Sustainability and ESG are at the heart of successful organisations, not an adjacency. OCM can support your organisation to deliver on your sustainability objectives with transparency, credibility, and accountability.
Climate change is a global issue that requires concerted collective action to respond to climate risk and opportunity and effective transition planning to achieve emissions reduction. OCM works closely with organisations to help them understand and proactively manage climate risks, identify climate-related opportunities and reduce carbon emissions. We help clients respond to climate change by integrating climate responses into organisational strategy and establishing appropriate climate governance. We support organisations to implement systems, processes, policies, data and reporting for climate risk, transition planning and disclosure, as well as delivering renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure projects.
The net zero transition is critical to securing a low-carbon future for the planet. OCM helps clients achieve net zero by enabling the delivery of renewable energy as well as housing, water and transport infrastructure, along with emissions-reduction programs. Our expertise includes providing probity and governance advice, supporting public–private partnerships and facilitating outcomes-based procurement strategies for infrastructure projects that realise sustainability objectives.
Governance, probity, and good decision-making are necessary for effective management that leads to better organisational outcomes and the achievement of sustainability goals. OCM works with organisations to establish robust governance processes and frameworks that ensure accountability and transparency, and enable government organisations to engage with the market with confidence. Our approach involves nurturing organisational capabilities and providing training on probity, ethical decision-making and other ESG issues to foster a strong governance culture over the long-term. OCM has a proven track record in supporting organisations to grow their risk and governance maturity.
Resilient organisations can adapt, recover, and thrive in the face of environmental, social, and economic disruption, ensuring long-term sustainability. With increasing natural disasters, heat, bushfires, droughts, and storms resulting from climate change, biodiversity loss and the impact on communities, resilience is a key focus for organisations. OCM helps clients to understand their level of maturity in relation to resilience, identify and manage risks relating to natural disasters, plan for the next crisis, integrate resilience planning into organisational strategy, systems, policies, procedures, data, and reporting, and establish appropriate reporting.
Sustainable procurement considers the environmental, social, and economic impacts of acquiring goods and services. OCM works closely with clients to identify opportunities for sustainable procurement, reduce organisational risk and increase maturity. Our approach also prioritises sustainable procurement frameworks and programs that drive strong circular economy outcomes and consider human rights, modern slavery, and supply chain risks.
The circular economy involves minimising waste and valuing our resources by maximising efficiency, reducing the use of resources and reusing and recycling materials. OCM’s approach includes identifying opportunities for organisations to limit waste generation and embrace reuse or recycling strategies. Our mission is to help clients integrate these strategies into operations, reducing overall environmental footprint and costs. We can help organisations identify quick wins or create strategies focused on long-term improvement.
Sustainability is about creating the conditions necessary for all people, current and future, to thrive in harmony with the natural environment – it’s about achieving balance between the environment, society, and economy. ESG considerations help stakeholders evaluate an organisation’s environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities. OCM advises businesses on how to identify material risks and opportunities, develop their sustainability ambitions and integrate them into strategies, systems, policies, processes, and governance to drive organisational transformation. We can support your organisation to understand its level of sustainability maturity, develop robust and actionable roadmaps and drive effective implementation.
Our communities, economies, livelihoods, and collective wellbeing all depend on the health of the natural world, but natural systems are breaking down and biodiversity loss is increasing. Adopting a nature-positive approach involves understanding your organisation’s impacts on nature and putting in place measures to halt and reverse nature loss. OCM supports organisations to understand and manage nature-related risks and identify opportunities and to develop strategies to move towards nature positive outcomes. This includes establishing processes, policies, systems, governance, data and reporting, assisting with disclosures and supporting organisations to implement projects with positive outcomes for nature.
Understanding and managing the intersection between the environment and team members is crucial to operating a successful organisation. OCM works with clients to help them achieve environmental compliance, establish effective occupational health and safety management systems that are aligned with international standards, and verify adherence to these standards.
Fair practices that support social wellbeing are critical for successful organisations. OCM champions human rights and social impact by assisting clients to implement First Nations participation and procurement, develop local industry participation plans to lift skills, training, and employment, manage modern slavery risks, implement community benefit schemes and drive improved social outcomes through procurement targets. We also support the delivery of innovative social infrastructure and programs.
OCM respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands across Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
