SOLUTIONS

We support and guide our clients as they take cogent action to transform their businesses end to end. 

Working at the intersection of creativity and responsibility, we seamlessly integrate sustainable practices into the core of your business, fostering a mindset where environmentally and socially conscious decisions become second nature.  And, just as your business is unique in its market, so our service are tailored to your needs and those of the markets you serve, and may include some or all of the below.

Education and Empowerment

  • Our educational services are designed to upskill your team and catalyse sustainable action inside your business.

    With options tailored for the C Suite, Change Leaders, and wider audiences, we cover everything from carbon literacy to the role of the Board in sustainable leadership.

    Carbon Essentials

    Net Zero Masterclass

    Beyond Net Zero – The re-generative landscape

    Leading Change

Net Zero Transition Plans

  • Building on hundreds of conversations with ambitious business leaders, who were overloaded with data but lacking direction, our mission is to help you focus and deliver impactful, aligned, and meaningful sustainable change.

    Through our deep understanding of your business drivers, of your carbon footprint and of your challenges and then aligning the work of our carbon management team through their auditing and compliance work, we can start to plot your trajectory to setting and achieving your net zero targets.

    We will engage multiple stakeholders across your business and tailor make an action led approach that not only reflects your ambition, but aligns your growth strategy, financial capabilities and customer commitments.

    Our Net Zero Transition Plans follow the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) guidelines for transition planning, whilst this currently only applies to large public and private companies, we believe it sets a standard against which all transition plans will be measured in the future.

Compliance - ESOS, SECR, CSRD and CBAM

  • Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Phase 3:

    Our trained Analysts, Auditors and Lead Assessors will provide a full service covering; qualification, energy data analysis, site auditing, opportunity identification, reporting, record maintenance and compliance notification in line with the requirements of the Environment Agency.

    Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR):

    Our team, using your carbon footprint report, will; help you select a reporting methodology, detail your energy efficiency actions covering your Scope 1 and 2 emissions, agree and report on your energy efficiency ratios and engage with your Board Directors and Auditors to ensure compliance.

    The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD):

    This legislation currently only applies to the largest of companies however reporting timelines for smaller companies in phases begin from 2026 (for reporting year 2025) with all businesses of any size being included under this legislation from the start of 2029. Cogent Action are currently developing our client service offering and will be launching this in early 2025 for Phase 2 of this legislation.

    Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism:

    The UK CBAM will place a carbon price on some of the most emission intensive industrial goods imported into the UK from the aluminium, cement, ceramics, fertiliser, glass, hydrogen, iron and steel sectors. This legislation is arguably one of the most impactful carbon policies to be implemented by the EU so far, and comes into force in 2027. The CBAM regime is yet to be agreed and finalised. For more information on CBAM, please contact us for a no obligation discussion.

Carbon Management Solutions

  • More often than not, as well as identifying cost and carbon saving opportunities, our carbon management solutions enable you to communicate these successes effectively, with your staff, your stakeholders and your customers.

Insight for Informed Action

  • Our qualitative and quantitative insight solutions provide access to the information needed to make informed decisions.

Brand Development & Positioning

  • But knowing which positions to take, and how to engage meaningfully for your unique customer set isn’t always easy.

    By combining brand affinity metrics with sustainable performance indicators, we identify actions that go beyond compliance, and connect meaningfully with your customers and teams, leading organisations forward in a way that supports environmental impact, economic growth, and long-term customer loyalty.

Sustainable value propositions

  • By challenging the thinking inside businesses we act as a catalyst to innovate beyond the incremental, developing game changing solutions that not only affect sustainable change, but switch demand at scale.

Biodiversity and Nature Solutions

  • This is very nascent and what is yet unknown is how businesses will report, when will they need to report and how success will be measured.

    Currently, many businesses support biodiversity net-gain and nature conservation on a voluntary basis and this is to be celebrated. We will help you navigate this market, define your position, communicate with your internal and external stakeholders, and develop a strategy to keep you ahead of developing legislation and reporting.

Ideation & Innovation Solutions

  • Our sustainable ideation and innovation solutions combine focussed industry research with deep consumer insight and sustainable technology advancements to investigate the art of the possible for your business.

Cogent Action exists to support sustainable impact, contributing to our vision of a better tomorrow.