Sustainability Consulting

Future-Proof Your Business.

Grubengold is your partner for sustainable and innovative transformation. From strategy to implementation and cultural change, we make complex requirements tangible and help your organisation stay ahead of regulation, stakeholders, and the climate agenda.

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Trusted by changemakers

We have shaped sustainable transformation & innovation in more than 100 companies.

Uniper GLS Bank Eprimo IHK Vaillant

What we do

End-to-end support for your sustainable transition.

Our interdisciplinary team combines strategy, innovation, and implementation expertise to anchor sustainability across your business.

Strategy

  • Materiality assessments and stakeholder engagement
  • Rapid strategy development and company workshops
  • Transformation roadmaps and scenario planning
  • Business model innovation for green growth

Implementation & Reporting

  • CSRD, GRI, VSME and DNK-aligned sustainability reporting
  • Corporate and product carbon footprints (CCF & LCA)
  • Compliance with LkSG, whistleblowing, EU taxonomy and more
  • Impact measurement dashboards and KPI frameworks

Transformation

  • Decarbonisation strategies and energy transition programs
  • Circular value chain and regenerative product design
  • Change management and culture design for sustainability
  • Rapid prototyping and development competencies

Academy & Community

  • Masterclasses and executive retreats on sustainability
  • Thought leadership talks, podcasts, and knowledge hubs
  • Innovation and transformation networks like Nachhaltigkeit.Ruhr and e-combinator
  • Pro-bono programmes empowering local change makers

How we work

Lean Sustainability Framework

The Lean Sustainability Framework (LSF) condenses the journey toward a climate-positive operating model onto a single canvas. Inspired by the Business Model Canvas, it gives teams a shared view of strategy, enablers, and the transformation roadmap.

Strategic foundation

Capture status quo insights, external requirements, and your business case for sustainability—then translate the ambition into a clear vision and roadmap.

Implementation enablers

Set up the change team, data backbone, reporting, certifications, and carbon accounting that keep execution on track.

Transformation in action

Activate culture, operations, supply chain, products, and services so every part of the organisation moves with the sustainability strategy.

Request the framework

Get the Lean Sustainability Framework canvas and starter guidance via email. More information on the LSF is available on our German website here.

Project case studies

Choose the right starting point for your organisation. Here are some of the ways we've helped other organisations.

Sustainability Strategy Workshop

We've run this workshop with more than a hundred organisations. Align leadership on the ambition, identify priority themes, and map a pragmatic roadmap towards your sustainability vision.

Sustainability Reporting

Build transparent reports aligned with CSRD, GRI, VSME and DNK while establishing reliable data governance. We created pragmatic reporting for clients such as TÜV Nord, iqony, ...

Carbon Accounting & Reduction

Quantify emissions across scopes, define science-based targets, and activate reduction initiatives that deliver measurable impact for production as well as service companies. We can focus on the company (CCF) or product level (LCA).

Innovation & Circularity

Develop sustainable products, circular business models, and regenerative services that unlock new growth. For a German energy company, we developed a digital energy product with more than 20,000 users.

Sustainability Academy

Upskill teams with tailored masterclasses, leadership retreats, and immersive learning experiences. Our ten-week sustainability masterclass has empowered many professionals from various industries.

Materiality Analysis

Engage stakeholders, assess double materiality, and translate insights into clear priorities for strategy and reporting for companies of various sizes and industries, including one of Germany's most sustainable financial institutions GLS Bank.

Request more information

Contact us for detailed info on our projects.

About us

A collective of strategists, innovators, and sustainability nerds.

From policy experts to designers and management professionals, our group of consultants brings deep expertise and a collaborative mindset. We work with organisations that want to lead the transition—not follow it. We translate regulation into opportunity, connect strategy with hands-on delivery, and build the teams and tools that keep momentum strong.

We partner with founders, SME leaders, and enterprises change-makers across Europe to accelerate decarbonisation, circular innovation, and responsible growth. The common thread: pragmatic collaboration, measurable outcomes, and a culture that makes sustainability stick.

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Headquartered in Bochum, active across Europe Members of several sustainability networks Certified partners for B-Corp, Ecovadis & GWÖ journeys

Let's collaborate

Ready to accelerate your sustainability agenda?

Share your challenge and we will design a tailored engagement— from strategic advisory to hands-on implementation.