Verdantix Ltd

What We Do

Our clients call us when they need advice on difficult problems. They call when the solution to their energy, environment and sustainability issues is unclear. They talk to us when relevant facts on investment plans are hard to obtain but essential to have. They get in touch when under pressure to make major decisions that will affect the future of the firm.

Our clients get in touch when they are wrestling with complex projects that need accurate data and robust analysis to fix. Our clients ask us to support their decisions in the uncharted waters created by game-changing sustainability innovations, environmental risks, transformational improvements in energy efficiency and carbon regulations. They count on us for fact-based, independent analysis to identify the right decisions.

What We Believe

We believe that executives must understand sustainable business trends to preserve profitability and deliver shareholder value. We believe that company profitability is essential to fund the transition to a sustainable economy. We believe that failing to adapt to resource scarcity, environmental regulation and cleantech innovation will cost firms financially. We believe that some firms will act too late and others will seize new opportunities. We believe that all business people have a duty to share information to accelerate sustainable business solutions. We believe the smartest people will want to make the biggest contribution to the energy, environment and sustainability business agenda.

To deliver on these beliefs we apply stringent professional standards to our work. This means that:

• Independence is our foundation stone. Our clients rely on our advice to make business decisions with huge implications. We always reason from our data to reach conclusions -- not the other way round. We make the call on what we believe is right or wrong, what works and what doesn’t, what will succeed and what will fail, which suppliers can help and which can’t. Independent analysis is our foundation stone.
• Accuracy is our guiding light. To make the right decisions our clients need to know which industry scenario is most likely, which supplier is the best fit for them today, and what are the best practices exactly. Our forecasts are designed to be accurate not conservative. We are not swayed by market consensus, individual gurus or industry politics.
• Confidentiality is our guarantee. We engage with hundreds of senior decision makers every year and ask probing questions about spending, governance, risks, investments, costs and strategy. By guaranteeing the confidentiality of these discussions we create a safe haven for the sharing of challenges, testing of new ideas and requests for help on sensitive issues. Confidentiality is essential for our research.
• Curiosity is our idea generator. We hire people with an outstanding ability to think creatively. We favour behavioural economics over rational economics. We know that stochastic models trump linear models. We find that explicit assumptions provide more insight than black-box forecasts. We take time to ask 'why?' before we solve 'what?' and 'how?'. We know that line managers frequently lack the time for creative analysis.
• Sustainability is our mission. We apply business thinking in our research to align financial success with business practices that deliver positive impacts for the environment and society over the long-term. We hire individuals with a personal interest and commitment to acting more sustainably. We assess our own performance in financial, environmental and social terms and report our performance annually.