About RBESG
Our story and purpose
RBESG is a start-up based in Dublin, Ireland.
It was set up in December 2020 following a lightbulb moment by founder Barbara Hamill while writing her thesis on responsible business for an MSc in Climate Change: Policy, Media and Society in Dublin City University.
Prior to founding RBESG, Barbara worked as a consultant Programme Manager specialising in large-scale transformation programmes for a range of leading Irish and international enterprises in the banking, investment, utilities and technology sectors. This meant she had extensive experience delivering successful transformation programmes in mission critical environments where strong governance, control, due diligence and reporting were paramount.
While interviewing business owners for her thesis, Barbara realised that many were struggling with the demands of sustainability. While their investors and customers were clamouring for value chain information and ESG reports, these businesses simply did not have the know-how or resources needed to respond.
To combat this and to enable as many enterprises as possible take control of their own sustainability footprint, Barbara conceived the idea for RBESG and STS, a complete, self-guide Sustainability Transformation System, which would remove barriers such as a lack of knowledge and prohibitive setup costs for enterprises keen to get started on their sustainability journey.
Accessibility by design
When it came to designing and developing STS, we were adamant that we wanted to make it as accessible as possible to as many businesses as possible. This meant choosing an underlying technology platform that was well known and widely used and adopting a business model conducive to scale.
By leveraging the pdf file format and Microsoft Office suite to build and power our products, we use familiar technology which avoids burdening our customers with steep learning curves. In addition, by employing a single purchase, lifetime usage model, we do not lock customers into monthly or annual SaaS commitments, nor force them to enter into a reluctant trust relationship with an unknown entity, namely us.
In our opinion, the accessibility of a system that can really make a difference should not be dependent on the nature or development of one particular enterprise. While we are a small start-up with big ambitions, we do not want to hamper enterprise sustainability in any way by asking our customers to take a leap of faith in entrusting their confidential data to us or by tying their success to ours. While we are confident we will prove ourselves over time, promoting and propagating enterprise sustainability is the bigger goal.
Our purpose
Mission
Our mission is to equip all enterprises with the knowledge and tools required to enable them play their part in tackling the unique and pressing global challenges facing us all today whilst transforming their business model to one of increased sustainability and innovation with strengthened resilience for longer term viability.
Vision
We want to be a leading, international enabler of enterprise sustainability, informing, equipping and guiding those businesses constrained by lack of time, knowledge and resources to embed sustainability into the foundations of their enterprise and cultural identity. We want to raise the bar for transparent, consistent and comparable public reporting so that every business knows what good looks like and has the tools and resources to get there, empowering every business to make a positive difference to humanity and the environment.
Values
At RBESG we are passionate about driving positive change to help tackle global issues related to climate change, social well-being and social inequality. We believe that everyone can do something and that businesses are uniquely positioned through their local, national and global networks to effect the mass societal transformation needed. While we believe most people want to play their part, we understand that change is tough and costly and that businesses have their own pressing concerns that leave little space for alternative focus. We know that it will take time and effort to effect mass change and that it will require us all to create individual solutions that are workable for each business. We therefore value courage and perseverance, collaboration and pragmatism. Courage and perseverance help us to keep pressing on when the way forward seems unclear or the going gets tough. Collaboration enables us work effectively together to find solutions to problems and to innovate for shared value creation and pragmatism ensures that we support and guide businesses to find their own way in their own time, recognising that every little step makes a difference.
Let's connect
We would love to know how you are approaching sustainability transformation in your organization and whether there’s anything we can do to help. Even if you have everything under control, we believe in the power of networking and collaboration. By connecting, we may discover that there are other businesses in your area who could really benefit from hearing about your experiences or that others have produced valuable resources they are willing to share in the interest of propagating sustainability among local businesses in the community.
As sustainable development and impact management are ongoing endeavours, we believe there are always opportunities to collaborate for shared value creation.
Drop us an email or send us a message using the form below and we will connect back.
