Sustainability engagement is the element that unlocks an organization’s full potential to prosper, for people and the planet alike. Our team brings sustainability-specific expertise and a participatory approach to identify and build the engagement strategies most relevant to your organization. For us, that means centering equity and accessibility from the start. The most resilient organizations are the ones built together, with the full range of perspectives within them. The world cannot truly thrive until everyone can thrive.

Engagement and Communication Services

We work with universities, municipalities, corporations, and mission-driven organizations to move sustainability strategy into daily practice through several core services:

Strategic Storytelling & Climate Communication: Turning sustainability data into messaging that moves people to act and holds up when your claims are put to the test.

Sustainability Engagement Survey: Benchmarking your organization’s culture with data, so investment goes where it will actually pay off.

Engagement Strategy & Programming: Building the groups and structures that sustain momentum, so early progress doesn’t fade before it takes hold.

Facilitation: Helping teams turn plans into shared action, with faster alignment that means less time and money lost to rework.

Engagement isn’t a value line item. It determines whether a sustainability investment actually pays off.

Not sure which service fits your organization? Schedule a 15-minute call to talk it through.

Strategic Storytelling and Climate Communication

Why It Matters. People only act on sustainability information they actually understand. Communication is what turns data into something employees, customers, and communities recognize and respond to.

Our Approach. We build the communication systems and content that keep sustainability visible and understandable across every part of your organization, so your message lands and your claims hold up when they’re put to the test. On request, we can build campaign content and reporting materials to meet WCAG AA or other standards relevant to your organization, so it reaches your full audience, not just part of it.

Sustainability communication increasingly needs to align with the broader landscape of disclosure and verification frameworks, including CSRD, ISSB, GRI, and third-party assurance standards. Many of these frameworks require a documented engagement process. For help with formal disclosure and compliance requirements, see our Climate Disclosure and Compliance services.

Our Frameworks:

• Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM)
• National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI)

Our Methods: 

• Communication Strategy & Planning
• Content Creation & Comprehensive Campaigns
• Audience & Channel Mapping

Sustainability Engagement Survey

Measure. Complete a Sustainability Engagement Survey to gain actionable insights about your organization’s engagement with sustainability.

Understand. Key parties will provide insights on the importance of organizational sustainability strategy and the alignments they see between sustainability and your organization’s mission.

Benchmark. Understand how your organization is performing against 40+ peer institutions, across 6+ industries, and track progress over time.

Act. Survey results guide organizational sustainability engagement strategy to advance your sustainability goals. Because you’re investing based on data, not guesswork, every dollar goes where it’s proven to matter.

Engagement Strategy & Programming

Why It Matters. Sustainability engagement unlocks an organization’s true potential to thrive, benefiting people, the planet, and the pocketbook. Lasting impact depends on structures that carry that momentum well past the initial launch.

This work draws on the IAP2 Public Participation Methodology, C40 Inclusive Community Engagement, and Organizational Change Management (PROSCI ADKAR).

Our Approach:

• Awareness Building: Earth Month, Event Planning, Toolkit Development
• Ongoing Structures: Key Parties Mapping, Working Groups, Ambassador Groups
• Focused Problem-Solving: Workshops, Subject Matter Experts

Facilitation

Our Approach. We design programs, systems, and structures that are participatory and inclusive, turning plans into shared action, with faster alignment that means less time and money lost to rework.

Our Frameworks:

• Technology of Participation (ToP)
• Trauma-Informed Facilitation
• Emotional Intelligence for Facilitation
• Conflict Mediation Principles

Let’s talk!

Verdis Group’s engagement and communication work gives your organization the expertise and tools to set yourself apart as a climate leader. Reach out today to start your journey with us.