Partners in Performance recognised for energy transition offering

17 January 2023 Consultancy.com.au

Partners in Performance has received recognition for its roadmap to support businesses with their net-zero ambitions, with the firm making the AFR’s annual most innovative companies list.

As organisations around the world embark on their transitions to net zero, many of the world’s largest consulting firms have scrambled to meet the demand.

Deloitte, for example, last year announced a $1 billion investment into building its Sustainability & Climate practice, which followed a similar commitment from rival KPMG. Others to have made sizable investments include management consulting heavyweights BCG and McKinsey.

Skipp Williamson, Managing Director, Partners in Performance

However, when it came to the AFR’s latest annual list of the most innovative companies, it was locally-born management consultancy Partners in Performance which got the nod among its professional services peers for their efforts in sustainability.

While Deloitte and Accenture may have featured, respectively for their GRAVITY space-tech initiative and augmented reality app for Marvel Stadium, Partners in Performance was the sole fully sustainability-focused entry.

As judged by Australian behavioural science consultancy Inventium, the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies list recognised Partners in Performance for the firm’s Energy Transition Roadmap, which it claims has in just the past two years helped businesses around the world to mitigate more than 50Mtpa CO2 – or, in more easily understood terms, the rough equivalent of removing the entire carbon impact of all car journeys in Australia over the same period.

“We are honoured to see our Energy Transition Roadmap recognised”, said Partners in Performance founder and managing director Skipp Williamson, who is considered one of the nation’s most influential consultants.

“This achievement is testimony to the collective realisation that industry is already making strides towards a net zero world, but more needs to be done to achieve meaningful results within the next 10 to 20 years.”

The Energy Transition Roadmap, the firm says, was established with the aim of supporting corporate emissions reduction goals with realistic, net present value (NPV) positive initiatives, which are developed in partnership and tailored to each client alongside the necessary capability building. The pragmatic, outcome-focused approach leverages subject matter expertise combined with an individual fact-based evaluation of energy options and economics.

Williamson: “Following the government’s announcement of ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets last year, our offering plays a pivotal role in helping organisations develop and deliver a net zero pathway within even tighter time frames. Our ambition with the Energy Transition Roadmap is to be a driving force in accelerating the planet’s transition to cleaner energy, and to debunk misconceptions that decarbonisation isn’t economically viable.”