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Sustainability Consulting – Transform Your Operations Responsibly

Enhance your operations with Toptal’s Sustainability Consulting. Our consultants will guide you in integrating sustainable practices into your business activities, strategies, and decision-making processes. Achieve long-lasting operational efficiency while embracing environmental, social, and governance standards.

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Clients Served

25,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

20,000+

Toptal Total Projects Completed

64,000+

Industries Served

300+

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Our Services

Toptal Sustainability Consulting Services

Empower your business with actionable sustainability strategies. Our consulting services drive environmental impact, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.

Environmental Sustainability Consultancy

Develop strategies to reduce your environmental footprint and ensure long-term, sustainable growth.

Carbon Footprint Analysis

Identify and reduce carbon emissions through precise measurement and strategic reduction plans.

Sustainability Strategy

Create actionable sustainability strategies that drive operational efficiency and corporate responsibility.

Impact Investing

Align your investments with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals to maximize both impact and returns.

Sustainability Reporting

Implement transparent reporting practices that align with industry standards and stakeholder expectations.

Life-cycle Assessments

Conduct comprehensive life-cycle assessments to evaluate the environmental impact of products or processes.

Materiality Assessments

Conduct materiality assessments to identify and address environmental and social factors that are most critical to your business.

ESG Reporting and Compliance

Ensure accurate and transparent environmental, social, and governance reporting to meet investor expectations.

Sustainable Solutions

Design innovative, practical solutions that enhance sustainability across operations and product development.

Energy Efficiency Audits

Maximize energy savings by identifying inefficiencies and implementing cost-effective solutions.

Sustainable Finance Advisory

Guide your investments toward sustainable projects and funding opportunities.

Sustainable Product Innovation

Develop eco-friendly products that meet market demand and satisfy regulatory requirements.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Sustainability Consulting Services

Our sustainability consulting team, with experience at leading companies, will work with you to develop and deploy tailored solutions that meet your business needs and unique industry demands, providing you with world-class results and long-term success.

Discover

Define

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether it’s assessing your carbon footprint or implementing sustainability best practices.

Deploy

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Michael Valocchi

GM of Management Consulting

Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He has focused his career on building consulting practices and advising clients on business, financial, and technology challenges, as well as leading business transformations for clients in a variety of industries.Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He is also a guest lecturer at Columbia and Baruch universities.

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Sustainability Consulting Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading sustainability consulting services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

Managed Delivery by Toptal

End-to-end project delivery per your specific requirements.

GM of Management Consulting

Delivery Manager

Sustainability Consultant

Operations Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Business Strategy Consultant

Operations Consultant

Sustainability Consultant

Michael Valocchi

GM of Management Consulting

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Experience

35+ Years

Lauren Beam

Delivery Manager

Lauren serves as Toptal’s Senior Director of Managed Delivery with a focus on driving high-impact innovation and implementing cutting-edge technologies across diverse client portfolios, from global startups to Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise in product strategy, program development, and performance optimization contributes to her success in crafting forward-thinking solutions that redefine success in the ever-evolving tech landscape.

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Experience

10+ Years

Francesco Castellano

Verified Expert in Finance

16+ Years

of Experience

Sustainability Consultant

Francesco has 16+ years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company, and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo Lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Barbara Close

Verified Expert in Finance

36+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in a variety of industries for 36+ years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multidimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.

Previously at

Gustavo Pinto Guimaraes

Verified Expert in Finance

14+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

Gustavo is an expert in management consulting with extensive experience working with digital native tech companies and retail, energy, and telecom corporations. He combines strong analytical, abstract thinking, and problem-solving skills with a remarkable capacity to connect strategic, product, and commercial perspectives.

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Rick Ferrone

Verified Expert in Finance

30+ Years

of Experience

Business Strategy Consultant

Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with more than 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.

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Peer Hackman

Verified Expert in Finance

31+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Peer is a strategy and growth consultant with 31+ years of experience. He has worked with leading corporations, private equity firms, and top-tier consulting firms, such as McKinsey, PwC, and Capgemini, across strategy, growth, GTM, opportunity and market potential assessment, change management, digital transformation, innovation management, and operational improvement. Peer advises clients in technology, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, and energy.

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Katarina Seach

Verified Expert in Product Management

12+ Years

of Experience

Sustainability Consultant

Katarina has more than 12 years of tech experience with global brands in the music, sustainability, edtech, and service industries. As a product manager, she has worked on consumer, B2B, e-commerce, and SaaS products. Katarina has built products from seed ideas to go-to-market, and scaled products with hundreds of thousands of end users.

Previously at

On-demand Talent and Teams

20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Sustainability Consultant

Operations Consultant

Strategy Consultant

Business Transformation Consultant

Innovation Consultant

ESG Consultant

Strategy Consultant

Operations Consultant

Strategy Consultant

Verified Expert in Finance

12+ Years

of Experience

Sustainability Consultant

Sebastian is a seasoned company builder who brings a successful track record of more than 12 years of experience in the field. He combines a deep expertise in process optimization, scaling, and sales strategy with a continuous learning ethos. Known for unparalleled management acumen, Sebastian thrives in identifying bottlenecks, refining systems, and pioneering sales tactics. His talent lies in steering complex projects, optimizing performance, and fostering professional engagements.

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Verified Expert in Finance

26+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients’ business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has more than 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.

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Verified Expert in Finance

13+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

A Brown graduate with an MBA from Emory, Ruyi has more than 13 years of tier 1 consulting experience across strategy, transformation, and M&A in Australia and the US. She has developed a GTM strategy for Origin.

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Verified Expert in Finance

13+ Years

of Experience

Business Transformation Consultant

David is a seasoned professional with a record of more than a decade of helping clients deliver exceptional results, including advising Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) and acquisitions of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus. His background includes working at McKinsey & Company as its consumer and retail practices lead, and now as a strategy lead at the largest food company in North America. David joined Toptal to continue advising clients to solve some of the most challenging problems.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

13+ Years

of Experience

Innovation Consultant

Fabian is a Stanford MBA with 13+ years of experience in business strategy, business development, and leadership. He led two healthtech startups and closed deals with leading pharma companies; built a business development unit at AeroFarms that partnered with Fortune 500 companies, such as Cargill, AB InBev, and Roche; saved Intel $400 million in its run rate through an out-of-the-box solution; and raised money from prominent VCs.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

19+ Years

of Experience

ESG Consultant

Juan is a trusted financial advisor and a hands-on people coach focused on achieving financial excellence and business growth. For more than 19 years, she’s supported the business revival of the million-dollar EBIT improvement and business upscaling. Juan’s ability to effectively lead economic transformation results from her Lean Six Sigma background. Her freelancing empowers Juan to help a diversity of businesses to grow effectively and sustainably.

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Verified Expert in Finance

11+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

Fabian is a seasoned consultant who has been building growth strategies for SaaS, FMCG, and service companies, as well as for his own ventures for 11+ years. His fields of expertise include market research, financial analysis, omnichannel marketing, and outbound and inbound sales strategy. Fabian combines his full-stack programming skills with his entrepreneurial acumen to drive results as he enjoys helping businesses plan, analyze, and expand their operations.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

14+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Reid partners with executives to quickly uncover new value by transforming their operating models and organizations. In his decade of experience at two of the largest international consulting firms, he has worked with CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs on the operating model and organizational assessments, organizational redesigns, shared services transitions, and digital transformations. Reid has helped executives identify more than $350 million in cost savings and more than $600 million in revenue uplift.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Finance

10+ Years

of Experience

Strategy Consultant

Arvind is a consultant with more than 10 years of experience, including at KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY, across the Middle East, America, India, and Europe. He has delivered 30+ projects, including growth strategies and business plans; M&A and financial analyses; pitch decks; and go-to-market, branding, and digital strategies. Arvind has a demonstrated track record in planning and delivering complex transformations ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris.

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Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

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Toptal helps leading consulting firm deliver SaaS solution for clients seeking to improve their carbon footprint.

Challenge: The AI division of a leading consulting firm envisioned a SaaS product to help clients measure and strategically reduce their carbon footprint, but needed a team of hard-to-find experts to plan, develop, and market their new product.

Outcome: Toptal helped the client conceptualize their product, providing user research experts and strategists to define their market fit. From there, expert developers worked to build a complete SaaS product from the ground up.

Impact: By delivering an end-to-end solution, Toptal helped the client create cutting-edge software that stood out in the market. The software has already been adopted by 15 businesses that are benefiting from a more streamlined and accessible carbon footprint consultancy.

OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Explore Insights From the Sustainability Field

Read the latest articles and resources to keep you current on emerging trends in sustainability.

Caution to the Wind: Views on the Renewable Energy Growth Boom

Renewable energy generation, led by solar PV and wind power, is growing at a considerable rate. Innovations are lowering the cost to generate such power to levels of traditional fossil fuels. Yet underneath the positive headlines, there are some fundamental issues that remain in the long-term sustainability of business models in the industry.

Dhruv Tandan

Verified Expert in Finance

Dhruv has worked on successful finance and consulting projects worth more than $1 billion, focusing on tech, energy, and life science companies across the US, Asia, and Africa. He has more than 15 years of experience in FP&A, fundraising, startup consulting, M&A, and project finance.

Expertise

Energy Sector

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