Retained Sustainability Support
Ongoing sustainability expertise, whenever you need it.
Your sustainability partner, without the need for an in-house team.
Sustainability doesn’t stop once you’ve created your strategy. New regulations emerge, customer requirements change, reporting deadlines come around and your sustainability priorities evolve.
Spring Environmental’s Retained Sustainability Support gives you ongoing access to experienced sustainability consultants who become an extension of your team — providing practical advice, specialist expertise and support throughout the year.
From environmental compliance and ESG reporting to carbon reduction, Net Zero and customer sustainability requirements, we’ll help you keep moving forward.
You know sustainability needs ongoing attention. But do you have the resource to manage it?
Many organisations understand the importance of sustainability but don’t have the internal time or specialist expertise to manage everything themselves.
You may find yourself:
- Keeping up with changing environmental regulations
- Responding to customer ESG questionnaires and sustainability requests
- Managing reporting requirements and deadlines
- Trying to make progress towards Net Zero
- Collecting and monitoring sustainability data
- Identifying opportunities to reduce carbon and environmental impact
- Supporting tenders and customer requirements
- Developing your sustainability strategy alongside your day-to-day role
And when sustainability isn’t someone’s dedicated responsibility, it’s easy for important actions to keep being pushed down the list.
That’s where ongoing retained support can make a difference.
A sustainability team you can rely on.
With a retained arrangement, Spring becomes an extension of your organisation.
You have regular access to experienced sustainability professionals who understand your business, your priorities and your objectives — meaning you don’t have to start from scratch every time you need advice.
Whether you need regular monthly support, strategic guidance or specialist input when a particular issue arises, we’ll provide the right level of support around your needs.
You get the expertise you need, without having to recruit internally.
Support that works around your business.
Every organisation’s sustainability journey is different.
Your retained support package can be shaped around the areas where you need the most help.
Environmental compliance
Stay on top of changing environmental regulations, reporting obligations and compliance requirements.
ESG support
Get practical advice on ESG strategy, reporting, stakeholder expectations and sustainability disclosures.
Sustainability reporting
Improve how you measure, monitor and communicate your sustainability performance — with support when you need it.
Carbon reduction
Identify opportunities to reduce emissions and develop practical actions that support your wider sustainability objectives.
Net Zero
Keep your Net Zero journey moving with ongoing advice, progress monitoring and practical support.
Supply chain sustainability
Respond confidently to customer questionnaires, tender requirements and increasing sustainability expectations across your supply chain.
Sustainability strategy
Keep your sustainability strategy relevant as your organisation, priorities and external requirements change.
Continuous improvement
Identify new opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, improve performance and strengthen your sustainability credentials.
Why retained support?
⇒ A partner who knows your business
Because we’re working with you on an ongoing basis, we understand your organisation, your priorities and your sustainability journey. That means advice can be more focused, practical and relevant.
⇒ Regular access to expertise
You don’t have to wait until a problem becomes urgent. Get ongoing access to sustainability expertise throughout the year.
⇒ Predictable costs
A retained arrangement gives you a clear, predictable monthly cost for your sustainability support, making it easier to plan your budget.
⇒ Faster answers when things change
When a customer sends an ESG questionnaire, a new requirement comes into effect or you need advice quickly, you already have a sustainability team you can turn to.
⇒ Keep momentum
Sustainability is a long-term process. Regular support helps ensure actions don’t get forgotten and your programme continues to move forward.
⇒ Access specialist knowledge
You don’t need to employ multiple specialists internally. Our wider team can provide the expertise required across different areas of sustainability.
More than advice. Ongoing support that gets things done.
A retained sustainability consultant shouldn’t simply produce a report and leave you to implement it. We work alongside your team to help turn sustainability objectives into practical action.
That could mean helping you:
- Understand: what sustainability requirements apply to your organisation?
- Plan: what should you prioritise and what does your roadmap look like?
- Act: what needs to happen next and who is responsible?
- Monitor: are you making progress and achieving the results you set out to achieve?
- Improve: what could you be doing better as your sustainability programme develops?
The result is a sustainability programme that keeps moving, rather than a strategy that sits in a drawer.
How retained support works in practice
The challenge:
A growing business recognised the importance of sustainability but didn’t have the internal resource or requirement for a full-time sustainability manager. As customer expectations and environmental requirements increased, they needed ongoing access to expert sustainability advice and strategic support.
The support:
Spring Environmental became an extension of the client’s team, providing retained sustainability support across strategy development, environmental performance, carbon management and stakeholder engagement. This gave the business access to experienced sustainability specialists whenever support was needed.
The result:
The organisation was able to progress its sustainability objectives with confidence, access specialist expertise without the cost of a full-time hire, and maintain momentum through regular guidance, accountability and practical support.
Is retained sustainability support right for you?
Retained support could be a good fit if you:
Need ongoing sustainability advice
You have regular sustainability questions or requirements and want someone you can turn to.
Don’t have the internal resource
You need sustainability expertise but don’t have the time or need to employ someone full-time.
Have an existing sustainability lead
You have someone managing sustainability internally but need additional capacity, specialist knowledge or strategic support.
Are facing increasing customer requirements
Customers, procurement teams or supply chains are asking more questions about your environmental performance.
Are working towards Net Zero
You have ambitions and targets in place but need ongoing support to maintain progress.
Want to stay ahead of compliance
You don’t want to wait until a regulatory change becomes a problem before taking action.
Want sustainability to become part of business as usual
You need ongoing support to embed sustainability across your organisation rather than treating it as a one-off project.
Does this sound familiar?
If you’re facing any of these challenges, retained sustainability support could provide the expertise, capacity and continuity needed to keep your sustainability programme moving forward.
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What does retained support look like?
There isn’t a fixed package because your requirements are likely to change over time.
Your support could include:
Regular monthly consultancy
Dedicated time each month to work through priorities and keep your programme moving.
Strategic sustainability support
Advice and direction for your wider sustainability strategy and objectives.
Ad-hoc specialist advice
Access to expertise when a specific challenge, customer request or compliance issue arises.
Ongoing project support
Additional resource to help deliver specific sustainability initiatives.
Reporting and progress reviews
Regular reviews to monitor progress, identify challenges and agree next steps.
A flexible combination of all of the above?
Your support package can evolve as your organisation and sustainability requirements change.
One trusted partner. Ongoing sustainability support.
You don’t need to have every sustainability challenge figured out before you speak to us.
We’ll take the time to understand your organisation, your current position and where you want to get to. From there, we’ll develop a retained support package around your priorities — giving you access to the right expertise, at the right level, throughout the year.
Let’s keep your sustainability programme moving!
Whether you need ongoing compliance support, help with ESG and reporting, advice on your Net Zero journey or simply a sustainability expert you can call when you need one, Spring Environmental can help.
Let’s talk about what you’re trying to achieve and how ongoing support could work for your organisation.
Looking for a broader sustainability support solution?
Retained Sustainability Support provides ongoing access to sustainability expertise and guidance. If you’re looking for a more comprehensive solution covering strategy, implementation, compliance and specialist sustainability services, explore Sustainability as a Service.
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Need sustainability leadership rather than ongoing consultancy support?
Our Fractional Sustainability Team provides experienced sustainability management without the cost of a full-time hire.
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