Investing in sustainability
In the face of a socially and environmentally-constrained future we have to think differently.
With clear understanding, ESG risks can be managed and opportunities identified.
Alex Hetherington, of the Third Line Group is a leading sustainability analyst with 25-years’ experience in strategic ESG thinking.
Alex consults to, and trains, organisations on issues such as ESG strategy; climate change; and, investor ESG risk and opportunity analysis. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of The ESG Exchange, and hosts its popular First Tuesday’s webinar series on all issues ESG. Alex holds an MSc from Imperial College, London, in Environmental Management and a CPA from Columbia University in New York City in Sustainable Finance and Investment.
October 2024
Third Line Group
Sustainable Finance podcast Interview – Guernsey Finance
Sustainable Investment conference Interview
– EBNet Evolutionaries Conference, November 2024
Continued development of ESG transition training material for African business leaders
(with weESG)
Tonne Zero
Continued implementations of ISO20121 sustainable event management system at international golf tournament
Carbon Calculated
Continued TCFD financial quantification for leading South African telecommunications company
Development of climate change training material for pan-African retail bank executive committee (with LRMG)
Development and presentation of climate change strategy workshop for international retail company
Proof of concept for financed emissions software solution for pan-African commercial bank
Services
ESG Strategy
Why embark on a sustainability journey? What are the fundamentals? What are the risks? What are the opportunities? Can it drive financial value? How do you embed this in an organisation?
ESG investor analysis
Exclusionary screening, positive selection, ESG integration and impact investment. The investor community is increasingly being asked to interrogate ESG performance. What does this look like for companies and investors alike?
Climate change scenario analysis + reporting
Climate change is happening, we just don’t know how much! By understanding climate scenarios, organisations can understand the different physical and transitional risks they face, and how to report these to their stakeholders, including the investor community.
Executive/board ESG + climate training
Boards and executive committees are expected to hold expertise on ESG. Who is asking for this? How much information do they need? To whom to they report this?
ESG experience in numbers
20+
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORTS
240+
GDP ACCOUNTING
REPORTS
80+
CORPORATE CDP
SUBMISSIONS
2+
DECARBONISATION
(TRANSITION) PLANS
7+
TCFD REPORTS &
CLIMATE SCENARIO
ANALYSIS
30+
CARBON CREDIT GREENHOUSE GAS
VERIFICATION
10+
INVESTOR + CORPORATE
SUSTAINABILITY
STRATEGIES
Companies
In addition to his private consulting work, Alex is also the co-founder of carbon management and climate change consultancy, Carbon Calculated, and sustainable event management company, TonneZero.
Founded in 2008, Carbon Calculated is South Africa’s oldest independent carbon management consultancy and now services clients globally. Specialists in carbon footprinting, GHG verification, CDP reporting, Science-based Targets, TCFD (IFRS S2) and TNFD, Carbon Calculated helps companies to affordably unpack carbon and climate change demands
A partnership between Carbon Calculated, environmental law firm, EcoImpact, and individual shareholders, TonneZero is trained in advising and implementing the ISO20121 sustainable management system into public events and venues.