Material issues assessment

The situation

This global food company wanted to update its material issues assessment to better understand and prioritize its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Services

Material Issues Assessment

Industry

Consumer packaged goods

Stakeholders

Company leaders, investors, customers, sustainability analysts, raters and rankers, NGOs 

Pivot approach

Pivot began by working closely with the client to understand the company’s current issues management priorities, then conducted a benchmarking review of peer company ESG issues and key reporting disclosure frameworks. Based on that analysis, we designed a process for assessing the impact of each issue, surveyed internal and external stakeholders, analyzed results and prioritized issues to guide sustainability strategies and ESG reporting.

Key tactics

Pivot's impact

Designed process for evaluating key ESG issues and impact

Assessed internal and external stakeholder input

Prioritized issues to guide ESG strategy and reporting