Approach
Four principles that shape every engagement and distinguish this practice from other ESG advisory options.
ESG frameworks that sit in folders are not ESG frameworks. Every system Ọnà Strategies builds is designed around what the company can realistically operate and maintain after the engagement ends. That means fewer deliverables and more durable infrastructure.
For growth companies, that means translating buyer-driven ESG requirements, certification frameworks like EcoVadis and B Corp, and commodity-specific regulations like the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) into documentation and systems that hold up under scrutiny. For impact fund portfolio companies, it means translating International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards and KfW Sustainability Guidelines into governance infrastructure that a company in Lagos or Maputo can realistically operate.
Ọnà Strategies is built by someone who has managed factories across Sub-Saharan Africa, worked inside Nigerian aquaculture and agricultural value chains, and built governance systems inside large multinational organisations. That is the perspective of someone who has been inside the kinds of companies these frameworks are meant to govern, not someone who has observed them from outside. The difference shows in what gets built.
EcoVadis assessors, B Corp reviewers, and fund ESG managers are experienced at identifying documentation that does not reflect how a company actually operates. Getting the right outcome requires knowing what these audiences look for, which gaps matter, and how to close them in a way that is grounded in operational reality. That judgment cannot be automated.