Based on the 5-i Sustainable Maturity Model

CSO as a Service

Your sustainability function, flexibly organised.

Not every organisation has all the sustainability knowledge and capacity in-house. With CSO as a Service, Firm of the Future provides the expertise and support needed to organise and carry out sustainability in a structured way. For example, we can draw up and monitor your carbon footprint, collect and check ESG data, manage KPIs and dashboards, translate developments in legislation and regulations, prepare sustainability reports and guide concrete improvement projects. We also support you with questions about circularity, energy, materials, supply chains and sustainable procurement.

We work from our 5-i Sustainable Maturity Model and determine together where your organisation stands, what the next step is and what support that requires. This can range from a few days a month to structural support from a sustainability professional or a complete team of specialists.

Your organisation stays in control and sets the ambitions and priorities. Firm of the Future provides the knowledge, capacity, execution and progress. This gives you a professional sustainability function without having to keep all the expertise in-house.

Fully or partly

Why outsource sustainability?

Not every organisation has:

  • enough capacity
  • specialist knowledge
  • reliable ESG data
  • experience with CSRD, VSME or GRI
  • internal project management

That is why more and more organisations choose CSO as a Service.

You decide

1

A one-off assignment

2

Temporary support

3

A project team

4

A dedicated sustainability advisor

5

A complete CSO as a Service solution

Our approach

The 5-i Sustainable Maturity Model

1

Take stock

Do we know where we want to go?

  • ESG strategy
  • Materiality analysis
  • Policy development
  • Roadmap
  • KPIs and ambitions
3 - 6 months
2

Insight

Do we know where we stand?

  • CO₂ footprints
  • Scope 1, 2 and 3
  • Product Footprints
  • LCA
  • Data platform
  • Sustainable Operating Model
6 months - 3 years (depending on data maturity)
3

Implementation

Are we doing the right things?

  • CO₂ reduction
  • Circular economy
  • MVOI & Biodiversity
  • Mobility & Supply chain collaboration
  • Product development
  • Innovation
  • NI-businessmodel™
2 - 5 years (depending on board attention)
4

Impact

Are we delivering demonstrable value?

  • ESG dashboards
  • Management reports
  • GRI, VSME, CSRD
  • KPI monitoring
  • Continuous improvement
from 5 years (continuous improvement)
5

Effort

Are our people and organisation equipped for the transformation?

  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Competencies and training
  • ESG governance
  • Core values and behaviour
  • Sustainable culture
ongoing
From ambition to sustainable value creation Take stock → Insight → Implementation → Impact → Effort
How mature is your organisation?

Find out where your organisation stands

With the Sustainable Maturity Model, you map out in five levels where your organisation stands today and where you want to go.

Select your current level and your ambition for each area. You will immediately see where the biggest development opportunities lie and which next steps suit your organisation.

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How mature is your organisation? The 5-i Sustainable Maturity Model
Focus
Avg. lead time to level 5
Level 1 Starting
Level 2 Developing
Level 3 Integrating
Level 4 Embedding
Level 5 Interwoven
1. TAKE STOCK Do we know where we want to go?
Strategy, plan, policy
3 - 6 months
2. INSIGHT Do we know where we stand?
Data and measurement
6 months - 3 years (depending on data maturity)
3. IMPLEMENTATION Are we doing the right things?
Delivery and innovation
2 - 5 years (depending on board attention)
4. IMPACT Are we delivering demonstrable value?
Steering and reporting
from 5 years (continuous improvement)
5. EFFORT Are our people and organisation equipped for the transformation?
Competencies, leadership, culture & governance
ongoing

Where does your organisation stand?

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  • Insight –
  • Implementation –
  • Impact –
  • Effort –
Why Firm of the Future?

More than 10 years of sustainability expertise

Strategy & policy
Data & Footprints
LCA & Circularity
ESG & Reporting
CSRD, VSME & GRI
Implementation & Transition
Dashboards & Data
Courses & Training
AI & Innovation

Building sustainable value creation together

From insight to impact

Ready to transform?

Every sustainable change starts with a first step. Whether you are at the start of your sustainability journey, want to take a next step or face a complex transformation: we are happy to think along with you.

Curious what Firm of the Future can do for your organisation? Meet our team, ask your question or discuss your sustainability ambitions with us. Together we map out where you stand, where you want to go and what it takes to get there.

Ready to move from ambition to action? Then get in touch with us.

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