SME News Southern Enterprise Awards 2023 | 64 Best ESG Consultancy 2023 United by the goal of making a difference in the fashion and textiles industry by providing sensible, achievable, and affordable CSR solutions, experienced professionals Louise McCabe and Tara Luckman joined forces to establish Flourish CSR in 2019. Now, almost four years later, the pair remain committed to sharing their knowledge and experience with clients in order to help them overcome significant business challenges related to ESG and sustainability. Over recent decades, the issues surrounding climate change have featured more and more prominently in the media. Whilst many of us are lucky enough to have never felt the impacts of climate change directly, we are all too aware of those who are less fortunate. Calls for urgent action and the need for a circular economy to ensure a sustainable future are gaining both volume and momentum. One area that has garnered attention in recent years is the impact of fashion and textiles on the environment. Initiatives such as reducing textile waste, recycling materials, and increasing the durability of products are now on the agenda for many businesses in the industry. However, if you don’t have sustainability expertise in-house, how do you go about navigating these complex issues and communicating them to your colleagues and customers? Flourish CSR, a responsible business consultancy, effectively bridges the sustainability gap. Its team of industry-leading CSR experts work with clients across the world to reduce the environmental and social impacts of the fashion and textiles sector. With operations in both Bath and London, the company specialises in NGO-led collaborative sustainability initiatives. Flourish CSR also works with individual brands and retailers, helping define strategies to reduce the impacts of their businesses. For many companies, the volume of issues that need to be addressed is overwhelming, so they need someone to help identify which tasks are essential to complete immediately and which will take more time to get right. With extensive experience working in global fashion businesses, Flourish CSR understands how difficult it can be to initiate sustainable change while maintaining a demanding day job. Alongside sustainability, Flourish CSR also helps its clients to prioritise people. From ensuring that human rights are valued in supply chains to progressing diversity and inclusion programmes, the company helps businesses turn challenges into opportunities. It also advises clients on impactful community engagement and assists them with team building, stakeholder relationships, volunteer programmes, and charity work. Co-Founders and Directors Louise McCabe and Tara Luckman both have a background in corporate CSR. They met whilst working for online fashion giant ASOS, where Louise led the ‘Fashion with Integrity’ strategy, whilst Tara oversaw the ‘Product Sustainability’ strategy. In December 2019, the duo successfully launched Flourish CSR. Since then, the company has worked with more than 30 household name organisations, including luxury and high street fashion brands and global e-commerce companies. It has also worked with manufacturing businesses that supply the largest global fashion chains. Moreover, Flourish CSR serves communications agencies, legal firms, venture capital businesses, and other advisors seeking expert assessment and advice to relay to their own clients. Most recently, Flourish CSR has been involved in the redevelopment of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s brand and retailer ESG assessment module, the Higg BRM. This module delivers a comprehensive assessment of an organisation’s sustainability performance in relation to the industry’s most prevalent environmental, social, and governance issues. Through this, global fashion businesses can gain an understanding of their ESG progress, identify areas that can be improved, and benchmark their performance against similar companies. Additionally, Flourish CSR is proud to have recently partnered with Bath Spa University to create a two-day online course designed to help improve knowledge and confidence in the area of ESG (https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/ courses/sc-esg-fashion-professionals/). This is especially important since many jobs in the fashion industry are evolving rapidly due to the increased focus on ESG related issues. Supporting its clients at every stage of their sustainability and responsible business journey, Flourish CSR is an experienced, knowledgeable, and cost-effective partner. For this reason, it is a worthy winner of Best ESG Consultancy in the Southern Enterprise Awards 2023. We are thrilled to congratulate Louise and Tara on this achievement and look forward to seeing what their future holds. Company: Flourish CSR Limited Web Address: www.flourishcsr.co.uk
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