ESG, Sustainability and Impact

Sustainability in the Channel Islands

The Channel Islands, as leading International Finance Centres, have key roles as hubs of expertise and facilitators of capital flows for global sustainable development.

Both Jersey and Guernsey have jurisdiction-level leadership ambitions for sustainable finance and are members of the UN Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) Network. Both islands have clear sustainable finance strategies and are evolving their regulatory frameworks and enabling environments accordingly. This requires both ensuring all financed economic activities make a positive contribution, and also unlocking finance at scale for impact-led investing and innovative sustainable finance solutions.

Credibility in sustainable finance demands sustainable islands, and vice versa. The Channel Islands have committed to net zero by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement and are tackling the local impacts of global megatrends from climate change and technology adoption through to an ageing population and the energy transition.

As the islands’ leading professional services business, here at PwC Channel Islands we recognise we have a key role to play.

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Who we are and what we do

The sustainability imperative is changing the way we live and work at a rapid pace, driving organisations to rethink their strategy and transform their business, all whilst building trust through reporting. We’ve made a clear commitment to sustainability ourselves, and we’re ready to help you reach your own goals, exceed stakeholder expectations and redefine your value proposition.

Our Channel Islands Sustainability practice brings a wealth of experience and expertise to serve corporate and financial services clients. We also work closely with the Channel Islands governments and the wider public and third sector on the islands’ transition to a more sustainable economy.

We were recognised for our market-leading work in the Channel Islands as the Leadership in Professional Services category winner at the Jersey Finance Sustainable Finance Awards in both 2022 and 2023.

We’re part of and powered by PwC’s global community of sustainability and sector specialists, empowered by technology solutions and data insights. We can help you whatever your starting point, from developing your approach and strategy, through to data collection, business integration, technology solutions, change management, corporate reporting and disclosures, assurance and impact measurement.

No one organisation can solve for sustainability and the systems change required on their own. We’re always interested to explore new partnerships and collaboration opportunities.

Please get in touch to discuss how we can work together.

Define your strategy

The scale of global challenges including climate change, nature loss and extreme inequality means that investors, customers, employees and regulators are demanding a much more purposeful response from businesses and financial services. We’ve seen ambition shift from ESG risk management and compliance to sustainability as a driver for value creation and business model reinvention.

For your strategy to succeed, it needs to be integrated into your overall business strategy, reflecting your commercial risks, liabilities and opportunities. Combining our experience with data-driven technology, we’ll help you tie your corporate or investment portfolio and sustainability strategies together, creating a strong and evidence-based approach which is also commercially robust.

Find out more about our Sustainability Strategy services

Transform to deliver

Moving to a truly sustainable economy urgently requires transformational change in almost every industry. Surviving and thriving in this reshaped economy, combined with the digital and technology imperative, requires fundamental business model changes and different ways of allocating capital to finance the transition.

We help you move from ambition to action. We combine our industry and specialist experience to align your governance, people, operations, processes and technology for success. We can also help integrate sustainability value drivers into M&A activity and major change programmes.

Many organisations struggle with poor quality data, meaning they lack the insights needed to support transformation. We use a suite of services and cutting edge cloud-based analytics to help you make better sustainability-related decisions. We can help establish your baseline, define targets and set a strategy to reimagine your entire organisation or portfolio.

Find out more about our Sustainability Transformation services

Assess your impact

Organisations need data-driven insights to inform decisions. Meanwhile, external stakeholders expect more insight into your social value and your wider impact on society, the environment and economy.

Our team of economists in the Channel Islands are part of PwC’s Global Economics Network. We use economic analysis to help public and private sector organisations tackle some of their most important business and policy challenges. We assess the impacts of policies, projects and investments; help demonstrate value to key stakeholders; and we help develop business cases for investment.

We’ll help you identify, quantify, measure and assess your impacts across your value chain. We apply cutting-edge, bespoke techniques alongside tried and tested methodologies to quantify and monetise a comprehensive set of economic, social and environmental impacts. The results can transform how you manage and report on the impact you have and the contribution you make to tackling the world’s social, economic and environmental challenges.

Find out more about our Economics and Impact services

Prepare for disclosure

There is a complex international regulatory and voluntary sustainability disclosure landscape, much of which applies to some Channel Islands entities and products under certain conditions.

Robust, transparent and insightful reporting can help you stay competitive and drive confidence in your business. We can help you put in the right systems and controls, collect relevant data, report on progress to stakeholders and get ahead of current and emerging regulations. This will help you turn your sustainability reporting into an opportunity for positive change, not just a compliance exercise.

75% of UK investors consider ESG risks and opportunities when screening investment opportunities. Quality reporting can elevate your responses to both risks and opportunities; showcase understanding of your impact on society and the environment; and leverage access to capital.

We’ll empower you to confidently navigate the regulatory and disclosure landscape to deliver measured, meaningful change.

Find out more about our Sustainability Regulatory services

Build trust through assurance

Today’s organisations are judged on more than just financial performance. ESG and sustainability information play an important role helping stakeholders understand full enterprise value.

Stakeholders increasingly expect the same level of comfort from non-financial information as financial statements. This means sustainability reporting needs to be relevant, reliable and trusted.

With formal ESG assurance, you can demonstrate that you meet the standards you say you do, ensuring that investors, regulators and customers can trust your reporting.

Find out more about our ESG Assurance services

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Meet our Sustainability leadership team

Alison Cambray, Director

Ali leads Sustainability services for PwC Channel Islands.

Amy Pickering, Director

Amy is the PwC Channel Islands ESG Assurance Lead.

Tori Davis, Senior Manager

Tori is a Senior Manager in PwC Channel Islands’ Sustainability Advisory team, with a focus on sustainable finance, sustainability regulations and reporting.

James Linder, Senior Manager

As PwC Channel Islands’ lead economist, James is primarily focused on economic and social impact assessments, strategy and labour market insights across the public and third sectors.

Our Sustainability Story

As a locally-owned business in the Channel Islands, we are acutely aware that the success of our business is intrinsically connected to the continued sustainable development and success of the islands. We focus on playing our part on key issues and challenges facing the islands, and shaping business community debate on the issues that matter for the islands.

We do this through:

Leading by example in how we measure and manage our environmental and social impact.
Investing in programmes to support upskilling and social mobility of islanders.
Downscaling relevant global and UK thought leadership to the Channel Islands.
Participating in relevant Channel Islands business, advisory and stakeholder groups on key issues where we can bring insight from our local experts and from across the PwC network (e.g. employers and skills, digital and technology, sustainable finance, energy transition).

Our commitment to sustainable business practices on the islands features: - 4 items

Environmental stewardship

Our net zero actions

Community engagement

The approach of ‘quietly making a difference'

Diversity and inclusion

Placing a significant emphasis on being diverse and inclusive

Responsible business

Embracing high standards in independence and professional ethics

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