Inclusive Sustainable Development
Turning sustainability intent into action, evidence and impact
Inclusive Sustainable Development (ISD) provides specialist advisory, coaching, resources and practical support to help businesses and organisations integrate Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) into strategy, operations, decision-making and reporting.
We help organisations move beyond sustainability as a separate programme or reporting exercise and make it part of how the organisation works, creates value, manages risk and responds to change.
Our focus is practical: helping you understand where you are now, determine what matters, decide where to focus, take meaningful action, measure progress and impacts, and communicate your sustainability journey credibly.
ISD supports businesses and organisations to strengthen their:
Sustainability • Resilience • Adaptability • Efficiency • Evidence • Impact
Led by Dr Kate Averill & Associates, ISD brings together sustainability and ESG, organisational strategy, measurement, reporting, stakeholder perspectives, risk and resilience, climate and nature, health and wellbeing, and organisational learning.
During 2026, to support and enhance practice, Kate developed the Living Sustainable Business Framework Approach outlined in a NEW book and a Practitioner Toolkit with templates for people and organisations to evolve sustainability. She collated 20 good practice case study examples from different industries, regions and countries to show how sustainability can be integrated and extended as part of becoming 'living' sustainable business or organisations contributing to people and the planet. ISD provides a practical pathway wit resources and support to expand sustainability knowledge, practice and impact.
Who it helps
The framework is for leaders, boards, managers and sustainability practitioners who want better questions, clearer decisions and credible evidence. It works at organisation level, for a business unit, or for a single strategic priority. This:
- Supports organisations to develop and demonstrate a credible line of sight from purpose, goals, material (big rocks) issues/opportunities, actions, evidence, reporting and learning.
- Brings together different functions to collaborate, share and manage risk and resilience.
- Ensures key data can be collected and used to inform progress and impacts.
- Enables the organisation and managers/boards to check that claims are evidence-based and avoid greenwashing risks.
- Expands internal sustainability capability and integration into the business model and operations – a pathway for good practice.
- Sets up a ‘living’ sustainable business framework and approach that can evolve.
- Read the case studies and see how your organisation can enhance practice.
- Be able to share sustainable progress and impacts credibly – online, with staff, stakeholders, for assurance.
About Kate
Dr Kate Averill (PhD, MBA, P.G. Dips. Evaluation & Teaching, BSc in Geography)
As a visionary Sustainability and Evaluation Specialist, I harness a wealth of expertise in designing outcomes, engaging stakeholders, and aligning strategies and frameworks across both public and private sectors to ensure accountability and transparency. My dedication to tackling global challenges such as climate change, resilience, and biodiversity preservation is unwavering. With diverse experience spanning Asia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and even Antarctica, I have cultivated a sensitivity that informs my ability to develop regionally appropriate, integrated sustainability approaches.
The Living Sustainable Business Approach emerged from my experience supporting businesses, organisations, funds, programmes, regions, and countries to evolve and integrate sustainability into their approaches, frameworks, operations, and reporting. Given the fragmented nature of sustainability tools, I have outlined a framework and approach that managers, leaders, board members, sustainability professionals, employees, and specialists can use to translate organisational sustainability intentions into impact. We need to rebalance our efforts to make further contributions to close the activity-to-impact gap and answer the question: Are we doing enough of the right things?
My methodology integrates values-based strategies and genuine stakeholder engagement throughout the process. This approach amplifies diverse voices and improves outcome effectiveness and transparency.
I am dedicated to driving impactful change by combining conceptual and practical methods to empower communities and organisations to integrate sustainability goals, advocating for a future where sustainable development is integrated and fostering a healthier, more resilient planet for future generations.
Kate lives in Nelson, New Zealand, enjoys outdoor activities, nature and contributing.
Book, practitioner toolkit and case studies
From Intent to Impact: The Living Sustainable Business Framework Approach. A practical guide to building sustainable, resilient and adaptive businesses and organisations.
Informative book, practitioner toolkit (13 templates) and case studies are available for you and your organisation.
What if sustainability was not something added to business, but part of how the business itself works?
Masterclass
Join a monthly masterclass to support you and your organisation implement and integrate the Living Sustainable Business Framework Approach. This is a welcoming online class to share, learn and integrate sustainability into a business and organisations. Suitable for getting started to experienced and join a community.
Select a date: 90 minute online interactive workshop. Dates 2026: October 29, November 19, December 10. NZDT 12 pm-1.30 pm.
Specialist coaching and support
Evolve your organisation's sustainability maturity, practice and performance. Empower your team with tailored training and support designed for enhancing your sustainability approach, value creation, efficiency, resilience and impact. Private and group options available.
