Sustainable Business Development
in Fashion & Furniture
developing and implementing
environmental, social and governance strategies
with material impact
Environment
Social
Governance
Material is a boutique advisory working with management, boards, private equity and operational teams on material sustainability matters
OUR PHILOSOPY
We believe good sustainability work
starts with management and boards
is approached like business development
becomes embedded in all operational activities
is fact-based
acts before it communicates
requires deep content knowledge
works with targets and quantified measures
focuses on topics that make a real difference
engages with stakeholders
appreciates that implementation is really difficult
participates in industry initiatives and cooperations
doesn’t give up
THIS IS WHAT WE WORK WITH
EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK
Circularity strategy
for furniture company
CO2 reduction roadmap
to reach 2030 target
Product traceability
for core fashion collection
Compliance and risk assessment
Supply Chain Due Diligence for design company
Sustainable materials
roadmap for fashion company
GRI sustainability report
for fashion company
Board & Management
ESG workshop for fashion company
Employee training
for fashion company
Marianne Tochtermann
SUSTAINABILITY AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Marianne has worked with sustainability in the fashion and furniture industry for the past 10 years.
She applies her strategy and business development experience from McKinsey & Company and Carlsberg Breweries to help companies work strategically and systematically with sustainability.
Marianne works with fashion and furniture brands, private equity, boards, factories, retailers, recycling startups and software companies offering sustainability solutions.
Marianne is a Global Reporting Initiative professional and has written numerous sustainability reports.
Partners & Cooperations
LEVERAGING EXPERTISE AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
Marianne is at all times working with a number of in-house and external sustainability consultants and experts on projects depending on scope and content.
The team is working with many different software solutions and content providers for reporting, product traceability, GHG emission accounting, external auditing, chemical managment, extended producer responsibility compliance and sustainable material sourcing.
We are certified GRI professionals writing comprehensive sustainability reports & preparing companies for future reporting requirements.
We are active members of Textile Exchange and their work to identify, evaluate and measure more sustainable materials and products.
We work with multi-stakeholder initiatives: UN Global Compact, UN SDGs, Taskforce for Climate related Financial Disclosures, Science Based Target initiative, Fair Wear Foundation, Amfori/BSCI
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