ENEOS, one of Japan's largest and oldest oil companies, appointed us to investigate the state of innovation in the European and North American microgrid markets as part of its ESG strategy overhaul. 

Our task was to help ENEOS learn from successful microgrid deployments and to outline short, mid and long-term strategic sustainability recommendations.

Over the course of 16 weeks, our team analysed the overarching trends, the key players and the global supply chain structure – focusing on hardware, software and new business models. We looked at successful case studies across the UK, Germany, Denmark and the USA, and analysed local policies, regulations and pricing structures. We summarised this in a strategy report, and listed 25 startups with which ENEOS could collaborate.

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu appointed us to support its innovation programme exploring new fintech business models and technologies. We were asked to identify and facilitate discussions with top European startups and partner organisations in the space.

We used our extensive network to secure face-to-face meetings for Fujitsu and its partners – over a four-day visit – with 14 organisations in the UK, Germany and Denmark.

At the end of the visit, we organised a panel discussion with UK fintech industry experts. We also facilitated one-on-one workshops to help the client delegation zero-in on consumer trends and opportunity areas in the 'cashless society' space in order to refine its innovation strategy further.