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Although companies, investors and analysis firms are the main protagonists in the SRI process, there is also a significant role for consultants and advisors who can help these protagonists improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
This opportunity has not been effectively captured in the past
Support and advice to consultancies to help them help their clients manage their SRI engagement. This ranges from informal advice to bespoke training sessions.
I will always prioritise improved understanding of sustainability in capital markets over personal commercial gain. I am therefore delighted to share my understanding of corporate sustainability communications and SRI investor needs with any other advisors and consultants. Equally, I am happy to work through other consultancies to help them deliver to their clients.
The wide range of subjects covered by SRI investors obliges analysts to draw in expertise from a diverse number of independent experts including NGOs, professional associations, industry bodies, academic institutions etc.
In return, these organisations often have an interest in ensuring that SRI analysts are clearly briefed on their areas of expertise and current research output.
However, SRI analysts differ from other audiences, have different needs and need to be communicated with differently.
Advice to independent research providers on:
You pay for Mike Tyrrell, you get Mike Tyrrell. I do not subcontract work.
My rates range from £750 - £1,500 per day depending on the client, the nature of the work and the fit with my expertise. As guidance, I expect to charge:
I understand absolutely the need for commercial confidences to remain confidential, under all circumstances. Your ideas or ideas that we develop together will remain entirely yours.
However, I am also interested in widest uptake of sustainability priorities by capital markets, so I will never commit to exclusivity. My best ideas at any time are available to anyone who wants to pay for them
Having worked as a broker for eight years, I am entirely accustomed to managing this tension.
Consultancy should be about finding actionable solutions in as efficient and direct a manner possible.
I will not do more than 5 days work for any one client; if I can’t be concise, you shouldn’t be paying.
I charge a premium rate for premium analysis. If you want a basic introduction to the SRI industry, I will direct you to places you can find this at a lower (or no) cost.
As Editor of SRI-CONNECT, I am required to be entirely non-partisan and to facilitate open-access to the SRI market.
As a consultant at Sustainable Investor, I am free to develop the most appropriate and efficient solutions for individual clients
From time to time, I will be offered work that causes a potential conflict with my role as impartial editor of SRI-CONNECT. I will turn such work down but will always endeavour to help find an alternative provider.
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