Solutions that make sense.
Compass Works combines strategic thinking, evidence review and workflow design to help organisations make better decisions and move forward with confidence.
Practical support across sustainability strategy, carbon management, reporting, data and AI-enabled sustainability solutions.
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Helping organisations define priorities, strengthen governance and turn sustainability ambitions into practical programmes.
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Helping organisations measure emissions, establish credible baselines and develop practical pathways towards reduction and net zero.
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Supporting organisations to communicate sustainability performance clearly, meet reporting requirements and respond effectively to external ratings and benchmarks.
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Improving how sustainability information is collected, checked, structured and used for reporting and decision-making.
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Identifying, designing and implementing practical uses of AI across sustainability research, reporting, data and decision-making, with appropriate controls and human oversight.
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Providing focused analysis and independent support where a problem needs deeper investigation, specialist judgement or additional delivery capacity.
Selected research, practical tools and independent perspectives from Compass Works.
Discussion Paper
A discussion paper reframing domestic cooling as both a climate-adaptation and energy-system challenge, with a seven-level hierarchy for meeting legitimate household cooling needs while managing access, electricity demand, refrigerants and heating electrification.
Insight Brief
A pilot review of food waste guidance across all ten Hertfordshire local authorities, finding broad consistency for traditional food waste but growing variation for specialised materials, liner instructions and compostable packaging.
Compass Works starts by clarifying the real problem, then structures the evidence and develops a solution that can work in practice.
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Separate the underlying decision or operational issue from the surrounding noise, terminology and compliance burden.
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Bring together requirements, data, assumptions and professional judgement in a form that can be examined and defended.
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Develop proportionate solutions that fit the organisation’s actual capacity, systems and priorities.
About
Compass Works is an independent sustainability and data consultancy founded by Jonathan Li.
Drawing on close to two decades of experience across the UK and Hong Kong, Compass Works helps organisations navigate complex sustainability requirements, strengthen data and workflows, and develop solutions that can work in practice.
The practice combines strategic sustainability expertise with applied research, evidence review and responsible use of AI. Work can be delivered through focused advisory projects, specialist support or collaboration with wider delivery teams.
Contact
Whether you have a defined project, an emerging requirement or a problem that still needs structuring, get in touch to discuss where Compass Works may be able to help.
Based in Watford, working with organisations across the UK, Hong Kong and internationally.
