Responde

What Responde does

Responde generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements rather than software or licensing. GTM is sales-led via direct client engagement and business development, supported by content marketing through a Spanish-language ESG blog and organic social presence on LinkedIn and Instagram. The firm's client base is a mix of enterprise and SMB across mining, telecommunications, retail, logistics, construction, and agriculture, including logos such as Compañía Minera Antamina, Movistar, Intercorp Retail, Poderosa, C.H. Robinson, and Grupo PRO. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements are most likely quoted on a per-project basis. Headcount is approximately 42 with a visible leadership bench including a President, Executive Director, and practice managers across each of the four ESG service lines.

Name

Responde

Legal name

Responde

Website

https://responde.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Responde is a Peruvian sustainability and ESG consulting firm founded in 2004 that advises enterprises across mining, telecom, retail, and logistics on sustainability strategy, climate change, human rights due diligence, and social management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability and ESG Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting
• ESG advisory services
• Climate change consulting
• Human rights due diligence
• Sustainability reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Borja, Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Sustainability and ESG Consulting Services: Professional consulting services in sustainability management, ESG integration, climate change, human rights due diligence, and social management. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements and advisory services tailored to client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Responde is a sustainability and ESG management consulting firm that advises organizations on environmental, social, ethical, and governance challenges. Its services include sustainability strategy and reporting (GRI), ESG integration and climate change advisory (including CDP, TCFD, and SBTi), human rights due diligence across the value chain, and social risk management with stakeholder engagement. Engagements are delivered as project-based professional services to enterprise and mid-market clients in Peru and Latin America.

Product overview

Responde is a sustainability and ESG consulting firm offering four core consulting services: Sostenibilidad (sustainability management), ESG y Cambio Climático (ESG and climate change), Derechos Humanos y Diversidad (human rights and diversity), and Gestión Social (social management). The firm also runs the Programa de Negocios Competitivos, acting as a GRI implementing partner to help companies produce sustainability reports. The offering is structured as service-based consulting rather than a software platform, with each practice area led by specialized managers and consultants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sostenibilidad (Sustainability)

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported multiple companies in publishing GRI sustainability reports
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Responde is an implementing partner (socio implementador) for GRI's Competitive Business Program (Programa de Negocios Competitivos) in Peru. In its first year, the program assists companies in developing and publishing GRI sustainability reports. The program focuses on supplier companies in sectors including retail, telecommunications, machinery, and mining.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EcoAct: Climate change and ESG advisory firm supporting organizations with carbon footprinting, SBTi target setting, and sustainability strategy — closely comparable to Responde's climate change and emissions management services.
• South Pole: Climate strategy and ESG consultancy offering carbon measurement, SBTi target setting, and sustainability advisory — overlapping with Responde's ESG and Climate Change practice, including CDP/TCFD/SBTi applications.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Global sustainability consultancy advising companies on ESG strategy, human rights, and climate — directly comparable to Responde's four practice areas (Sustainability, ESG & Climate, Human Rights, Social Management). Both sell project-based advisory to enterprises.
• Quantis: Boutique sustainability consultancy focused on climate, ESG strategy, and impact quantification — directly comparable to Responde's ESG and Climate Change service line for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis (Sustainable Buildings & Climate): Global design and consultancy with sustainability, climate adaptation, and ESG advisory offerings — broadly overlapping with Responde's full practice suite but operating across many verticals and regions.
• Deloitte Sustainability & Climate (LATAM): Big Four sustainability advisory practice with strong LATAM presence; competes for the same enterprise ESG strategy and reporting mandates Responde targets, but from a much broader portfolio.
• WSP Environment & Sustainability: Global engineering consultancy with strong environmental and social practice including mining-sector sustainability advisory — broad incumbent competing for some of Responde's mining and infrastructure ESG work.
• KPMG ESG / Climate Strategy (LATAM): Big Four firm offering sustainability strategy, climate risk, and ESG assurance — competing with Responde for multi-country enterprise ESG mandates in Peru and the wider Andean region.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Large global environmental and sustainability consultancy with mining-sector depth; competes with Responde for ESG advisory mandates from Peruvian mining and industrial clients but operates at much greater scale.

Regional players

• Proyectar Consultores: Peruvian consulting firm focused on corporate social responsibility, social management, and stakeholder engagement; very close functional competitor to Responde's Social Management and Human Rights practices, operating in the same domestic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/responde
• Instagraminstagram.com/respondesostenibilidad
• Facebookfacebook.com/RespondeRyS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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