Sustainability Due Diligence

While the traditional approach to sustainability due diligence produces a sustainability risk list, few produce a view on what sustainability could add to profitability once the asset changes hands.

At the same time, AI is transforming the way due diligence is conducted, enabling you to gain visibility into tkey risk areas faster and more precisely than ever.

Re:Co embeds value into the due diligence process, enabling our clients to readily consider hundreds of potential value creation levers and estimate potential uplift before the train leaves the station on an investment. In addition, as a technology-enabled adviser, we leverage cutting-edge AI tools that, when paired with our unique data sets and experts’ knowledge of sustainability and value to bring you decision-useful insights in a fraction of the time. 

What Re:Co offers

Red Flag & Risk Screening

Gain clarity on the material sustainability risks associated with a target, covering environmental liabilities, labour and human rights, governance gaps, sustainability regulations, and other risk factors that may apply over the hold period.

Value Identification & Quantification

Develop a quantitative view of where sustainability could add EBITDA to a specific asset, sized by lever and ranked by ease of implementation, with outputs ranging from quick outside-in estimates to detailed, bottom-up calculations developed with input from the target.

Investment Committee Outputs

Receive outputs structured for the investment committee, with clear documentation of assumptions and insights tied to the target’s core value creation plan to inform the underwriting process and the 100-day plan.

Outcomes

Material sustainability risks clarified in terms of likelihood and magnitude.

Sustainability-driven EBITDA upside sized and prioritised before the thesis is fixed.

Insights ready for the investment committee and actionable in the first 100 days.

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