Welcome to Advisory Services

We offer a range of Advisory Services that have developed over time, responding to the needs to the needs o f members and other businesses we have worked with.

Our Aspiration

As a charity we aim to work with companies to support and accelerate the delivery of responsible business practices that benefit society and the environment.

We feel BITC uniquely offers:

• Experience: our depth and breadth of experience comes from working with businesses on CR issues for over 25 years.
• Knowledge base:  we developed expertise in a wide range of sustainability areas and a bank of company case studies accumulated from the CR Index, Platinum Plus and the Awards for Excellence.
• Critical friend approach: we are a not-for-profit membership organisation with business leaders driving every aspect of our governance. This enables us to take a unique role as a critical friend to really understand the risks and challenges that companies face today and recommend practical solutions to sustainability dilemmas.

Our Assignments

Outlined below are a few examples of some of our most recent advisory assignments.

STRATEGY

We supported Danone UK in developing their CR Strategy and Communications plan. We conducted benchmarking research to identify key attributes and good practices to inform the recommendations for improvement in all areas of responsible business.

EMBEDDING

Our work with Alliance Boots focused on improving their sustainable supply chain management and audit practices. This included benchmarking research, gap analysis and also looking at how sustainability thinking can be applied to branding and marketing strategies.

ENGAGEMENT

We collaborated with BT to develop the Better Business Choices Game. A board game and a workshop session facilitated by BITC using a simulation exercise to introduce the concept that business strategy must account for future change in the social and natural environment.