Are you about to undertake a transaction? Have you considered the social, environmental, ethical or health & safety implications? For example :

Valuation issues : -Market Influences eg will the evolving sustainability agenda benefit the company/ markets or cause them to decline? - Capital/revenue spend eg what are the implications of current and emerging regulations on business costs and profitability? - Customer relations eg what are the implications of current and emerging customer or 'end of life' requirements? - Operational disruption eg what are the risks of business disruption/ constraint as a result of sustainability issues?

Risk issues :
- Contingent liabilities eg will the risks have accounting implications?
- Access to capital eg will investors/ fund raisers require non-financial reporting or sustainability rating?
- Corporate governance eg do procedures for identifying and managing material risks/ issues account for relevant non-financial issues?
- Reputation eg is there potential/actual risk of material damage to reputation, brand etc due to fines, criminal prosecutions or unethical practices?
- Accountability eg is the company responsive to stakeholders or is there potential risk of material damage to reputation, brand etc as a result of stakeholder perceptions?

Have you not fully considered how these issues might impact projections, earning forecasts etc?
Do you not fully understand the true position in order to determine exposure?
Do you need professional support to determine these issues?

If the answer to any of these is Yes, then call us.
We are experienced in :

- environmental and social due diligence
- working alongside professional legal and financial advisors in transactions
- providing rapid turnaround reports and feedback into transaction negotiations

We have over 20 years experience of strategic and operational HSE/CSR/Social Accountability and high level assurance for multi-national and large SME organisations.

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