Our support can include comparing standards and certification schemes, identifying the most appropriate certification route, assessing sustainability and supply-chain platforms, and understanding how different tools and requirements can work together to avoid unnecessary duplication, cost and complexity.
Advisory Support
Our advisory support can help businesses understand their options and determine which requirements, standards, certifications or tools are most relevant to their needs.
- Standards and certification selection and comparison
- Guidance on certification requirements and implementation
- Identifying appropriate sustainability tools and platforms
- Comparing LCA, carbon, traceability, ESG and supply-chain tools
- Helping businesses understand which requirements are relevant and proportionate to their size, activities and supply chain
- Mapping standards and certifications against customer and market requirements
- Helping businesses understand how different standards, certifications and tools can work together
Consultancy Support
For businesses requiring more in-depth support, our consultancy service can help assess their current position, identify gaps and develop practical steps towards meeting the requirements of relevant standards, certifications, customers or other sustainability frameworks.
This can include gap analysis, action planning, evidence and documentation review, and audit and certification readiness.
- Gap analysis against relevant standards, certifications or customer requirements
- Reviewing existing policies, processes, evidence and documentation
- Identifying gaps, risks and areas for improvement
- Developing practical action plans and recommendations
- Supporting businesses to implement improvements against identified requirements
- Audit and certification readiness assessments
- Preparing and reviewing evidence and documentation ahead of audits
- Supporting teams to understand requirements and prepare for audits, assessments and certification processes
- Mapping standards and certifications against customer, regulatory and market requirements
What Our Members Say
Support with carbon platforms
“Thank you so much for this! Appreciate the time you’ve taken to review so thoroughly alongside everything else you’ve had to juggle.”
- Stephen Walters
Support with AI as a design tool
“Thank you for all the information you’ve shared. I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to provide the right details and direct me to the work you’ve already done with the wider team. Thank you also for looping in others from your team to make sure I have everything I need.”
- Sudbury Silk Mills
Helping businesses navigate cotton certification
“Thank you for your email - I think it is safe to say we'd be completely lost without UKFT at this point.”
- Ginger Autumn
“Thank you for all the feedback on this topic. This is very helpful!”
- Strathberry
“Thank you so much, this is really detailed and will be very helpful!”
- Green Sheep Group
Recycled certification
“Brill, thank you so much for your insights. They are very much (and always) appreciated!”
- JD Sports
“Thanks so much, that is a real help. We will look at the traceability certificates going forwards. Appreciate you looking over this.”
- Rockahula
ISO Standard Support
“This is a great amount of information, thank you so much! This will be so helpful for us.”
- Castore
Need More In-Depth Support?
For businesses requiring more detailed or tailored support, UKFT can provide additional consultancy across areas including sustainability standards, certifications, audits, sustainability tools and supply-chain requirements. This can include detailed gap assessments, documentation and evidence reviews, action planning and audit or certification readiness support. UKFT members receive a 15% discounted consultancy rate for extended green claims review services.
For more information about consultancy support, please contact: sustainability@ukft.org
Related Services
Find out about UKFT's Sustainability Clinics here.
Find out about UKFT's Sustainability communications & Green Claims review here.
Find out about UKFT's Sustainability Strategy & ESG Roadmap Service here.
Find out about UKFT's ethical trade, responsible sourcing & human rights due diligence support here.
Find out about UKFT's Standards, Certifications, Audits & Sustainability Tools here.
Find out about the UKFT Sustainability 101 series here.
