ZERO POINT
Devloped a course to provide an overview of ESG governance best practices and explore how corporate boards can best organize themselves to embed ESG in board oversight. The course enables members of the Board of Directors to comply with SECP regulations and steer companies towards global ESG best practices.
Partnered with the Pakistan Businss Council (PBC) to create a Climate Change Awareness Survey to map out climate risk exposure of Pakistani businesses. These included both physical risks (risks to company assets due to extreme weather events) as well as transition risks (costs of establishing climate risk tracking, reporting and management systems, increased insurance costs, etc).
Developed a training for the Board of Directors of Faysal Bank focused on ESG Risk Governance for Banks. Content requirements included introduction to ESG, a comprehensive overview of the ESRM Manual by SBP, the global ESG integration process, and insights of the local and global ESG regulatory landscape.
https://www.faysalbank.com/en/islamic/
Scope of the project involved:
1. A webinar focused on the Environmental element of ESG, providing comprehensive insight on how ESG is a stratgeic imperative for Pakistani companies. Content included involved:
Pakistan’s vulnerabilities to climate change and its impacts, how organizations can remain competitive in this environment, insights into global and local sustainability regulations, and relevant upcoming legislations
2. A webinar focused on the Social element of ESG, with content including:
Exploration of ways to align the social element of ESG with business values and growth strategy, and learning about stakeholder engagement best practices
Developed as whitepaper for a session on Decarbonization and the Role of the Private Sector at COP 28. The whitepaper explored Pakistan’s decarbonization journey,
examining three pivotal pathways: Emissions Reduction, Green Transition, and Nature-Based Solutions. It also examined the role of the private sector, the dynamics of climate finance, and
the potential of carbon markets for driving the sustainable economic transition in Pakistan.
A leading denim exporter wanted to adopt global sustainability best practices to meet international consumers’ sustainability benchmarks.
Ongoing engagement to identify leading international textile and apparel industry-related best practices and develop a coherent corporate sustainability strategy to achieve sustainability targets.
A clear and limited set of fact-based and actionable recommendations that were aligned with international sustainability best practices in the apparel & textile industry with an immediate focus on setting science-based targets to achieve net-zero emissions.
A commercial bank in Pakistan wanted to access international climate finance to fund climate mitigation/adaptation projects.
A year-long iterative engagement designed to explore relevant international climate finance opportunities and identify 1-2 strategic options to pursue.
Helped shortlist the GCF as the most relevant option for the bank; formulated the accreditation strategy in the on-lending/blending category, developed requisite policies and documentation to meet GCF criteria and helped complete and submit the GCF application.
An energy conglomerate wanted to enter the international carbon market and generate and sell carbon credits under the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Provided an end-to-end solution for the client in sourcing, negotiating and executing the transaction and being the single-point of contact with outside advisors.
Developed an emissions baseline, calculated annual carbon off-sets, validated the carbon-credits and additionality criteria through external auditors and successfully registered the project with the UNFCCC to earn carbon credits.
An international sustainability management firm wanted to digitize sustainability disclosures aligned with country-specific ESG reporting requirements
A 4-month long engagement to gather intelligence and create tailored knowledge & sustainability reporting products to enable automation of sustainability data measurement, reporting and disclosure
Provided a comprehensive overview of sustainability reporting requirements across the globe to feed into a digital solution enabling companies to automate and streamline sustainability reporting tailored to different geographical regulatory requirements
Pakistan’s leading foreign investment platform partnered with a pan-industry advocacy group to enhance ESG knowledge among member companies
A 3-month long engagement to conceptualize, develop and deliver an interactive workshop to enable participating organization to make their businesses resilient to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks
Helped participants define the business case for ESG, understand materiality, explore ESG risk reduction and management approaches, create a blueprint for an ESG strategy and introduce different ESG reporting best practices & local ESG legislation
A leading steel manufacturer wanted to develop an emissions baseline and understand how to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions
Provided an end-to-end solution for the client including data sourcing, analysis and development of a GHG emissions baseline along with recommendations to decarbonize its supply-chain in accordance with global best practices
Developed a group-wide emissions baseline, identified emission-intensive processes in the company’s value chain and advised on economically feasible emissions reduction strategies
Zero-point Partners
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Block-9, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan