Our Services

As advocates for sustainable value creation, we help financial institutions and companies direct capital and strategy toward initiatives that generate strong returns and deliver meaningful societal impact. At the heart of our approach is a commitment to transforming how businesses and investors create value.

Fund Managers

We work with private fund managers across the investment lifecycle to achieve their sustainable or impact investing objectives. At Ethos Advisors, we offer bespoke solutions designed to ensure comprehensive support that address each Manager’s unique priorities across private equity, debt and real estate.

  • We collaborate with your team to craft a robust firm-level sustainability or impact strategy that aligns with your organizational goals and industry best practices.

  • Whether you are a sustainability-focused fund or a traditional fund aiming to align with global sustainability standards, our team offers strategic expertise to navigate evolving regulatory and investor expectations.

  • We support your team with securing capital by crafting and communicating your fund’s distinct sustainability or impact narrative.

  • We equip your team with the tools and analysis to identify, evaluate, and select potential investments  based on an understanding of the sustainability risks and opportunities.

  • We work with Managers to incorporate sustainability considerations during the ownership period. We tailor the approach fund managers use to engage with their portfolio companies on sustainability, ensuring appropriate expectations based on each portfolio company or property’s stage.

  • We work closely with your team to provide investors with clear and timely information on the fund's sustainability performance. Our approach ensures that investors are kept up to date on emerging trends, regulatory changes, and potential impacts on the fund’s sustainability objectives.

  • From initial investment, we work with your team to evaluate potential exit opportunities and position portfolio companies to attract buyers.

  • We offer tailored curriculums to build sustainability expertise across your firm and within portfolio companies, empowering teams to integrate and execute on sustainability goals effectively.

Institutional Investors

We partner with institutional investors to transform their goals into impactful realities. By equipping investors with the knowledge to identify and invest in high-quality managers, we support our clients with creating sustainable value and achieving meaningful outcomes.

  • We help investors align their portfolios to their sustainability and impact goals.

  • As you seek to deploy capital, we work with you to identify managers whose investment strategies and operational practices match your defined sustainability requirements.

  • We support investors in tracking and evaluating the sustainability performance of their investments, providing insights and analysis to drive informed decision-making.

  • Recognizing the unique landscape within which institutional investors operate, it's crucial that your sustainability narrative resonates across a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, each with distinct interests and expectations. We assist by providing clear messaging that aligns with your sustainability goals and resonates across various audiences.

  • We offer tailored programs to build sustainability expertise among institutional investors and their selected fund managers, empowering teams to align investments and strategies with sustainability goals effectively.

Corporations

We partner with companies to embed sustainability across their strategy, operations and growth initiatives. Our approach is tailored to each organization’s maturity and ambition, helping business leaders turn sustainability into a lever for performance, innovation and long-term value creation.

  • We work with leadership teams to define a clear sustainability vision, prioritize material issues and build actionable roadmaps that align business objectives with environmental and social impact goals.

  • We help companies embed sustainability into governance structures, management systems and decision-making processes to ensure accountability and measurable progress.

  • From supply chains to product strategy, we identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce risk and capture value through sustainable business practices.

  • We support companies in navigating evolving reporting standards and frameworks (e.g., ISSB, CSRD, TCFD), ensuring transparent communication with investors, customers and other stakeholders.

  • We design tailored programs to build internal capabilities and foster a sustainability mindset across teams and business units.

Fractional CSO Support

We provide experienced sustainability leadership on a fractional basis for organizations seeking strategic guidance without the overhead of a full-time Chief Sustainability Officer.

  • Acting as an extension of your leadership team, we guide the development and execution of sustainability strategies aligned with your company’s goals, sector context and growth stage.

  • We design and oversee sustainability governance frameworks, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities and cross-functional integration.

  • We establish and manage initiatives that build credibility and deliver measurable outcomes.

  • We lead or support sustainability reporting, board presentations and investor or customer communications, ensuring your story is both compliant and compelling.

  • We offer short- or medium-term leadership coverage during periods of transition, growth or recruitment. This ensures continuity and momentum in sustainability performance.