# Rhizome Strategy Consultants

> Consultants in sustainability strategy, leadership and execution


## Posts

- [Governance supports dynamic decision-making and creates business resilience.](https://rhizomestrategy.com/governance-supports-dynamic-decision-making-and-creates-business-resilience/): I found this natural spiral carved into the rock face on a beach in Scotland.
- [Moving from concepts to calculations: what materiality really needs is a toolkit](https://rhizomestrategy.com/moving-from-concepts-to-calculations-what-materiality-really-needs-is-a-toolkit/): The debate around materiality has been ignited again with the EU holding firm to double materiality, despite significant pressure to align with the ISSB’s financial-materiality-only framework.
- [Responsibility: the third pillar of sustainability strategy](https://rhizomestrategy.com/responsibility-the-third-pillar-of-sustainability-strategy/): The "Purpose Bubble" has burst - and what does this mean for corporate responsibility? In a series of articles exploring the pillars of sustainability—Risk, Reward, and Responsibility—I want to focus today on the most elusive of the three: Responsibility. In recent years, we’ve seen a precipitous retreat from "Purpose" and ESG as boards contend with a new wave of shareholder primacy. But in discarding the language, have we also discarded the underlying discipline that makes a business model resilient? Drawing on my time in Private Equity, I argue that responsibility isn't a moral add-on, but a condition of commercial longevity. It’s about quiet responsibility, not loud Purpose. The structural ethics that prevent a firm from extracting value so aggressively that the market (or the regulator) eventually decides to remove them from the equation. The type of responsibility that appreciates employees, attracts customers, strengthens supply chains, and inspires brand loyalty. Has the retreat from Purpose gone too far? Perhaps on your boards have you found it a valuable strategic concept? Is quiet responsibility too quiet?
- [Why should managing ESG risk be the cornerstone of every sustainability strategy?](https://rhizomestrategy.com/why-should-managing-esg-risk-be-the-cornerstone-of-every-sustainability-strategy/): In this series, we have introduced a framework of the “Three R’s of Sustainability”: Risk, Reward and Responsibility, designed for developing or updating a corporate sustainability strategy.
- [How to manage the Human Element when implementing a sustainability strategy](https://rhizomestrategy.com/how-to-manage-the-human-element-when-implementing-a-sustainability-strategy/): The current overt politicisation of sustainability has heightened our awareness that people’s attitudes can both impede and catalyse business change.
- [Risk, Reward and Responsibility: the three drivers of sustainability strategy ](https://rhizomestrategy.com/managing-change-using-the-three-strategic-pillars-of-sustainability-risk-reward-and-responsibility-2/): Is 2025 a new dawn for corporate sustainability strategy with Trump's recent election? For sure it’ll be sparking debates in Boardrooms.
- [How the job of a Chief Sustainability Officer just got harder due to Trump](https://rhizomestrategy.com/how-the-job-of-a-chief-sustainability-officer-just-got-harder-due-to-trump/): A cartoon does the rounds on social media every so often of a stressed-looking chief sustainability officer juggling multiple hats.
- [From tick-boxes to transformation: what's the point of ESG checklists?](https://rhizomestrategy.com/from-tick-boxes-to-transformation-whats-the-point-of-esg-checklists/): I often hear, “ESG is just a tick-box exercise.

## Pages

- [Accountability & ESG Reporting](https://rhizomestrategy.com/capabilities/accountability-esg_reporting/): We'd wager those who designed the content of ESG disclosures have never run a business.
- [Sustainability Strategy Implementation](https://rhizomestrategy.com/capabilities/sustainability-strategy-implementation/): Once the long-term sustainability goals are set and the strategic plans created, attention must turn to the delivery plan.
- [Sustainability Strategy Creation](https://rhizomestrategy.com/capabilities/sustainability-strategy-creation/): The complexity for organisations comes from the definition of sustainability, which means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- [Capabilities](https://rhizomestrategy.com/capabilities/): Rhizome strategy consultants are experts in business strategy, growth and sustainability.
- [Contact](https://rhizomestrategy.com/contact/)
- [Sustainability Leadership Coaching](https://rhizomestrategy.com/services/sustainability-leadership-coaching/): C-Suite for leadership in ESG and sustainability.
- [Our credentials](https://rhizomestrategy.com/why-rhizome/): Our consultants are business strategy experts first, understanding corporate priorities and the importance of revenue growth, cost control and profit.
- [FAQs](https://rhizomestrategy.com/faqs/): Sustainability is a broad term that covers the responsibilities an organisation has towards people, the planet and society.
- [Thought Leadership](https://rhizomestrategy.com/articles/): Rhizome strategy specialises in providing consulting expertise in sustainability strategy, operational change and the creation of long-term value.
- [Sustainability Maturity Assessment Tool](https://rhizomestrategy.com/services/sustainability-maturity-assessment/): Rhizome strategy consultants have developed a tool to assess the maturity of a firm’s sustainability practices.
- [Fractional & Interim](https://rhizomestrategy.com/services/fractional_interim/): Rhizome strategy offers flexible, cost effective resources that are committed to building your sustainability capability.
- [Sustainability Consulting](https://rhizomestrategy.com/services/sustainability-consulting/): How should you address sustainability in these uncertain times?
- [About us](https://rhizomestrategy.com/about-us/): Rhizome Strategy Consulting was established to provide specialist ESG and sustainability strategic consulting services to organisations and senior leaders to accelerate their corporate sustainability journey.
- [Services](https://rhizomestrategy.com/services/): Rhizome strategy consultants are committed to delivering tangible results for our clients based on our belief that to be effective, a sustainability strategy should complement the business strategy.
- [Privacy Policy](https://rhizomestrategy.com/privacy-policy/): Our website address is: http://rhizomestrategy.com.

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