Sustainability and Growth Strategy
We help consumer start-up and scale-up brands to be more sustainable and successful.
Best practice sustainability strategy
Advisory and fractional consultancy to start, grow and scale efficiently and profitably.
What We Do
Stevens.earth is a unique consultancy with two very specific, complementary fields of expertise. Our mission is to help businesses grow effectively (scale and profit) and sustainably (people and planet). We believe passionately in a future where great brands doing good things thrive in partnership with the planet.
Who we are
LOUISE
Louise is our sustainability expert. She is a Fellow of iema and former Head of Sustainability at innocent drinks in London.
Mike
Mike is the startup and scaleup specialist. He is the cofounder of Peppersmith, the good-for-you confectionery company and author of The Direct To Consumer Playbook.
Our Services
All our services are designed with the broad aim of giving young businesses the right foundations to help them become old businesses. We specialise in helping ambitious founders of consumer brands.
Sustainability strategy
Appraisal of your total business footprint, development of a sustainability strategy and setting some concrete goals.
Sustainable Packaging
Absolute clarity on the packaging solution you already have, how sustainable it is, whether it can be improved and how best to communicate it.
Sustainability Communications
Once your sustainability strategy is defined we can help with developing key messages, Q&A's, succinct sustainability content for websites and social media as well as longer form environmental policies & statements. Communicating this mass of information to your employees, suppliers, consumers (and more) in a brand-appropriate way is both an art and a science.
Supplier & Stakeholder engagement
Development of engaging, user-friendly and simple SSAs (supplier sustainability assessments), plus guidance for how to ensure your suppliers embed them (rather than it being a meaningless admin exercise).
Business Strategy
What is the business trying to achieve and how should it get there? Most businesses have a plan when they set off on their journey; after a bit of time what is often missing is adapting the plan given what has changed and sometimes redefining the endpoint.
Marketing and branding
You have a brilliant product and brand, you now need to find ways to let people know what it is you do and how it can solve their problems.
Financial planning and Performance
Help to understand what the current finances look like i.e. P&L, Cashflow and balance sheet. What is the future projection and what are the risks and requirements?
Funding plan
Getting funding is a daunting task. Setting the right valuation, managing existing shareholders, finding new investors, choosing the right method etc. We can help navigate this minefield.
Channel and Product planning
Guidance with sales strategy covering retail, DTC (Direct to Consumer) and export. This includes a portfolio assessment and your NPD strategy.
Supply Chain planning and supplier management
We can look at what you are currently doing, what bits are causing headaches and find solutions. We can advise the best routes forward considering costs, complexity and sustainability.
Founder coaching
Helping founders be clear on their personal objectives and their objectives as a team. Once you are clear on that you will find it so much easier to orientate your business goals around your own.
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