Stuck on sustainability?

We’re a consulting and advisory collective who help SME and independent businesses to define and implement sustainability strategies that are smart, nimble and as unique as your organisation.

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We help organisations who want to do good, do more good

In today's business world, sustainability isn't just a nice-to-have—it's the secret sauce for success. Whatever kind of organisation you're running, weaving sustainability into your growth strategies is crucial for staying ahead of the game. Yet, diving into sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) can feel like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube in the dark. No wonder many leaders feel like they're chasing their tails with carbon reporting, are baffled by B-Corp, or are left scratching their heads about how stability can spring from more change and complexity.

The stakes in sustainability and ESG are high. Balancing the need to mitigate risk while grabbing new opportunities is a delicate dance. This isn't just about saving the planet (though that’s a pretty big deal); it's about future-proofing your business for success.

That's where we come in. For SMEs and larger owner-managed outfits, we offer both quick fixes and long-term strategic advice in ESG and sustainability. Our consultants, whether working solo or as part of an Extra Brain team, have a hotline to a treasure trove of support, insights, and expertise from our entire collective of carefully curated independent advisors. Essential to navigate a fast-changing space.

So, let’s turn those sustainability and ESG challenges into opportunities for growth and resilience. Partner with us, and together, we'll transform your business and make the world a better place—one green step at a time.

Extra Brain Impact is proud to work alongside Bexley Beaumont. Bexley Beaumont are a multi-award-winning law firm with strong ESG capabilities and specialisms in governance, reporting, compliance. They also help clients navigate the complex world of domestic, international, and sector-specific policy. This partnership enables us to provide a seamless blend of strategic and governance advice, enabling clients from all sectors to make progress confidently.

A philosophy, not a methodology.

An advisory approach as unique as your business.

No cookie-cutter approaches, no rigid frameworks.

Quick to onboard, faster to add value.

Collaborate with senior leaders with 10+ years in industry.

No limits to accessing skills you need.

More than 20 disciplines (and growing), at your fingertips.

Team spirit from Day One.

Work with independents with existing chemistry and trusted relationships.

Fit for purpose, perfectly matched.

Disciplines + experience + personality = Problem, sector + culture fit.

Curated skills, a collective mentality.

The Extra Brain Impact collective is a carefully curated array of skills, sector knowledge and personalities, mindfully mixed because businesses are ever-changing and unique. Our discipline, experience and personality mix gives you problem, sector and culture fit.

Consultants work solo or as part of Extra Brain teams; and always have instant access to the wider support, insight and expertise of the collective. You buy one but secretly, you get them all.

Extra Brain Impact combines the following skills

Industry best practice, governance and legal counsel
Business model, and product and service innovation
Sustainability strategy
Compliance
Impact Reporting
Designing impact initiatives
B Corp certification

What clients say about us

“Jess and Veronika at Extra Brain were key to the successful delivery of our workshop. On challenging timescales, Extra Brain brought a lot of value at every step of the workshop journey, from the workshop structure and purpose to managing the communication of the outputs. Extra Brain brought a different perspective and were flexible, in responding to the dynamic circumstances.”

Matteo Gianella-Borradori

Global R&D Director, Unilever Homecare

“Working through B Corp certification has changed our business for the better. Heidi supported a time-poor team to quickly and effectively implement positive change across the business. Staff feel empowered, shareholders are clear on our direction and customers have more transparency.”
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Peter Johnson

Managing Director, National Geographic Kids

“We had a 20 minute chat with Victoria and then brought her straight onto our team. As we grow we’ll need more of Victoria’s knowledge and support and we’ve already scoped for that.As our business is at the intersection of e-commerce, technology, sustainability and media – its likely we’ll want more Brains as and when we need them. Knowing that we’ve got rapid access to skills we don’t yet know we need, is invaluable.

James Moore

Commercial Director, Electroheads Ltd

Our Extra Brains

Agency specialists with 10+ years experience. All of ouragency brains part of the wider Extra Brain collective.

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Extra Brain CEO & Advisor

A Board Advisor for 8 years, with clients spanning the duration. Before hanging up her MD hat, Jess racked up 20+ years running small service businesses. She is the Founder & CEO of the Extra Brain collective and works with Liam to triage projects to our Impact Advisors.

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Advisor and Extra Brain Impact Lead

Liam is a people & planet focussed consultant with 20+ years of experience in the Sustainability, Financial Services and SME fields. Liam has built sustainability strategies, led global tech & regulatory projects + advised SMEs and NFPs on growth.

Hugh Goulborne (he/him)
Legal Counsel - Bexley Beaumont

Hugh has 20+ years of experience across the public, private and third sectors in the follow areas: Policy (Skills, business growth & ESG) / Legal (commercial contracts & data privacy) / Finance (clean energy and nature recovery)

Sustainability Advisor

A qualified accountant with 20+ years corporate experience, overseeing major commercial turnarounds. Her passion for sustainability led to becoming a qualified practitioner. Sharon now helps clients deliver sustainability strategy and sustainable financial reporting requirements.

Emma Evans (she/her)
Legal Counsel - Bexley Beaumont

Emma is an experienced Regulatory Lawyer, specialising in Health and Safety Law. She has over a twelve years experience of advising in health and safety (H&S), and regularly acts for clients (from SMEs through to large corporates and PLCs) across a range of sectors and high-hazard industries

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Heid Florence (she/her)
Sustainability and B Corp Specialist

Years of working as a client lead in agencies led Heidi to want to help agency founders make their businesses more sustainable. Now, Heidi acts as a guiding light to help agencies certify for B Corp or adopt sustainable practices.

Emma Tattersdill (she/her)
Legal Counsel - Bexley Beaumont

With a practice dedicated to environmental law, Emma supports clients with all aspects of environmental regulation, or the legal drivers for the "E" in ESG.

Strategist for Social Good

Bex is a market researcher and strategist with 15+ years experience in Europe, USA and Asia. Her sweet spot is tackling complex problems with in-depth research and developing insight-led brand and marketing strategy to solve them.

Elizabeth Selby (she/her)
Legal Counsel - Bexley Beaumont

Elizabeth works with a wide range of businesses, helping them to negotiate and document contractual relationships in line with their ESG strategy, as well as creating internal and external policies to promote and fulfil their ethos and values. Elizabeth’s client base in the ESG space covers industries as diverse as creative design, market research, branded merchandise and supply chain logistics.

Feeling stuck on sustainability?
An extra brain will help

We help organisations who want to do good, do more good.
A free initial consultation will help you to identify who you need, and how to get started.

Our brains have been busy

Leading agency becomes a B Corp

We helped a fast growing London communication and experiential agency plan their business transformation journey and certify for B Corp.

Roadmap to Net Zero

Supporting a global leadership team spanning; R&D, science, marketing and product of a leading homecare group. With expert strategic input and facilitation, we helped them design new roadmaps towards their Net Zero commitments, covering several geo-territories and multiple product lines.

B Corp for publishing

Advising one of the UK’s & Australia’s leading children’s magazine publishers on the role of B-Corp principles to support their future growth strategy, and helping them certify to become a B Corp.

Carbon neutrality plan for a fast growing SME

Developing a sustainability strategy for a fast-growing UK-based alcoholic spirits brand, building a pathway to carbon neutrality within 5 years.

Local Net Zero goals

Advising an inner city London council on their next steps to a Net Zero strategy

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