Strategy, implementation and reporting for corporate sustainability and social impact.

Welcome to ASG Advisors.

We work with leading global brands and NGOs on deep-dive strategy, program design & officership, evaluation & learning, and communications & reporting. 

We support clients in building programs, partnerships and coalitions from scratch — and help run them for impact. 

Our specialized corporate sustainability reporting practice supports companies in every phase of their journey: from benchmarking, materiality assessments and data mapping to target and goal setting, reporting and framework alignment. We are fluent in the various (and ever-changing) global reporting standards and frameworks.

Led by deeply experienced social sector and sustainability practitioners, we support clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to NGOs, from Chief Sustainability Officers to foundation leaders & staff, and policy makers.

Leadership

Matthew Barnes
Matthew, a former diplomat, U.S. State Department official and deeply experienced advisor to companies and international NGOs, leads our strategy and program design + build business.

Anna Schatten
Anna spearheads the firm's sustainability advisory and reporting work, bringing over 15 years of corporate sustainability and impact reporting experience across the U.S., Europe and Africa.

Full spectrum of services for impact.


Strategy

Our research-based and insight-rich strategic advice gives clients the confidence to develop a clear direction for their work. This might include aligning your philanthropic or sustainability focus with business priorities or taking in and translating stakeholder input to reshape interventions and programming.


Evaluation + learning

Social sector clients — whether funders or NGOs leading projects — want to measure their impact.  ASG designs and leads evaluation efforts for clients looking to learn and understand what impacts their project are having. This includes developing scoring rubrics to evaluate opportunities, KPIs to evaluate performance, and designing & conducting comprehensive impact evaluations.


Communications

If you build it, they don't necessarily come.  Compelling messaging and adept distribution are key to projecting thought leadership. We develop plans, conceive key messages, and write the content that inspires and builds momentum.


Program design + build

We work with clients on conceiving and building programs the help a strategy take hold and drive real impact.  And our program and partnership secretariat services means programs run with excellence and fidelity.


Reporting

Our corporate sustainability reporting practice works with clients on assessing materiality, building data maps, coordinating data collection, conducting analysis, advising on reporting strategy, goal and target setting, and writing report sections. We are fluent in all key disclosure systems and reporting frameworks.

Current and former clients include:

We’d love to hear from you. 

Wherever you are on your corporate sustainability journey, we’d love to help. Get in touch.