EVORA’s Collaborative Expertise: The Right Team for the Hardest Sustainability Challenges

If you’re an asset investor juggling sustainability goals, regulatory pressure, and data that refuses to play nice, you already know the challenge. To get reliable, investment-grade sustainability data, and making sure it works to your advantage, requires the right approach and the right team. That’s where EVORA’s Collaborative Expertise comes in. 

 

It’s not just a mix of services. It’s a way of working that pulls together the right experts at the right time – advisory consultants, strategic specialists, and technical teams – to solve sustainability challenges that, at first glance, look impossible. 

  

When a Problem Looks Impossible, We Solve It

Some time back, a client project landed on our desk with a massive data challenge. Their sustainability reporting had been handled by a different provider, and the data required significant cleansing. They had millions of rows of data from multiple sources, an ever-changing asset list, and regulatory deadlines breathing down their necks. Oh, and they needed to report publicly within a few months. 

 

At first glance, even their own team thought it couldn’t be done. Their new head of sustainability flagged it as likely not possible. But here’s the thing: We’ve got experience handling exactly these kinds of high-pressure, high-volume challenges. And we don’t just come in with a playbook – we build the solution from the ground up. 

 
How We Make It Work

There’s always an “oh no” moment when sustainability teams realise just how big the challenge is. Maybe an investor asks for data they don’t have, or a regulator deadline sneaks up on them. That’s where we step in – not just to fix the immediate problem, but to build systems that prevent the same issues from cropping up again. 

 

“Imagine moving platform or moving provider, staring at an Everest of reporting and analytics to do, and your data’s raw, patchy, unstandardised and across many different sources. There is no methodology, and you’ve only got 3 months to do it. That is a kind of a worse nightmare for our clients, but it’s one many have experienced, or will have to experience to some degree.”, says Joe Ellis, Senior Account Director at EVORA. 

 

The key to solving a challenge like this isn’t brute force. It’s smart collaboration. Our consultants took the lead, ensuring the right experts were in the right place at the right time through a dedicated point of contact. 

 

With internal audits, external audits and public disclosures approaching fast, there was no time to chase perfection, but accuracy was still paramount. Instead, we worked backwards from the final deadline, setting strict milestones to keep everything on track. Tight project management and clear prioritisation meant that we focused on getting the essentials right, refining as we went. We also had the benefit of utilising a global team – which meant that when the EU based team wrapped up their working day, they could pass the torch to the US based team to never lose momentum.

With You Every Step of the Way

Project management is a critical piece of the puzzle. When sustainability initiatives require coordination across multiple teams and moving parts, it’s easy for things to get lost in the shuffle. We make sure that doesn’t happen. Our consultants act as the central hub, managing complexity for you. This level of oversight not only keeps everything on schedule but also prevents costly mistakes that can derail progress. And yes, that means a lot of meetings – once close to 60 meetings over the course of just a few months. But that’s what it takes to turn a mess into a strategy. 

 

Because the human element is just as important as the technical side. A strategy doesn’t come together by throwing some numbers in an Excel spreadsheet and slapping on a pretty PowerPoint – it comes from understanding how internal teams work, what roadblocks they face, and how to align different stakeholders toward a common goal. Many clients come to us without a fully staffed sustainability team, or they’ve recently appointed leadership that’s still finding its footing. We step in as a trusted partner, helping clients navigate internal challenges while providing the external expertise they need. 

 

Sustainability isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Investors need to align sustainability goals with business strategy, but they don’t always have the internal expertise to do so. That’s where we step in – not just as service providers, but as an extension of our clients’ teams. We embed ourselves in their processes, navigating the complexities of sustainability reporting, compliance, and long-term strategy so they don’t have to. 

  

Why Collaborative Expertise Works

A lot of firms sell sustainability services. Many promise simplified reporting. But what happens when the scope turns out to be bigger than expected? When the data isn’t clean? When deadlines are creeping closer? 

 

We’ve seen first-hand what happens when sustainability is handed off to a software provider without strategic oversight. The reality is that sustainability is still a rapidly evolving field. Without expert guidance, sustainability teams can find themselves overwhelmed, making last-minute adjustments that put reputations and compliance at risk. 

 

One of the biggest misconceptions in the industry is that software alone can handle sustainability reporting. The truth is, sustainability data is rarely clean from the start. We’ve seen reports with conflicting methodologies, missing asset lists, and emissions factors applied inconsistently across entire portfolios, which can create a false sense of confidence in reporting. Without human oversight, small mistakes can snowball into major inaccuracies. At EVORA, we don’t just provide solutions – we make sure those solutions are built on solid, auditable foundations. 

 

Another challenge we often see is firms trying to build out large in-house ESG teams to position themselves as sustainability leaders. While internal expertise is valuable, the reality is that level of expertise needed for sustainability reporting, value protection, and risk mitigation just keeps expanding. Reporting frameworks change, regulations tighten, and investor expectations shift. Maintaining an internal team capable of keeping pace with all these changes is a costly and resource-intensive effort. EVORA provides the flexibility that internal teams often lack – allowing clients to scale their sustainability capabilities up or down as needed, without carrying the overhead of a permanent, large ESG department. 

 

“To the client, I am someone who has access to a huge amount of technical expertise with both climate resilience and regulatory reporting specialists, as well as engineers and data technicians, to be able to give the client the exact solution they need. That’s why a team of consultants is much bigger than the individuals assigned to the account.”, says Joe Ellis. 

 

The One-Stop-Shop for Your Needs

EVORA is the only provider that brings together advisory, strategic consulting, technical expertise, and data collection capabilities in one seamless, managed approach. Our clients don’t just get recommendations – they get a partner who ensures everything works together smoothly from start to finish. We take on the project management burden, coordinate the right experts, and work towards practical, tangible results. 

 

Because at the end of the day, solving sustainability challenges isn’t just about having the right tools. It’s about having the right team to use them. It’s about knowing that, no matter how complex the challenge, you have a partner who can pull everything together and make it work. And that’s exactly what EVORA does best. 

 

Reach out to us if you want to know more about our approach to mitigating risk, protecting asset value and safeguarding reputation.