Industries
Sustainability and social impact for all industries
Aleron was established to bring a new approach to creating positive and sustainable change around the world. No matter the industry, Aleron helps organisations to improve their social impact and sustainability.
We understand how difficult it can be to make sustainable change happen at scale; realising it requires focus, collaboration and ambition. After many years of working in this space, we have seen the effect that carefully targeted action can have on society and the environment, whether it is leading the way with new cancer researchers or reducing carbon emissions.
Our work across industries gives us a real breadth of experience and helps us share learnings, perspectives and best practices. But while we stretch across sectors, we offer unique and specialised insight required to define and deliver each client’s social and environmental agenda.
For each industry and project, we put together a team of experts best placed to unlock client opportunities and drive positive sustainable change.
Education
Effective and accessible education, training and mentorship are key to improving employability, mobility and professional development. This is a fast-growing but ever-changing environment, with shifting requirements and new technologies. We work with a range of educational institutions and training providers, universities, colleges, tutoring firms and research institutes.
We also work on improving the environmental sustainability of the education sector, including online education, digital solutions, and smart campuses.
Energy
As the energy sector is transitioning to a more sustainable model, we work with innovative startups to develop strategies and raise the capital required to bring their technology to market.
We also help utilities and power-generation companies design strategies to respond to changing contexts, and grow and transform their operating models responsibly and sustainably.
Financial Inclusion
Finance can be a force for good if deployed properly. We work on a wide range of social impact topics including financial inclusion and education, affordable credit and insurance, and sustainable and impact investing.
We also help financial institutions embed an ESG agenda to drive fundamental change and deliver on evolving customer demands.
Foundations
We partner with foundations and philanthropists to foster innovation across sectors, and accelerate positive social and sustainable outcomes. We develop strategies for social change and impact investment, evaluate programme impact, and guide the development of new tools and processes for the sector at large.
We have supported change in areas ranging from medical research, healthcare access, fostering and adoption, asylum seekers and refugees, and victims of abuse, to financial inclusion, food systems, water, waste and recycling, carbon reduction, and ethical AI.
Healthcare
The pandemic has demonstrated the vital role played by healthcare systems, pharma companies, and research institutes. The sector has drastically evolved in the last few years, becoming more collaborative and focused on patient engagement, patient outcomes and promoting diagnosis and prevention.
We work with our clients to address many of the challenges that remain, from health equity to the lack of sustainability of the sector as a whole. Waste is rife in all health systems too, with the value of medicines destroyed every year estimated to be in excess of $10 billion, while 2 billion people do not have access to basic healthcare.
Housing
The housing and property sectors have been changing rapidly over the last few years and the pace has been accelerated by the global pandemic. Our team has been involved in initiatives ranging from regenerating the local community at an Olympic site, measuring the social impact of low-cost housing in central London to developing the impact investing strategy of a housing association. We have also supported initiatives to make construction activities more sustainable.
NGOs & Non-profits
Since its inception, Aleron has worked with over 100 NGOs, nonprofits and charities internationally. Beyond supporting our clients to develop their theory of change and strategy, we assist them across their functional areas, from research, service delivery, advocacy, and income generation to impact management. We help them realise their purpose and make informed decisions by providing targeted operational insights, assessments, diagnostics and redesigns.
Professional services
Professional services firms including law firms are undergoing fundamental transformation as a result of digitisation, advanced analytics and the emergence of new market entrants. Issues such as ethics, equal opportunities or work-life balance have pushed corporate and social responsibility to the top of the agenda of many professional services firms.
We advise them on a broad range of CSR topics from strategy, governance and carbon reduction to community engagement and employees engagement.
Public Sector
We assist governments and public sector bodies to foster cross-sector collaboration, develop new ways of working to improve outcomes and deliver more efficiently.
From reaching net-zero targets to improving outcomes for children in care, we work with local and central public bodies to design new operating models, build up internal capabilities, integrate digital and analytics tools into their operations, and measure social and environmental outcomes.
Private Equity & Investment
The rapid growth of private capital and the growth of ESG investing bring unprecedented opportunities to unlock value while making a positive difference in the world. We work with private equity and ESG investors across the deal life cycle from strategy, due diligence to risk analysis and reporting.
We also help portfolio companies to maximise their impact and the efficiency of their operations.
Legal Services
ESG credentials are becoming a critical decider on many contractual agreements. The growing focus on materiality in reporting frameworks (e.g. GRI, IR, SASB, NFRD) has pushed many large organisations to start strengthening their materiality assessment processes and make them an integral part of their procurement. We have seen an increasing number of corporate clients requesting law firms to articulate their ESG strategy and achievements when bidding on their framework agreements.
Our Services
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Strategy
A strategy focused on creating value for society not only enables you to deliver your organisation’s purpose but also provides a means to navigate market uncertainty.
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Transformation
To survive and thrive in today’s business climate, organisations don’t just need to adapt: they need adapt quickly and effectively, again and again
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Impact
Our team brings extensive experience in social impact and sustainability reporting, including social return of investment, health economics, impact evaluations and sustainability reporting standards