Services

The main service offerings provided by EnviroStrat include impact investment, business growth, project and programme management, strategy, policy and evaluation, and complex stakeholder engagement. EnviroStrat’s core team has been developed as a consortium of highly skilled individuals covering a range of specialist areas such as planning and decision making, iwi consultation and engagement, science, economics, strategy, and project management.

Business Strategy and Growth

EnviroStrat has extensive experience in growing businesses through Mergers and acquisitions, regulatory change, and capital raising. This includes:

  • Mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector
  • Due diligence and post-acquisition strategic planning in the energy and primary sectors
  • Creation of new government agencies following regulatory reform
  • Business planning

Our team revels in the high pressure environment that business growth inevitably creates, and find that a focused plan of attack coupled with strong and effective communication, risk management and commitment to the task invariably lead to success.

Previous projects include:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Led due diligence for a NZ$55 Million acquisition in the marine sector
    • Led change programme for US$1 Billion acquisition in the energy sector capable of running 25% of New York’s power supply
    • Led integration for a US$5 Billion merger in the energy sector, providing 25% of New York, and 50% of Boston electricity demand
  • Regulatory Change
    • Programme manager for creation of a new public sector entity in New Zealand
  • Business Planning
    • Prepared a long term business plan for global growth of the Fishery Performance Indicator toolset, on behalf of the World Bank
  • Capital Raising & Execution of Business Strategy
    • Raised over NZ$1 Million to allow execution of a business strategy in a tourism business in New Zealand

Project and Programme Management

EnviroStrat has led the execution of strategic change and regulatory-driven initiatives in multiple sectors around the world over the past two decades, including:

  • creation of new entities
  • major programme mobilisation
  • project rescue
  • project health checks

These initiatives have invariably been complex, time sensitive and high pressure, and the capability and experience of EnviroStrat ensures delivery to time, quality and cost

Previous projects include:

  • Responsible for leading the Ministry for the Environment team establishing an Environmental Protection Authority.
    • Developed the long term operating model
    • Led inter-agency consultation
    • Created organisational impact assessment, and transition plan for the EPA
    • Developed all new systems, processes and functional requirements for day one of operation
  • Leading the development and drafting of a long term Restoration Strategy that will prioritise and guide future investment in restoration activities for the Waikato River Authority, river iwi, councils and industry.  It will ultimately provide for the attainment of the Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River, which is the guiding document that underpins freshwater management in NZ’s largest watershed.

Strategy, Policy and Evaluation

EnviroStrat has a long track record in developing strategy, public policy, and running organisational and programme evaluations around the world, including:

  • Creating international and national strategies
  • Assessing effectiveness of programmes and institutions
  • Creating and implementing new policy

Previous projects include:

  • Lead author of a cross-UN paper Blueprint for Ocean Sustainability that provided the collective UN agency input to the Rio +20 Earth Summit.
  • Lead reviewer of mid term assessment for three, multi-year Primary Growth Partnership funded programmes, collectively worth in excess of $50M.

Complex Stakeholder Engagement

EnviroStrat frequently works with clients planning and executing strategies for complex stakeholder engagement. This includes situations where multiple parties have seemingly intractable positions that appear to be leading to conflict.

Inevitably we find that clear and consistent planning, understanding of the various stakeholder positions, and a willingness to genuinely engage and consult will identify a path forward that works for the different perspectives.

An example of this type of work is:

  • Retained to work between Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (TRONT), Meridian and its consultants to ensure cultural perspectives were taken into account when identifying and planning the mitigation measures for Project Aqua