Most companies don’t have a net zero ambition problem. They have a delivery problem. The strategy is approved. The targets are disclosed. The board can quote the commitments. And the work of making any of it live inside how the organisation actually operates has either been skipped or treated as an afterthought.
The pattern shows up in the numbers.
- A 2025 KPMG study of 1,320 senior executives found that only 5% of companies have ESG targets fully broken down into operational functions, monitored and incentivised.
- CDP’s latest report, drawing on data from nearly 12,000 companies, found that 72% have emissions-reduction initiatives in place, but just 11% disclose having any capital expenditure aligned with their transition strategies.
The gap between we have committed and we are delivering is structural. Lantela exists to close it.
And that’s why we have launched our first series of diagnostic workshops.
Why we are running diagnostic workshops
Our diagnostic workshops are how we are starting the work to close the gap between sustainability commitment and operational delivery.
Each workshop is a focused two-hour working session that interrogates a strategic question your board is already sitting on. You leave with a tangible one-page artefact your team keeps. No deck, no follow-on obligation.
For boards and executive teams, the workshop is a way to see your own delivery gap clearly in a sharp focused session, with structured output to take back into the organisation. For Lantela, the workshops are a way to build a pattern view of what is actually breaking down across UK sustainability strategy. Both sides of the conversation get something from it.
The three workshops we run
We run three diagnostic workshops, each designed for a different conversation your board may already be having. You take part in one, chosen for the question that matters most. Each workshop is a structured two-hour working session with Cory and key people from your organisation.
Choose the lens that fits the conversation your board is already having.
- The Delivery Gap Diagnostic
In two hours, we will show you exactly where your stated sustainability commitments and your delivery capability come apart, and which gap is most worth closing first.
You leave with a Delivery Gap Heat Map: a one-page visual identifying your top three priority gaps, with the friction points named.
Best for boards that suspect their sustainability strategy is not delivering as promised but cannot yet see precisely where it is breaking down.
- Missing Voices: A Stakeholder Blind Spot Sprint
Your ESG strategy was probably designed for investors and regulators. We will spend two hours mapping who else it should have been designed for, and which missing voice is most likely to derail it.
You leave with a Stakeholder Empathy Map with missing voices flagged: a picture of the people the strategy depends on but did not include, and what needs to change to bring them in.
Best for boards whose sustainability strategy is well-developed on paper but has not yet been tested against the realities of the people it ultimately depends on.
- Pre-mortem 2035: Why Climate Action Plans Fail
It is 2035. You have missed your sustainability commitments, and you are explaining why to the board. We will spend two hours working backwards from that headline to find the design interventions that would have stopped it happening.
You leave with a Value Protection Map with prioritised design interventions: a picture of where the value of your sustainability commitment is most at risk, what needs to be protected, and the specific interventions most likely to keep the commitment on track.
Best for boards under commercial or regulatory pressure to defend the value of their sustainability commitments before things start visibly slipping.
Who the workshops are for
The workshops are designed for boards and executive teams of UK organisations where the gap between sustainability commitment and delivery has become a governance question, not just an operational one.
That tends to mean organisations with:
- Sustainability commitments that go beyond reporting. Net zero targets, CSRD or SDR obligations, scope 3 ambitions, Paris-aligned trajectories
- A board or executive team that knows the delivery gap exists but does not yet have a clear picture of where, exactly, it sits
- Leadership willing to let the conversation happen across functions, rather than keeping it inside sustainability
How to take part
We are running a limited number of diagnostic workshops through 2026, by invitation and through expressions of interest. If your sustainability strategy is starting to feel more like a document than a delivery plan, get in touch at hello@lantela.co.uk.