Our consultative partnership encompasses a range of data-focused consultative projects depending on the complexity of the client and their short-, medium-,and long-term goals.Typically, this involves an in-depth, interview-driven materiality assessment, a peer gap analysis to identify areas of risk and opportunity relative to industry peers, ratings management (CDP,MSCI Sustainalytics, etc), ESG Mutual Fund and ETF fund flow analysis, board presentations, and comprehensive advisory services for completing a Corporate Sustainability Report. We pride ourselves on a bottom-up, customized approach to all our work given the intimate nuances to each company’s strategic position within the market.

Our goal with private companies is to establish a foundational starting point through a series of interviews with key internal stakeholders and peer benchmarking to understand the “state of the state.” Our work with private companies centers on gathering and analyzing company and peer data, and subsequently building a data warehouse along with standardized questionnaire frameworks to guide the engagement. We partner with private companies to position them for accessing financing at a lower cost, preparing for a potential acquisition unhindered by ESG data & disclosure.   We also assist in helping prepare companies for the public markets and an IPO if that is the strategic direction they want to pursue.

PEP’s ESG Consulting team partners with Asset Managers to ensure comprehensive reporting not only at the GP level but also for independent LPs. LP’s can not only report “up” at the GP level, but also for their independent LP’s as well.  This involves direct engagement with their portfolio companies and internal & external stakeholders. PEP works closely to develop a disclosure program aligned with the most influential frameworks and standards while incorporating an educational and extensive data collection process throughout the engagement. The engagement is fully customizable according to the goals and objectives of the businesses, no matter what stage they are at in their ESG journey.

PEP ESG works with public asset managers to understand their responsible investment philosophy as well as their overall emissions, human capital management, and governance structures of the aggregate portfolio.  This is executed through benchmarking exercises comparing individual portfolio companies against portfolio averages to identify potential risks and opportunities within the portfolio. Additionally, portfolio aggregates are benchmarked against influential indices to further assess performance.  PEP assists the asset manager in reporting and publishing a Sustainability report that is aligned with leading global frameworks such as ISSB and CSRD.

PEP is a primary provider of ESG reporting software and educational material for global trade associations.  The goal of the partnership is to focus on enhancing disclosure capabilities for Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers within the value chain.  This, in turn, allows Tier 1 OEMs and energy focused organizations to scale and efficiently manage the emission profile of their entire supply chain.  PEP also offers real-time analytics, highlighting disclosure trends within the ESG landscape and providing historical performance and benchmarking capabilities for all partners.

PEP works closely with Insurance companies not only to better understand underwriting and regulatory updates, but we also partner with the insured organizations through our proprietary ESG reporting software.  Like the trade association model, the objective is to provide our partners with a secure and centralized repository to allow for seamless ESG data entry.  The platform, “Simple ESG,” is aligned and mapped to the SASB and GRI frameworks.  The ESG team is continually monitoring regulatory trends and frameworks that may warrant addition to the platform in future updates.