Steward Redqueen
Steward Redqueen is a specialised consultancy that works across the globe advising organisations on impact and sustainability. Like any organisation, corporations are looking to operate in harmony with their surroundings and to become sustainable; that is, to be a steward for people and planet. At the same time, corporations are competing for sound market positions. In a globalising economy, the combination of stewardship and competition offers dilemmas, challenges and -above all- opportunities. The Steward Redqueen team has a strong track record in this area. Steward Redqueen works for corporations and other organisations in developed and emerging markets.
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- Business Type:
- Consulting firm
- Industry Type:
- Energy - Climate Change
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 2010
- Employees:
- 11-100
- Turnover:
- 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 €
About US
Steward Redqueen is a specialised consultancy that works across the globe advising organisations on impact and sustainability.
Like any organisation, corporations are looking to operate in harmony with their surroundings and to become sustainable; that is, to be a steward for people and planet. At the same time, corporations are competing for sound market positions. In a globalising economy, the combination of stewardship and competition offers dilemmas, challenges and -above all- opportunities.
The Steward Redqueen team has a strong track record in this area. Steward Redqueen works for corporations and other organisations in developed and emerging markets.
In 2015 Steward Redqueen was awarded Best Emerging Markets ESG Advisory Team Global 2015 Award by CFI.co.
Our Name
Our name, Steward Redqueen, combines two elements we feel determine the future viability of private businesses and public organisations.
Steward
A Steward looks after the needs of others, and a smart business knows that acting responsibly towards its stakeholders and the planet is a prerequisite of long-term success. Effective stewardship starts with understanding, monitoring, and managing your organisation's impact on society. And society's impact on your organisation.
Redqueen
In Lewis Carrol’s classic children's book “Through the Looking Glass”, Alice, a young girl, has the following conversation with the Red Queen:
'Well, in our country,' said Alice, still panting a little, 'you'd generally get to somewhere else — if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.''A slow sort of country!' said the Queen. 'Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.'
This is the source of the so-called the Red Queen Principle: ‘For an evolutionary system, continuing development is needed just in order to maintain its fitness relative to the systems it is co-evolving with.
Steward Redqueen
Steward Redqueen strives to embody these two elements: helping organisations become stewards of their surroundings, and evolve succesfully. Providing support that will help you run fast enough to get where you want to be: closer to your stakeholders and ahead of your competitors.
Vision
For corporations, financial institutions and other organisations, the combination of stewardship and competition offers dilemmas and challenges, but above all: opportunities. Opportunities to grow, to increase market share, to tap new markets, to reach out, and to build a good and solid reputation.
However, capturing these opportunities demands a pro-active attitude. No organisation can afford to be caught unprepared by new developments. Organisations have to take their responsibility and deal consciously at different levels with the economic, environmental and social challenges that impact society at-large and the global economy, and that determine our common future:
Shift of economic power balance
A worldwide population growth of 3 billion people by 2050, mostly concentrated in emerging markets, with at the same time a rapidly growing middle class in emerging markets aspiring ‘Western’ consumption patterns.
Social challenges
A deteriorating social inequality, not only among countries but also within, with as a result increasingly marginalized groups that are detached from economic progress.
Environmental challenges
An exploding demand for natural resources that threatens natural habitats, and increasing emissions that pose global and local threats.
Productivity constraints
In the developed markets, corporations face labour productivity constraints due to lack of growth of its (or even declining) labour force.Globally, productivity constraints are caused by resource scarcity and price volatility.
Globalisation makes corporate governance increasingly difficult
The increase in competitive pressures, coupled with more stringent regulation and changing taxation regimes, presents new challenges.At the same time, the public (including their customers) looks more and more at corporations to lead the way in addressing environmental and social challenges.To meet civil society’s expectations, corporations need to engage more structurally with a wider set of audiences and stakeholders.
Stewardship is a condition for the long-term success of corporations, and societal developments have to be integrated in any business proposition.