ERM partners with clients to navigate fast-paced and competitive M&A transaction environments. During the due diligence process, we focus on highlighting value-creation opportunities, identifying sustainability risks while taking a commercial view on technical factors.
Sustainability is increasingly important to a company’s equity story, with investors generating premium value for companies that demonstrate strong sustainability performance. Embedding sustainability into business models and investment decisions means navigating an evolving landscape of sustainability topics and approaches.
Decarbonization is a key imperative for the energy transition and needs to be evaluated during the diligence phase of any M&A activity. Technical due diligence approaches need to focus on identifying decarbonization opportunities, risks and pathways.
With greater sustainability disclosure necessary during the transaction process, robust exit readiness and vendor due diligence can help attract more buyers and facilitate a more competitive sale process and price.
New technologies are disrupting the due diligence process. Leveraging digital solutions and AI insights provides a rapid and deeper understanding of sustainability issues and simplifies the management of large volumes of data.
New market entry investment opportunity screening
Red-flag risk and opportunity screening and peer benchmarking
Buy-side advisory
Political risk, social, human rights, supply chain due diligence
Technical due diligence
Post-acquisition integration and transformation roadmaps
Sustainability strategy, implementation planning and reporting
Sustainability leadership capacity building
Exit readiness, pre-divestiture planning, vendor due diligence, IPO, carve out advisory
Digital products to enable informed business decisions and strategic disclosure
Improve return on investment and growth
Meet regulatory and social license expectations
Respond to emerging sustainability trends & demands
Mitigate risk and safeguard reputation
+700
nature projects worked on in 50+ countries in FY25
+84m kg
of containments treated, destroyed or removed in FY25
+200 GW
of installed renewable energy capacity contributed to in FY25
+21,400
sustainable livelihoods supported
