Sustainability & Impact Advisory

Higher Impact

We help organizations design and deliver impact and sustainability strategies that reduce risk, unlock opportunity, and build long-term value for your business and for the world.

Where Strategy Falls Short

Misaligned Momentum

Many companies launch impact efforts without a clear link to financial outcomes. Without focus, ownership, and credible data, impact becomes a silo — underfunded and undervalued. The result: missed financial opportunities, regulatory exposure, and confused execution.

Business Integrated Strategy

Designed for Value

We work with business leaders to build credible, actionable roadmaps from day one — grounded in risk, value, and what matters most to your business. Then we help you make it real across the organization.

  • Strategy development & board-ready roadmaps

  • Materiality assessments tied to core business priorities

  • Framework alignment (CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, SASB, SFDR, GRI, SBTI, and more)

  • Transition planning and execution

Tailored by Sector, Aligned by Need

High-Leverage Teams

We help cross-functional teams make impact and sustainability a core business capability — whether you're navigating early strategy or preparing for complex disclosure and performance demands.

  • Tech & SaaS Companies: Embed sustainability readiness into growth and governance

  • Consumer & Retail Businesses: Build traceability and cost-saving supply chain insights

  • Investment Firms & Funds: Align ESG strategy with LP goals and value creation

Ideas to Execution

Proven Playbook

We tailor each engagement and change management process, but our approach stays grounded in clarity, credibility, and cross-functional action.

  • Full strategy development and design

  • Stakeholder and materiality engagement

  • Governance and cross-functional implementation

  • Metrics, KPIs, data collection, and integrations

  • Regulatory and investor-aligned disclosures

Strategy with Real ROI

Measurable Results

We’ve helped clients reduce compliance risk, uncover major cost-saving opportunities, and build investor confidence through clear sustainability narratives and credible data.

"We knew sustainability mattered, but Higher Impact paved the way for clear differentiation and measurable business outcomes. It changed how we invest in our work."
- Kevin Pettit, Founder & CEO, Creative Glu

Let's Partner Up

Who We Are

At Higher Impact, we believe sustainability and impact shouldn't sit on the sidelines — it should drive strategy. Founded by Evan Vahouny, a trusted partner to mission-driven leaders and high-growth companies, we bring a rare blend of credibility, creativity, clarity, and tech acumen to your most pressing impact challenges.Whether you're just getting started or leveling up an existing program, we help connect the dots between sustainability and business performance — so your efforts make sense to both stakeholders and shareholders.Let’s build something that lasts.