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Practice 01 — Strategy

Where the board needs the answer
before the next regulatory review.

Strategic ESG work — materiality, climate scenarios, technology architecture, process redesign — that translates regulator pressure and investor questions into a defensible plan, sized to your sector and stage.

01 When clients call us

Six situations we see most often

Each one tends to surface with different urgency, different stakeholders in the room, and a different set of constraints. The work is sized to the situation.

  • 01

    Pre-regulatory ESG strategy refresh

    CBUAE, MOCCAE, ADX/DFM, or Climate Law deadlines are approaching and the board needs a position before the review.

  • 02

    Double materiality assessment

    Stakeholder mapping, impact assessment, financial materiality, and sector benchmarking — output is a board-ready DMA report aligned with ESRS/IFRS.

  • 03

    Climate risk & scenario analysis

    NGFS scenario design with GCC-specific overlays, transition and physical risk modelling, ICAAP integration for banks.

  • 04

    ESG digitalisation & tech strategy

    Build-vs-buy assessment for ESG/GHG/climate platforms, tool selection (vendor-agnostic), data architecture, and integration roadmap.

  • 05

    Business process reengineering

    SIPOC / VSM workshops to align ESG data flows, sustainability reporting cycles, and post-merger operations.

  • 06

    Board ESG fluency briefings

    Closed-door senior leadership sessions on materiality, climate finance, regulatory landscape — pitched to the board's actual concerns, not generic content.

02 Sub-services in this practice

5 disciplines under Strategy

  • ESG Strategy, Policy & Framework
  • Double Materiality Assessment
  • Climate Risk & Scenario Analysis
  • ESG Digitalisation & Tech Strategy
  • Business Process Reengineering

Detailed scoping for each discipline is shared during the discovery call.

03 Methodology

How a typical strategy engagement runs

Phase 1

Discovery (1-2 weeks)

Stakeholder interviews, document review, competitive and regulatory benchmarking. Output is a written diagnostic, not a slide deck.

Phase 2

Strategic frame (2-4 weeks)

Materiality and scenario analysis, target architecture, decision matrix on contested questions. Board read-out at the end.

Phase 3

Execution plan (1-2 weeks)

Roadmap, work-package definitions, governance design, KPI architecture. Hand-off ready for internal delivery or for our implementation phase.

Phase 4 (optional)

Implementation oversight

Steering committee facilitation, milestone reviews, technical quality assurance on internally-delivered work.

Engage on this practice

Thirty minutes. We figure out if there's a fit.

We don't pitch on the call. We listen, ask sharp questions, and tell you honestly whether strategy is what you need — or what else might be.

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