Granito Group | Impact Economy

Management Consulting

Embedding sustainability into the fibers of a financial institution is a highly complex practice, mostly because there is no universal clarity or standardized methods on how to maximize value through ESG factors. It is sadly easy to incur decision-making mistakes or opt for value-sacrificing shortcuts.

With an international team with a strong track record in finance, strategy, and ESG, we partner with our clients to build investment structures that maximize financial returns through the integration of ESG policies, practices, and data.

We partner with financial institutions — institutional investors, fund managers, wealth managers, banks — to transform the way they manage capital by unlocking the financial power of ESG. This requires working with top management to design and implement strategies that encompass culture, organization, processes, and capabilities.

How we serve you

STRATEGY CONSULTING

We advise financial organisations at the highest-level in an unbiased fashion, using deep industry knowledge to deliver superlative results.

We work on integrating ESG principles, practices and data into business culture and strategy to enhance performance and ultimately create additional value for shareholders and other stakeholders.

COMPLEX ISSUES

We are recognized for helping our clients untangle the most complex sustainability and business problems to optimize the inherent value of ESG. To that end, our work typically involves heavy amounts of specialized research and analysis.

We draw on our long experience in the field to provide our clients with an audit of current procedures, our bespoke recommendation for improvement, and an operational action plan, which we monitor closely to ensure successful implementation.

SPECIALIZED TEAM

One of our competitive advantages is our highly talented and diverse team, made up of individuals with dense expertise on sustainability and financial markets.

Most of our senior staff has contributed to the growth of the global sustainability market and has developed pioneering and specialized research or analytical methods on sustainability.

Meet our
people

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Justin Sloggett, CFA

Project Director

Justin Sloggett is a sustainability consultant with strong expertise in developing responsible investment strategies, processes, valuation models, analysis, and reporting for asset owners and managers.

During his 20 years in the investment industry, he has worked within many financial-service firms including, consultancies, a credit rating agency, a proxy voting agency, Principles for Responsible Investment, asset managers, and asset owners.

Justin previously worked for SRI Connect as Head of Sustainable Investment Research and Markets. Whilst at Fitch Ratings, he supported rating analysts with integrating ESG factors into credit ratings and scores. Prior to Fitch Ratings, Justin was the Head of ESG Investment Research and Head of Public Markets at PRI, where he ran the Listed Equity, Fixed Income, and Hedge Fund work streams.

Justin has also worked for the Co-operative Asset Management as a Responsible Investment Analyst, where he was responsible for ESG integration and worked closely with the investment research team and the portfolio managers.

Prior to this, Justin worked for F&C Asset Management PLC as an Investment Support Analyst within the Alternative Assets teams.

Justin graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a CFA® charterholder.