient and flexible approach
“Our team works with you to turn your environmental and social challenges into competitive advantages.”

Our expertise

Non-Financial Performance

Non-financial performance is becoming a key driver of value creation and differentiation for businesses.

What is non-financial performance?

Sustainability is a concept that extends far beyond mere climate protection. It is, first and foremost, an economic concept: it is about ensuring the economic and financial long-term viability of the organisation.

Building on this, we add environmental sustainability: to ‘last’, a company must be connected to the environment on which it depends.

Finally, social sustainability seeks to build a viable society that promotes social justice.

  • Are you keen to embark on an ESG initiative but lack the necessary expertise?
  • Is a lack of time preventing you from making a serious commitment to sustainability within your business?
  • Are you feeling increasing pressure from customers, banks or local stakeholders but unsure how to improve your non-financial performance?
  • Do you need to produce your sustainability reports but are unsure of the regulatory requirements?

We support you in a straightforward and pragmatic way as you launch or optimise your ESG project, thanks to a team of experts who are also qualified in regulatory ESG auditing.

Your benefits

01

Comply with your ESG obligations

Compliance
02

Act ethically

Improving your impact on the environment, society and your local area
03

Attract new customers

A sustainable business model strengthens your reputation as a trusted partner
04

Build loyalty among your teams

A positive impact on society and the environment is a key factor in attracting and retaining talent

Our services

Outsourcing CSR

Management and operational implementation of your CSR strategy.

Interim management in CSR/sustainability

We can provide additional support for your teams during a transitional period by making our experts available.

Regulatory or voluntary ESG reporting and auditing (CSRD/VSME)

Joint development of your non-financial reporting,
Conducting statutory or voluntary audits of your ESG data.

Improving your non-financial performance

Flash sustainability assessment: environmental, social and ESG transparency,
Definition and implementation of an action plan.

Support for ESG Certifications and Labels

Benchmarking of the most suitable labels, assistance with structuring and formalising responses.

ESG training courses, murals:
Ad AstraSustain’Academy

Customised ESG quiz for internal use,
Training and awareness-raising on sustainable finance and ESG issues,
Facilitation of discussion sessions (on climate change, CSR, and the CSRD).

Our commitments

Choosing Ad Astra means choosing excellence

business case

A company operating in the energy sector
Context

Update of the Green Taxonomy and contribution to the CSRD.

Work performed
  • Project management relating to the update of the Green Taxonomy: assessing the eligibility and alignment of various internal projects against the European Commission’s criteria, and collecting and storing evidence of alignment in preparation for the audit,
  • Key contact for the ESG audit.
Results

The rigour and robustness of the process, together with the efforts made to ensure transparency with the statutory auditors in the run-up to the audits, have helped to ensure the process is sound and have identified areas for improvement for the future.

business case

Major French client in the property sector
Context

A listed entity that is newly subject to the requirements of the CSRD.

Work performed

Implementation of the CSRD, through to the drafting of the report and supporting the client during statutory audits.

Results

Close collaboration with the client enabled us to carry out all the work under the best possible conditions, working together to produce the end-to-end sustainability report, including all related tasks such as the Carbon Footprint Assessment and the Green Taxonomy.

business case

Frenck bank
Context

Training for a bank on integrating ESG risks into the credit assessment process for property development projects.

Work performed

Seven training sessions were held for the account managers responsible for assessing loan applications.

Results

The training enabled banking specialists involved in the credit approval process to understand the fundamentals of sustainable finance and how to assess ESG risks during credit reviews.