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Click on one of the list of contrasting projects below for examples of how we work in practice

PACT - Nine Developmental Pathways
PACT - Nine Developmental Pathways,
How does change happen? More is needed than just deciding to work from a higher response level! Our research suggests that each level needs a strong base in the six response levels: capacity needs to develop upwards step by step. To sustain movement from one response level to another requires parallel progress along nine complementary developmental pathways. These - and the ways in which they interact - are summarised briefly here. [more...]
PACT - Six Levels of Response
PACT - Six Levels of Response,
Alexander Ballard, in collaboration with Hampshire County Council, have developed PACT, a research-based framework for strategic capacity building designed to help organisations respond to climate change mitigation and adaptation pressures, as well as other aspects of the sustainable development agenda.[more...]
PACT - Strategic Management Tool
PACT - Strategic Management Tool,
Alexander Ballard Ltd, in collaboration with Hampshire County Council, have developed PACT, a research-based framework for strategic capacity building designed to help organisations respond to climate change mitigation and adaptation pressures, as well as other aspects of the sustainable development agenda.[more...]
Workshop - Responding to Climate Change
Workshop - Responding to Climate Change,
ASP Learning Events in collaboration with ABL present a half day workshop to highlight ABL's ground breaking PACT methodology developed to help organisations assess their exposure to climate change and develop a strategic response. Universtiy of Westminster, London, 21/04/09[more...]
Investing between the horns of a dilemma
Investing between the horns of a dilemma,
Plunging property prices on undefended low-lying coastlines flag up the climate dilemma for investors: If you ignore the issues, climate risks build up on your balance sheets and sub-prime may look like a side show. But if you try to avoid risks altogether, you might as well pack up 80% of your business and go home. We suggest a middle way - and that is what environmental arbitrage is all about. [more...]
Strengthening business resilience to CAD
Strengthening business resilience to CAD,
Our ground breaking new improvement methodology, PACT, helps managers to assess where they are lagging and leading on managing a wider range of climate risks. Users of this new service report that they now have a much clearer strategic grasp of the issues and can better prioritise the actions they are taking to address CAD - 'Climate Accelerated Depreciation'.[more...]
Breakthrough project in construction
Breakthrough project in construction,
A leading PFI developer for public projects such as schools and hospitals realised that climate change presented major strategic issues. We used a breakthrough project to fast track their strategy development. [more...]
CEO and top team communications training
CEO and top team communications training,
We have helped government ministers, top government advisors and CEOs sharpen their communication on climate change and similar issues for their appearances before parliamentary committees, on the Today programme and to survive and even thrive on the Paxman treatment.[more...]
Benchmarking environmental performance
Benchmarking environmental performance,
A construction company uses benchmarking to improve its environmental management and performance. [more...]
Behavioural change research
Behavioural change research ,
Understanding and working to identify responses to the behavioural change challenges that arise in mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change. [more...]
UK Round Table SD Report
UK Round Table SD Report,
Developing recommendations to the Deputy Prime Minister on reporting on sustainability for the 1999 UK Government Strategy for Sustainable Development.[more...]
Transnational masterclass
Transnational masterclass,
The picture shows our colleague Mike Jones working with a group of UK and German managers whose services are already being affected by climate change. The managers are looking at how they might develop appropriate plans for behavioural change at one of our masterclasses. [more...]


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