What we do

Green Knight Sustainability Consulting provides support for organisations in a range of sectors covering multiple issues in environment, society and governance. With 35 years’ experience across manufacturing, retail and service providers, and of collaborative projects with manufacturers, retailers, third-sector organisations, trade bodies, utilities companies and governmental bodies, Green Knight is ideally-placed to help SMEs, larger businesses and other organisations to meet their sustainability challenges. We are pragmatic and hands-on, complementing or supporting in-house teams on:
Sustainability strategy
> Strategy setting
> Stakeholder mapping
> Double materiality
> Training, mentoring
LCAs, carbon, net zero
> Carbon foot-printing
> Lifecycle studies*
> Resource efficiency
> Net zero
Data and reporting
> Monitor & measure
> Verify and validate
> Audit and review
> Report writing
Technical support
> Biodiversity, BNG
> Supply chains
> Regs, e.g., CBAM
> Technical research

*We would like to acknowledge the support of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant, administered through Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, in the purchase of Ecoinvent 3.10 for provision of a new service and key part of our LCA work.
Sustainability strategy

We work with clients to help them achieve an approach to sustainability that is right for them and their stakeholders, and allows genuine and meaningful delivery.
- Sustainability strategy development
- Stake holder mapping
- Double materiality
- Training, mentoring and development
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Sustainability strategy development
- Development of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies and support in delivering them
- Addressing stakeholder expectations
- Meeting statutory requirements
- Resource management and producer responsibility
Stakeholder mapping
- Identifying those stakeholder groups which are most important for a given subject area.
- Reflecting the interests and expectations of investors, customers, employees, communities, suppliers, regulators and others.
Double materiality
- Getting to the root of what matters most to your business.
- Identifying risks, financial and reputational, and opportunities where an organisation’s social, environmental and governance performance can be used positively.
Training, mentoring and development
- Group training sessions
- Individual mentoring
- Skills and competencies
- Formal conferences and events
LCAs, carbon and Net Zero
A key area as climate change accelerates, with national targets and high expectations from citizens. Climate Action (SDG13) is routinely seen by experts as the most important of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Carbon footprinting
- Lifecycle assessments
- Resource efficiency and circular economy thinking
- Net zero
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Carbon foot-printing
- Establishing your organisation’s carbon footprints at enterprise and product level
- Delivery of effective action plans to reduce impacts in the short, medium and long-term
- Meeting regulatory requirements for your sector
Lifecyle Assessments*
- A more comprehensive environmental impact assessment than carbon footprinting, incorporating multiple environmental indicators.
- Using the market-leading lifecycle assessment impact database Ecoinvent 3.10 to analyse the environmental impacts of your product and/or services
- Reduce and mitigate environmental impacts
*We would like to acknowledge the support of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant, administered through Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, in the purchase of Ecoinvent 3.10
Resource efficiency
- Identify opportunities to make savings in water, energy or waste
- Implementing a “circular economy” model to help you identify ‘waste’ as a resource, save money and create opportunities
- Adopting standards such as ISO14001 (environmental management) and ISO50001 (energy management)
Net Zero
- Meeting your organisation’s commitments
- Regulatory compliance
- Recognising national and international targets
- Understanding customer requirements in relation to Net Zero
Data and reporting

Garbage in, garbage out, as the saying goes. Providing credible evidence of the action that you are taking relies on having the right data and using and reporting it the right way. As qualified scientists we can help with ensuring that your data does the job you need it to do.
- Monitoring and measurement
- Verification and validation
- Audit and review
- Report writing
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Monitoring and measurement
- Generating meaningful internal data
- Ensuring that data collection systems are meeting your needs, based on what the organisation and stakeholders need from it.
Verification and validation
- Gathering, and interrogating meaningful internal and external data to ensure that it is fit for purpose
- Analysing current data to ensure that conclusions are substantiated
Audit and review
- Review current procedures to ensure that they meet internal and external requirements upon the organisation
- Ensuring claims relating to environmental, social and governance performance are robust and demonstrably accurate.
- UKAS trained in validation and verification to keep your systems and procedures fully relevant.
Report writing
- Moving beyond satisfying the requirements of the reporting platform to set out clear, meaningful actions.
- Helping you avoid the trap of the process becoming the purpose.
Technical Support
When something out of the ordinary turns up that you’re not sure how to handle, we can pick it up for you and provide you with what you need to take the right actions.
- Biodiversity including BNG
- Supply chains
- Navigating environmental regulation, including CBAM
- Technical research
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Biodiversity including BNG
- Supporting developers to understand their impacts, mitigation options and the benefits of leaving space for nature
- Site visits in order to map habitats and identify opportunities for habitat improvement
- Propose habitat improvements in line with planning requirements
Supply chain
- Full supply chain analysis to create a sustainable and resilient supply chain
- Board level experience at the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
- Supporting relationships across the supply chain
- Examining the impacts on natural capital, social capital and ecosystem services
- Reflecting net-zero and other resource efficiency in procurement practices in line with ISO20400
Navigating environmental regulation, including CBAM
- Ensuring compliance with reporting obligations for the UK and global trading partners
- Provide comprehensive training and support for departments which are impacted by new regulation, such as EU and UK CBAM
- Completing data submissions
- Liaising with governmental bodies
Technical research
- Green Knight’s highly qualified team can conduct bespoke technical research for your organisation, utilising our networks through leading UK universities where required.
- We interpret and communicate the findings via presentation and/or report as requested.