JW Sustainability

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Supporting strong, transformative companies

Anchoring sustainability in a company is individual. Every project needs personal attention and a tailored approach. The specialisation is decided case by case. Optionally you can also filter by industry.

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Risk management

8 projects

  • Pharma & healthcare

International pharmaceutical group

Climate risk analysis for 15 own and 20 supplier sites, with a particular focus on the supply and cold chain.

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Challenge
Physical and transition climate risk analysis under IFRS/TCFD, including a focus on the supply and cold chain.
Approach
Site scoping, qualitative analysis along the supply chain, production and sales markets, quantitative scenario analysis (2.5 °C/4 °C physical, 1.5 °C/2.5 °C transition), board workshop.
Result
Financial impacts up to 2050/2100 per scenario, separate analysis of the main suppliers and transport routes.
  • Aviation

European airline

Transition analysis for passenger and cargo business, including more efficient technologies and SAF.

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Challenge
Calculation of transition risks for the aircraft fleet under TCFD, with a focus on new technologies and sustainable aviation fuels.
Approach
Qualitative and quantitative analysis taking carbon prices and CORSIA into account, below-2 °C and 3 °C scenario.
Result
Financial impacts up to 2050 per scenario, mapped into the existing risk catalogue.
  • Industry

European chemicals company

Climate risks as the basis for deciding on three potential acquisitions.

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Challenge
Physical and transition analysis for all German sites plus three potential international acquisitions.
Approach
Site scoping, high-level review of the acquisition sites, quantitative scenario analysis and board workshop.
Result
Financial impacts per scenario plus risk heat maps for the three potential new sites.
  • Energy

French energy infrastructure group

Climate risk analysis for power plants and transmission grids as the basis for infrastructure investments.

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Challenge
Quantitative physical and transition analysis for power plants plus physical risk classification of the transmission grids.
Approach
Analysis under TCFD, comparison of costs with investment potential, drafting of the report section.
Result
Financial impacts per scenario plus prioritised investment recommendations based on cost-benefit calculations.
  • Financial sector

European insurance company

Portfolio-wide climate risk analysis across loan, sovereign bond, real estate and investment portfolios.

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Challenge
Analysis of the entire portfolio for physical and transition risks as the basis for portfolio steering.
Approach
Real estate logic based on CRREM, own calculation method for sovereign bonds, three scenarios up to 2035/2050/2100.
Result
Automated, repeatable analysis with sector and country views and drill-down to asset level.
  • Real estate
  • Tool development

German real estate association

Digital climate risk tool for all members of the association, including retrofit measures.

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Challenge
A digital tool showing physical and transition risks across various scenarios and time horizons.
Approach
Methodology based on CRREM pathways, calculation of operating costs and building damage, close collaboration with the development team.
Result
Software solution with an interactive function for own reduction pathways and cost savings.
  • Financial sector
  • Tool development

European federal bank

Uniform methodology for climate and biodiversity risks, developed together with research partners.

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Challenge
A single tool for analysing national and international climate and biodiversity risks, usable for the financial sector, economies and individual assets.
Approach
Joint methodology across various scenarios, coordination of the technical development with research partners.
Result
Uniform, validated methodology for physical climate and biodiversity risks.
  • Tool development

Tool development for various clients

Market-wide methodology for the financial assessment of biodiversity risks.

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Challenge
No standardised methodology for companies and financial institutions to analyse financial risks from biodiversity loss.
Approach
Development of a comprehensive methodology based on various databases and regulations, translated into financial effects.
Result
Externally reviewed methodology, applicable to individual client needs.

02

Reporting & compliance

5 projects

  • Consumer goods

European beverage producer

First CSRD-compliant sustainability report, including materiality assessment and team upskilling.

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Challenge
A first CSRD-compliant report, including materiality assessment, data collection and team upskilling.
Approach
CSRD-compliant materiality assessment, data collection from the relevant stakeholders, conformity check, writing of the report.
Result
Final CSRD report plus a long-term documentation methodology for the following years.
  • Industry

German industrial company

PPWR compliance for packaging, from requirements analysis to DoCs and technical files.

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Challenge
Unclear understanding of the PPWR requirements, missing processes and pending EU registration.
Approach
Consulting and training on PPWR and EPR, digitally supported data collection, preparation of DoCs and technical files.
Result
Comprehensive understanding of the PPWR plus long-term processes for lasting compliance.
  • Industry

German machinery manufacturer

Roadmap to the battery passport with structural compliance by February 2027.

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Challenge
Unclear understanding of the EUBR requirements, missing processes for the battery passport.
Approach
Building EUBR understanding, compliance roadmap, data mapping, preparation of suppliers.
Result
Clear understanding of the EUBR and a structured roadmap at data, tech and process level.
  • Industry

American conglomerate

CBAM handbook to support European subsidiaries.

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Challenge
Unclear understanding of the CBAM requirements across various subsidiaries, including certificate purchases from 2027.
Approach
Short and detailed handbook with webinars on scope, registration, calculation and supplier engagement.
Result
Clarity on requirements plus long-term support on processes, costs and calculation logic.
  • Tool development

Digital solution for various international clients

A single data basis for the EU Circularity Act.

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Challenge
No uniform data basis for the multitude of data points under the EU Circularity Act.
Approach
Mapping of all data points of the relevant regulations (including EUBR, ESPR, PPWR, RoHS, REACH, EUDR), uniform data logic.
Result
Less effort with precise compliance, EU regulations linked holistically instead of managed in silos.

03

Sustainability strategy

1 project

  • Consumer goods

German food group

Group-wide sustainability strategy aligned with the first CSRD reporting for hundreds of subsidiaries.

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Challenge
No uniform corporate strategy across hundreds of subsidiaries; strategy and regulation needed to be thought through together.
Approach
Two parallel workstreams: CSRD report from materiality assessment to data collection, strategy development across several workshops.
Result
CSRD-compliant sustainability strategy including targets, measures, monitoring roadmap and clear responsibilities.

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