THE
SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS JOURNEY

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UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABILITY

The journey to sustainability is complex.

Businesses require a deep understanding of the systemic complexities related to ESG, carbon and waste to navigate and drive sustainability performance and digital transformation within their organisations.

EXPERT SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANTS

Our advisory team understands the varied maturity of the sustainability landscape and the pain points that companies are facing.

We have the necessary experience working with organisations to co-create and implement a strategic roadmap that will help establish and meet your organisations sustainability goals.

A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION

We have fine-tuned our proprietary Sustainability Hierarchy to bring structure to our clients’ sustainability journey. 

This hierarchy optimises for performance management and reporting, and addresses the critical shortfalls that we see in many organisations including the attempt to set targets, implement projects and to improve performance management without have visibility and understanding of their sustainability data.

WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY?

On the journey to building a sustainable business, we believe that sustainability is only the first destination.

Businesses should seek to go beyond sustainability – beyond compliance and aim to achieve not only net zero, but a net positive impact.

Creating real long term value for people and the planet.

In order to achieve this goal we have a developed a four stage journey

#1 Prepare | #2 Monitor | #3 Report | #4 Enhance

PREPARE

We provide, people, partners and technology to help you prepare for your sustainability journey.

Monitor

We monitor your progress throughout your journey so that you stay on course to meet your sustainability goals.

Report

We help you confidently report on the performance of your sustainability journey to your key stakeholders.

Enhance

We equip you with the ideal resources to enhance your business and enable you to lead your organisation beyond your sustainability objectives.

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STARTING
YOUR JOURNEY

Increased pressure for ESG
performance from:
Capital suppliers
Staff
Customers
Legislation

INFORMATION
GATHERING

Gap analysis
Peer reviews
Understanding best practice
Establish reporting boundaries

BUILDING YOUR
SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION

Establish ESG strategy
Build sustainability framework
Risk assessment

BUILDING DATA
CONFIDENCE

Close data gaps
Increase data frequency
Anomaly detection & resolution

ESTABLISHING
PERFORMANCE METRICS

Measure carbon footprint
Identify KPIs
Establish internal benchmarks

CONTINUING
TO IMPROVE

Setting & tracking KPIs & targets
Drive change management
Action ESG insights

INTERNAL
STAKEHOLDER REPORTING

Exco reports
Carbon footprint reporting
Performance reporting

EXTERNAL
STAKEHOLDER REPORTING

Framework & compliance reporting:
CDP
GRESB
TCFD & SBT

BOOSTING SUSTAINABILITY
PERFORMANCE

Hyper Automation
Workflow integration
Integrate IoT ecosystem
Develop NET+ strategy

GOING BEYOND
SUSTAINABILITY

ZeroWaste Technology
Independent SDG scoring
Supply chain risk mapping
Access centre of excellence

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Bernard Jacobs

DIGITAL DIRECTOR

After 14 years in the marine water sector Bernard joined GCX in 2013 and initially focused on water sustainability at corporate level. It was this process that highlighted that “most” corporates, with all good intentions, do not have the know-how, ability or understanding of how to go about gathering, managing and reporting responsible data.

During his tenure at GCX, Bernard combined his formal accounting training, his IT skills and worked together with the highly skilled technical team at GCX and its associates to develop the GCX GCX Data Analytics and Sustainability Hub (DASH-).

Ohad Shachar

SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

Ohad joined GCX in 2008 and has over 15 years of sustainability management consultancy experience, specialising in the development and delivery of climate change response programmes. This has included carbon footprint analysis, life cycle assessments, GHG verification services, CDP reporting and GHG mitigation and adaptation strategies – all of which he has implemented with a portfolio of JSE-listed companies across various sectors such as Property, Insurance, Finance, Mining and Fisheries.

Ohad has co-authored various climate adaptation studies in agricultural and insurance sectors, and has assisted companies and cities in developing innovative climate risk and vulnerability assessment tools. He has a BSC Hons in Biochemistry, and an MPhil in Environmental Management.

Sandra Ririe

FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER

Sandra is responsible for the financial and operational management of GCX. She brings rigour and discipline to the organisation’s finances and executes our strategy through efficient and sustainable operations management. Prior to joining GCX in 2012, she worked with a variety of companies to optimise their administrative processes and to build capacity internally, with a specialised focus on customer relationship management. Sandra holds a BComm Financial Accounting Degree from Stellenbosch University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Management from the University of Cape Town.

Kevin James

CEO & FOUNDER

Kevin leads a dedicated team of strategic environmental sustainability and project management experts. He and his team actively support the transformation of large, complex organisations into more responsible and valuable entities by unlocking fast-emerging green economy opportunities.

As a professional with deep experience in strategic corporate sustainability as well as in the development of green, low carbon projects, Kevin and his team have developed sector-leading technology within the design and implementation of business intelligence analytics. Kevin also holds non-executive Directorship in The Green Building Council South Africa.