Essence Networks

"Most things difficult to design prove easy to operate." ~ Samuel Johnson.

Enabling engagement with the Audit Committee

Enabling engagement with the Audit Committee Case Studies Our client, the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) for a New Zealand central government agency was facing the challenge that senior executives were under-engaged with the Audit Commitee. This was a time when there was a change in the Government of the day, and the agency had already […]

From climate and nature risk to better informed water services decisions

Water services organisations make consequential decisions about
infrastructure investment, asset performance, resilience, environmental
outcomes and service delivery. These decisions depend on the quality of
the evidence available to the people making them.

Climate and nature related information adds to that evidence. The
practical question is whether it helps an organisation decide what to
do.

Our applied methodology examines how the TNFD LEAP approach can be
used to support water infrastructure decisions. The focus is on how
information about assets, flood hazards, receiving environments,
ecosystem services, communities and investment choices can be brought
together in a structured way.

Legal Compliance procedures that achieve strategic benefits : A design-led approach

Legal Compliance procedures that achieve strategic benefits : A design-led approach Compliance Organisations often treat compliance costs as sunk costs. Our work has shown that careful planning and a multi-disciplinary, design-led approach can achieve significant strategic benefits. Here is our paper, originally published by the NZ Society for Risk Management and is available for download. […]