Founder-led. Specialist-supported. Built to deliver with depth.
ESG&I is led by Geoff Gourley, Founder and Principal Consultant, supported by a flexible network of specialist practitioners, delivery partners, and AI-enabled systems engaged to suit the needs of each client and project.
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- AI-enabled
Geoff Gourley
Founder & CEO • Principal Consultant
Connect on LinkedInGeoff Gourley is the Founder & CEO of ESG&I and serves as Principal Consultant across the business. He works directly with clients to shape strategy, define priorities, lead key engagements, and ensure delivery remains commercially practical, outcomes-focused, and aligned to executive needs.
He brings experience across ESG strategy, social impact, social procurement, stakeholder engagement, sustainability capability building, modern slavery, climate and reporting readiness, and AI-enabled advisory models. He has worked with growth-stage businesses as well as major infrastructure, construction, government, and corporate clients.
Every ESG&I engagement is senior-led. Where a project requires additional depth, scale, or specialist capability, ESG&I draws on a trusted delivery network matched to the brief.
Independently recognised across ESG and AI advisory.
The work, the platform, and the founder have been independently recognised by leading Australian award programmes across consulting, sustainability, and applied AI.
Top 50 Influential Thought Leaders in Sustainability & ESG Globally
Consult Clarity 2025 • Geoff Gourley
LinkedIn Top Voice
LinkedIn • Current recognition
AI Consultant of the Year — Finalist
Australian AI Awards 2025
AI Consultant of the Year — Finalist
Australian AI Awards 2024
Best Use of AI — Sustainability
Australian AI Awards 2025 • ChatESG®
Best ESG Consulting Services in Australia
Digital Reference 2026
Best ESG Consulting Services in Australia
Digital Reference 2025
Top 30 Best Newcomer
Governor of Victoria Startup Awards • ChatESG®
Lean by design. Premium in delivery.
ESG&I operates a deliberately lean, founder-led model designed for quality, agility, and depth rather than overhead.
Instead of carrying a large visible employee structure, we bring together the right combination of senior leadership, specialist expertise, and AI-enabled tools to support each engagement. That means clients get direct access to principal-level thinking, supported by broader capability where and when it is needed.
The result is a model that feels more responsive than traditional firms, while still delivering the rigour, structure, and professionalism expected of a serious advisory practice.
Four operating principles. One senior-led outcome.
Senior-led advisory
Every engagement is led or overseen by Geoff, ensuring direct access, continuity, and clear accountability from first conversation to final outcome.
Specialist-supported delivery
We engage trusted subject-matter experts, specialist consultants, and delivery partners — matched to the brief — when additional depth or scale is required.
AI-enabled operating model
Structured systems, automation, and the ChatESG® platform improve speed, visibility, and the overall client experience without diluting senior thinking.
Fit-for-purpose resourcing
Clients get the right capability for the brief, without paying for unnecessary layers of overhead, hierarchy, or administrative drag.
Broader in capability than a typical solo consultancy.
Seven core capability pillars, supported by senior leadership, a trusted specialist network, and the ChatESG® operating system.
ESG strategy & roadmapping
Strategy design, prioritisation, action planning, and implementation pathways aligned to executive and board expectations.
Climate & reporting readiness
Disclosure readiness, governance uplift, and reporting support across emerging Australian and international frameworks.
Materiality & stakeholder engagement
Material topics, stakeholder input, and executive alignment that grounds strategy in what genuinely matters.
Social impact & social procurement
Social value design, procurement strategy, and impact frameworks that hold up to commercial and community scrutiny.
Modern slavery & supply chain risk
Risk identification, response frameworks, and statement uplift — practical, defensible, and reporting-ready.
Training, workshops & enablement
Executive workshops, education programmes, and capability uplift built for boards, leadership teams, and project crews.
AI-enabled ESG delivery
ChatESG®-supported advisory, automation, and smarter delivery systems that compress timelines without losing rigour.
Strategy, infrastructure, government, and sustainability transformation.
- Senior-led delivery model with specialist support where required.
- AI-enabled client experience through structured systems and ChatESG®.
- Direct access, fast decision-making, flexible resourcing.
- Boutique in structure, mid-tier in capability and rigour.
Senior attention without unnecessary hierarchy.
Clients work with ESG&I because they want specialist capability without bloated structure, and a more modern, AI-enabled approach to advisory delivery — direct access, fast decision-making, flexible resourcing, and a premium client experience.