Notes from inside the work.
Short, specific pieces on the requests manufacturers are actually receiving — written by the people answering them. No sustainability theory.
- 02Customer Requirements
The questionnaire load is the real cost
Nobody budgets for supplier sustainability questionnaires, and yet mid-market manufacturers now spend hundreds of hours a year answering them — usually the wrong way.
Jul 23, 2026 · 5 min - 03ESG
Scope 3 without a department
You do not need a perfect inventory. You need a defensible one, a documented method, and a plan to improve the three categories that actually matter to your buyers.
Jun 30, 2026 · 7 min - 04Claims & Messaging
Sustainability claims that survive legal review
The gap between what your LCA supports and what your marketing team wants to say is where enforcement risk lives. It is also narrower than most people assume.
May 19, 2026 · 5 min - 05Regulatory
Buy Clean thresholds are a market-access question
Procurement carbon limits do not fine you. They quietly remove you from the bid list — and the thresholds tighten on a published schedule.
Apr 8, 2026 · 6 min - 06Operating Model
Why the 100-page report fails
The deliverable is not the problem. The absence of anyone to execute it is. A note on why fractional beats advisory for companies under $500M.
Mar 2, 2026 · 4 min
Don’t build a sustainability department.Borrow one.
Tell us what your customers are asking for, where you’re struggling and what you’re trying to achieve. We’ll show you what needs to happen next.