Sustainability@ESS – ESS – Sustainability where it is most needed

SUSTAINABILITY @ ESS

ESS is dedicated to sustainability and ensuring that we and our clients integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into everything we do.

We are signatories of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and have developed a detailed ESG and Sustainability Strategy with annual reporting in line with UNGC reporting requirements.

SUSTAINABILITY @ ESS

ESS is dedicated to sustainability and ensuring that we and our clients integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into everything we do.

We are signatories of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and have developed a detailed ESG and Sustainability Strategy with annual reporting in line with UNGC reporting requirements.

Our Sustainability Approach

Sustainability is an integral part of our company culture, and extends throughout our value chain to include our clients and our suppliers.

Our Mission and Vision Statements explicitly articulate how we have designed our business model around integrating sustainability goals in our activities as well as in our services to clients, and what we aspire to acheive in the long term.

We have developed an ESG and Sustainability Strategy that provides strategic direction on sustainability at ESS, and sets out how we contribute to addressing some of the most urgent and important challenges globally in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Further, to demostrate our ambitions and commitments on sustainability, ESS is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact. We undertake regular annual UNGC reporting on progress in line with the SDGs.

Our Sustainability Approach

Sustainability is an integral part of our company culture, and extends throughout our value chain to include our clients and our suppliers.

Our Mission and Vision Statements explicitly articulate how we have designed our business model around integrating sustainability goals in our activities as well as in our services to clients, and what we aspire to acheive in the long term.

We have developed an ESG and Sustainability Strategy that provides strategic direction on sustainability at ESS, and sets out how we contribute to addressing some of the most urgent and important challenges globally in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Further, to demostrate our ambitions and commitments on sustainability, ESS is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact. We undertake regular annual UNGC reporting on progress in line with the SDGs.

Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

Creating the next generation of ESG leaders
in emerging economies.

The core mission of ESS is to create the next generation of ESG and sustainability leaders in Africa and in emerging markets.

We do this by putting young people in the driver seat, and providing them with senior support to deliver international-quality services focused on the implementation of ESG and sustainability into our clients’ business models.

We see this approach as fundamental to creating the ESG and sustainability human resources that emerging markets will need to achieve truly sustainable environmental, social and economic development.

Our Vision

Implementing sustainability where it is most needed.

We are becoming a globally-renown ESG and sustainability services firm who implements sustainability in emerging markets, where it is most needed.

Our teams are specifically trained to understand the needs of business, investors, governments and communities, as sustainability can only be cost-effectively implemented when key stakeholders buy into the approach.

We want our future clients to immediately think of ESS as the go-to ESG and sustainability firm, because of our reputation as innovative leaders and implementation-focused managers.

Mission

Mission Statement

Creating the next generation of ESG leaders
in emerging economies.

The core mission of ESS is to create the next generation of ESG and sustainability leaders in Africa and in emerging markets.

We do this by putting young people in the driver seat, and providing them with senior support to deliver international-quality services focused on the implementation of ESG and sustainability into our clients’ business models.

We see this approach as fundamental to creating the ESG and sustainability human resources that emerging markets will need to achieve truly sustainable environmental, social and economic development.

Vision

Our Vision

Implementing sustainability
where it is most needed.

We are becoming a globally-renown ESG and sustainability services firm who implements sustainability in emerging markets, where it is most needed.

Our teams are specifically trained to understand the needs of business, investors, governments and communities, as sustainability can only be cost-effectively implemented when key stakeholders buy into the approach.

We want our future clients to immediately think of ESS as the go-to ESG and sustainability firm, because of our reputation as innovative leaders and implementation-focused managers.

Sectors and Exclusions

ESS works with a variety of forward-thinking clients, including companies, investors, financial institutions, governments, NGOs and other organisations that collaborate to improve sustainability outcomes in emerging markets.

We focus on working with sectors that contribute to sustainability, but recognise that emerging economies may decide to use fossil fuels such as gas as they transition to sustainable approaches. As such, we do work with gas production companies, as this is a transition fuel which is part of energy generation plans in many emerging markets.

However, we recognise that some emerging economies intend to use fossil fuels such as gas as they transition to sustainable approaches. As such, we do work with companies that produce, transport or combust gas for energy.

Exclusions that we apply include:

All activities and sectors listed on the IFC Exclusion List
Petroleum and other oil production activities, as well as coal mining and other activities where burning coal is the primary activity
Any entity producing products and/or services which are generally accepted to have negative impacts on society and/or the environment e. g. armaments, tobacco, alcohol (except beer and wine), gambling, etc.
Any entity which has demonstrated continuing and unremediated issues associated with human rights, corruption, child and/or forced labour etc.

Sectors and Exclusions

ESS works with a variety of forward-thinking clients, including companies, investors, financial institutions, governments, NGOs and other organisations that collaborate to improve sustainability outcomes in emerging markets.

We focus on working with sectors that contribute to sustainability. However, we recognise that some emerging economies intend to use fossil fuels such as gas as they transition to sustainable approaches. As such, we do work with companies that produce, transport or combust gas for energy.

Conversely, ESS excludes working with certain sectors and activities that are excluded by our financial institution partners, or inherently unable to contribute to the sustainability agenda.

Exclusions that we apply include:

All activities and sectors listed on the IFC Exclusion List
Petroleum and other oil production activities, as well as coal mining and other activities where burning coal is the primary activity
Any entity producing products and/or services which are generally accepted to have negative impacts on society and/or the environment e. g. armaments, tobacco, alcohol (except beer and wine), gambling, etc.
Any entity which has demonstrated continuing and unremediated issues associated with human rights, corruption, child and/or forced labour etc.

Our Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

While ESS recognises that all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are relevant to its broader mission and service delivery, a focused set of SDGs are particularly applicable to ESS internal operations and organisational practices.

These goals guide our internal sustainability efforts, while the full SDG framework continues to inform the services we provide and the impact we seek to deliver externally.

Our Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

While ESS recognises that all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are relevant to its broader mission and service delivery, a focused set of SDGs are particularly applicable to ESS internal operations and organisational practices.

These goals guide our internal sustainability efforts, while the full SDG framework continues to inform the services we provide and the impact we seek to deliver externally.

ESS Sustainability Data Collection

Total Greenhouse Gas emissions

54,963 KgC02e

Scope 1

1,734 KgC02e

Scope 2

10,143 KgC02e

Scope 3

43,086 KgC02e

*Data collected in 2024

Number of trees planted

60 in Senegal

Electricity consumption

198 MW

Greenhouse gas emission per employee

1446 KgC02e

*Data collected in 2024

Total number
of employees

51 Total hours of employee training delivered

38 Percentage of work-related accidents

0%

*Data collected in 2024

Employee gender
balance

45% Females

Gender balance within
leadership board

55% Females

Country diversity
in ESS

16

*Data collected in 2024

ESS Sustainability Data Collection

Total Greenhouse Gas emissions

54,963 KgC02e

Scope 1

1,734 KgC02e

Scope 2

10,143 KgC02e

Scope 3

43,086 KgC02e

*Data collected in 2023

Number of trees planted

60 in Senegal

Electricity consumption

198 MW

Greenhouse gas emission per employee

1446 KgC02e

*Data collected in 2023

Total number
of employees

51 Total hours of employee training delivered

38 Percentage of work-related accidents

0%

*Data collected in 2024

Employee gender
balance

45% Females

Gender balance within
leadership board

55% Females

Country diversity
in ESS

16

*Data collected in 2024

Sustainability Action Plan for ESS

Contact Us

Senegal Office:

Office: +221 33 860 9352

Mobile: +221 77 099 0555

Kazakhstan Office:

Mobile: +7 702 160 1717

General Enquiries:

ess@essustainability.com

Careers & Human Resources:

hr@essustainability.com

Accounts & Finance:

accounts@essustainability.com

Head Office:

Rue YF 488 x Rue YF 498

Virage, Dakar, Senegal

Contact Us

Senegal Office:

Office: +221 33 860 9352

Mobile: +221 77 099 0555

Kazakhstan Office:

Mobile: +7 702 160 1717

General Enquiries:

ess@essustainability.com

Careers & Human Resources:

hr@essustainability.com

Accounts & Finance:

accounts@essustainability.com