What we do

Transition strategy

Corporate sustainability strategy. And how to pay for it.

Transition Strategy enables organizations to adapt business models and capital structures amid shifting geopolitical, macroeconomic, technological, and environmental mega-trends.

Our team bridges the gap between finance and sustainability, combining the rigor of corporate strategy with deep expertise in technical environmental issues. We help companies implement practical, growth-oriented sustainability strategies and identify the financing pathways needed to support them.  

In a shifting macroeconomic landscape, companies need to root sustainability strategy in financial value and long-term resilience. We help you unlock opportunity through:

  • Benchmarking analysis
  • Scenario planning
  • Target setting and evaluation
  • Strategy formulation
  • Transition road mapping 
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How you pay for your sustainability strategy matters. We help you consider the trade-offs, risk profiles, and payback periods of a range of financing mechanisms through:

  • Financial modeling and uncertainty analysis
  • Financing pathway identification & implementation
  • Supplier and customer incentive program design and pilots
  • Co-benefit analysis
  • ROI framework development 
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The right governance and accountability model can maximize returns. We help you align decision makers, optimize resource allocation, and improve investment returns though:

  • Governance model design & deployment
  • Portfolio taxonomy & data structures
  • Investment portfolio management
  • Leadership- and program-level dashboards and analytics 
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Surviving and thriving in a future of constant planetary change requires fundamental shifts in ways of operating. We help you mitigate macro risks and tap into the opportunity of new business models through:

  • Future market analysis & planning
  • New technology adoption
  • Business model design and pilots
  • Pro forma modeling
  • Circular product and materials strategy   
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Global retailer

PROBLEM

Retailer had set public 2030 climate targets and needed rigorous financial and operational analysis to determine how to cost-effectively deliver on its commitments.

SOLUTION

Our team used stochastic modeling to quantify a range of investment scenarios for priority Scope 1, 2, and 3 interventions with potential to achieve 2030 targets and identified a shortlist viable financing pathways.

OUTCOME

  • Aligned sustainability and finance executives on how to pay for and deliver on commitments by 2030.
  • Empowered to pivot business to lower-carbon and resilient growth.
  • Activated climate strategy with governance and portfolio management systems.

CarbonRank®

CarbonRank® allows market participants to easily assess the quality of carbon credits. In addition to factors like permanence and additionality, the tool uses proprietary methodology to rate credits on accuracy.

"The Earth Finance team brings deep expertise, policy skill, and financial insight about decarbonization of transportation and beyond. The team has a bias for action and has had an impact quickly as we grow our footprint. They are helping us design and implement an actionable strategy to enter new markets in building the next generation of charging depots and heavy-duty electric trucks for zero-emission heavy duty transportation."

Matt LeDucq, Co-Founder and CEO, Forum Mobility

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Thrive in a changing world

Build a transition strategy that positions your business model and capital structures to thrive amid global uncertainty.

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