Environmental, Social and Governance
Selected experience
Trusted ESG advisors for the commodities industry
SFA (Oxford) now produces market-leading insights into the value proposition of the mining industry's environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability initiatives. Our bespoke ESG consulting solutions and extensive analytics help to inform corporate strategy, streamline projects and de-risk operations to meet the growing demands of ESG-conscious investors. There are few sectors that are as intrinsically linked to the natural world and local communities as the commodities and energy sectors. Stringent industry regulations, coupled with increasingly strict disclosure and legislation requirements, are driving companies to be more transparent as they strive to quantify their environmental and social value alongside traditional financial metrics. Let SFA help you to unlock the tremendous upside of this new age of ESG focus and sustainability across your business.
Industry is changing rapidly to address climate concerns
Corporate growth now requires a re-evaluation of long-term goals linked to ESG stewardship. There is a social urgency for companies to do more for current future generations, guided by science, and work with local communities and shareholders more closely to make change happen faster. Business as usual and technical refinements are no longer sufficient. Steady leadership today requires the reassessment of corporate priorities to act sooner, unlock new solutions and deliver superior performance improvements.
Global ecosystems are struggling, long-term poverty is rising, and poor health and suffering is increasing. Nations have collectively amended laws and agreed to cut future emissions and empower companies to set new sustainability targets to drive and enforce change. Emissions and air pollution may need to be cut further than 50% within 10 years to drive pioneering ESG stewardship.
SFA's ESG solutions are data-driven
The key to unlocking these operational insights is data and analytics. Let SFA benchmark your ESG and operational performance, dive deep into your competitors and give you the honest feedback and recommendations required to push your environmental growth to progress faster, and help you secure access to better funding. The SFA team is expert at processing large volumes of data swiftly and identifying your new priorities.
Case studies
ESG contextualisation and benchmarking relative to the lithium industry
Identifying ESG outperformance
SFA (Oxford) was tasked to assess the environmental footprints and selected ESG criteria of the lithium peer group to evaluate peer-group outperformance across brine and hard rock lithium producers. Environmental factors such as energy usage, plants' emissions, water use and recycling rates were all considered to assist in evaluating competitor decarbonisation and emission strategies.
ESG solutions
SFA offers a broad spectrum of services for ESG-conscious market participants in critical metals, applying our strategic focus and bespoke approach to meet your needs.
Augmenting ESG strategy, planning and Board support
SFA works closely with value chain players to understand how materially significant ESG issues can be integrated into their wider company strategy.
Peer-group ESG benchmarking
SFA's benchmarking of PGM and Battery Raw Material producers on critical ESG factors generates high-resolution insights for sustainability-conscious investors.
Cradle-to-grave ESG recycling studies
SFA's analysis of environmental footprints from recycled material in terms of GHGs, waste generation and processing is helping future PGM recycling investments.
Battery life cycle analysis and ESG impact
SFA evaluates the long and complex life cycle analysis of battery metals and materials to improve the recycling opportunities available for market stakeholders.
Sustainable investing and portfolio realignment
SFA supports investors finance new projects and opportunities through analysing clean energy investment targets and portfolios to reach their sustainability goals.
Asset optimisation and energy sustainability
SFA assists clients in capital-intensive industries to optimise assets and energy processes to reduce their environmental footprint to achieve higher returns.
Balancing the grid and energy storage
With the energy transition well underway, SFA helps energy-intensive industries with energy storage assessments to reduce their reliance on the grid.
Regulatory landscape and policy implications
SFA delivers detailed insights into climate change policies and sustainability targets to support industry stakeholders sustainability targets and market impacts.
ESG investor board packs and roadshows
SFA provides institutional investors and industrial players with sustainability and energy insights to enhance their pathway to net-zero strategies.
'Black box' ESG scenario and modelling
SFA executes scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of ESG development and clean energy to meet sustainability goals and optimise investment returns.
Charging infrastructure and sustainable energy
SFA can help you analyse the rise of electric vehicle charging, grid development and clean energy to enhance your sustainable transport and air pollution strategies.
Decarbonising PGMs, BRM and the Hydrogen economy
SFA evaluates mine-to-market carbon reduction opportunities for producers to OEMs by tracking product carbon footprints and process emissions.
Sustainable mobility strategies for tomorrow
SFA supports mobility companies with their strategies providing global or local industry context, benchmarking competitors and identifying new opportunities.
Establish a new 'green' premium market price
SFA can help you unlock a green carbon price premium and identify new opportunities by assisting your transition away from high emissions-intensive processes.
Human capital and organisational planning
The SFA team has completed many labour workforce projects analysing demographic trends and forecasting future labour requirements.
Country-wide ESG investment reviews
SFA’s regional industry ESG assessments analyse and peer-review your competitors to help discover the environmental leaders, and sector underperformers to measure future value opportunities.
Carbon trading and emissions intelligence
SFA can help industrial clients accelerate investments into low carbon energy sources with in-depth research into carbon trading systems and credit mechanisms to help offset and reduce their carbon emissions.
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage
SFA's insights of CCUS evaluates opportunities and technology risks for circular-economy players seeking to optimise their clean energy transition and long-term sustainability goals.
Corporate ESG strategy and battery metals stewardship
SFA works closely with value chain players to understand how materially significant ESG issues can be integrated into their wider company strategy.
Peer-group ESG battery metals benchmarking
SFA's benchmarking of battery metal producers on material ESG factors generates high-resolution insights for sustainability-conscious investors.
Battery life cycle analysis and ESG impact
SFA evaluates the long and complex life cycle analysis of battery metals and materials to improve the recycling opportunities available for market stakeholders.
Corporate ESG strategy and PGM stewardship
SFA works closely with value chain players to understand how materially significant ESG issues can be integrated into their wider company strategy.
Peer-group ESG benchmarking for PGMs
SFA's benchmarking of PGM producers on material ESG factors generates high-resolution insights for sustainability-conscious investors.
Cradle-to-grave ESG recycling studies
SFA's analysis of environmental footprints from recycled material in terms of greenhouse gases, waste generation and processing is helping secure new investments.
Market outlook reports for sustainability
ESG assessment of the PGM markets and emissions
SFA is tracking the decarbonisation and energy transition of the PGM value chain assessing the environmental and emissions footprint along the journey to net-zero.
ESG assessment of the lithium market
Our ESG monitoring of the lithium market is critical to the long-term sustainability of battery electric vehicles for investors and stakeholders.
ESG assessment of the nickel and cobalt markets
SFA evaluates the effectiveness of ESG performance in the nickel and cobalt markets to provide ground-breaking insights for the investment community.
ESG assessment of nickel industry players
SFA applies its ESG analytical rigour to the nickel industry to better understand which players are leading and which are falling behind on decarbonisation.
ESG assessment of cobalt industry players
Cobalt supply is heavily reliant on Africa, so it is imperative that SFA supports investors, players and offtakers with unique ESG insights to including risks, responsible sourcing and policy developments.
ESG assessment of lithium industry players
With high energy-intensive processes required to produce lithium hydroxide, SFA can help investors evaluate the sustainability of the lithium supply chain.
Our industry value chain expertise
How can we help you?
SFA (Oxford) provides bespoke, independent intelligence on the strategic metal markets, specifically tailored to your needs. To find out more about what we can offer you, please contact us.