Ethical Design Co.

A print and digital design agency that cares.

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Work with a sustainability report design agency that understands.

Your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions will never look better. We design sustainability reports for nonprofit and ethical organisations that want their report to be easy to understand, for everyone – while also looking beautiful (and within budget).

We know that sustainability reports are full of complex emissions, water, and waste data that needs to be visualised for various audiences. We can help you balance your regulatory compliance needs and budgetary constraints with a commitment to enhancing brand identity and showcasing exceptional design.

We’re a sustainability report design agency that not only has years of experience – we also REALLY want you to succeed. Companies reporting on their sustainability practices and greenhouse gas emissions is one of the key factors in future global health. Let’s set the stage that ensures your competitors and partners follow through on their own sustainability commitments.

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Working for a sustainability consultancy?

Extend your ESG offering with specialist report design

We partner with sustainability consultancies to transform complex ESG and sustainability content into clear, engaging and professionally designed reports. From data visualisation and infographics to report design and production, we can work as an extension of your team—giving you additional design capacity while you focus on your clients and sustainability expertise.

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Sustainability report design process

1

Requirements gathering and estimate

Contact us with your project details and we’ll discuss the scope of work and provide and estimate. We can also arrange a discovery call to discuss requirements if that suits you. 

2

Quote sign-off and design discovery

We start by reviewing previous publications, your audiences, existing brand style guidelines and project goals to guide the creative direction and ensure our design approach aligns with your requirements.

3

Concept design

We create and present two initial design directions – featuring cover and page layout examples – for feedback and refinement. You can request more concepts for an additional fee if desired.

4

Report layout and refinement

Once you choose a concept, we work on the full report design, layout and typesetting – incorporating charts, key statistics, photography, iconography and other graphic elements.

5

Review and revisions

Our standard package includes two rounds of design feedback plus one final proofread and sign-off round to ensure the final report is accurate, polished and ready to share.

6

Final delivery and publication

We supply final files for digital PDF and/or print, based on your requirements.

Our process is designed to be clear, collaborative and efficient – whether we’re working with a sustainability consultancy, internal comms team or project lead.

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Featured image on the KERAMIDA case study page - Multiple pages from the Lamons Sustainability Report 2022, highlighting sustainability strategies and renewable energy initiatives, designed by Ethical Design Co.

EDCo. has designed over 150 sustainability reports, annual reports, and other corporate reports for clients across various sectors.

We provide both standard report design services for print and digital outputs, as well as tailored, flexible design consultancy across the full spectrum of annual, ESG and financial reporting. We can help from the start of the process through to printing and beyond.

WCAG accessibility tagging  |  Compliance  |  Print output  |  Digital output

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Sustainability report design agency solutions

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Reporting on sustainability
  • ESG/sustainability report design
  • CSR report design
  • GHG inventory design
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Planning for the future
  • Climate Action Plan design
  • Climate Scenario Analysis design
  • Strategic Plan design
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Solutions for compliance (CSRD)
  • Double Materiality Assessment design
  • TCFD Disclosure design
  • GRI Disclosure design
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Dashboards and digital solutions

Design of clean, intuitive dashboards or reports for internal or public-facing use (e.g. Power BI, Tableau or web-based formats). See our service page.

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Document templates and toolkits

Editable InDesign, Word, or PowerPoint templates for internal teams or consultants to produce aligned, on-brand sustainability report documents.

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Sustainability data visualisation

Visual representation of complex sustainability data, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions graphs, matrices and other analytical visuals to support clarity and engagement.

Ethical Design Co. have designed and printed a number of documents for our organisation, from simple flyers to complex reports, plus new brand guidelines, and we have been extremely happy with everything they have produced. Such a lovely team, too! Highly recommended.

Amanda Grace
Amanda Grace
Landcare Victoria Inc.

Working with Ethical Design Co. was a rewarding and inspirational experience. They were responsible for the content development, website design and web development of our Annual report. They also produced a 52-page full report and 4-page summary report version and managed the printing of everything. The result was spectacular! I would definitely recommend them and look forward to working with them again.

Melanie Hailstone
Melanie Hailstone
Brotherhood of St. Laurence

FAQs

How long does the process take?

This depends on the report length and number of revisions you require. As a high-volume sustainability report design agency with many years of experience, our process is quite smooth. We can usually put a designer onto your project within 1-2 weeks of quoting and report design takes anywhere from 2 weeks for short reports to 2 months or so for longer reports. We can sometimes do rush jobs for an urgency fee, just ask!

Our copy isn’t final, can we start anyway?

Most of the time, yes. We can start the process before final copy is ready and use whatever draft content you have available. However, once design concepts have been completed, we require all final copy to begin with step 4 unless you’re happy to pay for additional revision rounds to edit content at the end. We’re flexible and happy to accommodate you as much as we can.

Do you offer printing?

Absolutely! We can coordinate sustainable print production through our sister company, Ethical Print Co., using FSC-certified 100% recycled paper stock and low-ink coverage layouts that align with your environmental goals. All jobs include carbon offsetting and free delivery Australia-wide at no extra cost. If you’re located outside Australia (many of our clients are), we can help you find a sustainable printer that is local to you for a small print management fee.