Raison is a sustainability and impact partner for fund managers in private markets. We help bridge fund strategy and portfolio company action to deliver tangible performance and stronger exit outcomes.
Raison operates as an agile, lean, and flexible extension of investment teams, providing expertise and actionable support across the full investment lifecycle. Our approach is bespoke, hands-on and flexible to match our client’s priorities and schedules.
Raison is founded by two Partners – Mette Dalgliesh Olsen and Peder Michael Pruzan-Jørgensen. We bring a combined +45 years of international strategy and hands-on experience as sustainability and ESG strategy consultants and in-house sustainability executives.
40++
ESG Due Diligence completed
45+
years combined experience with sustainable business transformations
$90 billion
Assets under Manage (AUM) of current client base
Partner Bios
Mette Dalgliesh Olsen
Mette has ~20 years experience in the corporate sustainability and ESG field. Prior to forming Raison Consulting, she has a proven track-record from leading sustainable transformation programs in large companies such as Novozymes, Maersk and as Head of Sustainability for Chr. Hansen, working across the companies' full suite of sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities. Since 2015, Mette has served as an independent advisor to companies and investment firms, working in the intersection between corporate sustainability and sustainable investments. Mette teaches at JUC's ESG Certification course and is an external reviewer for California Management Review.
Peder Michael Anker Jørgensen
For more than two decades, Peder Michael Anker Jørgensen has worked with world leading companies and investment firms to build forward-looking sustainability strategies to deliver business value and impact. He is an experienced sustainability executive with a decade of leadership experience in the executive committee of BSR, the world’s foremost business sustainability membership organisation. Throughout his career he has served on international companies’ sustainability advisory boards as well as worked with international development organisations to harness the resources of the private sector to support the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our partner network
International sustainability and responsible business consultancy based in the UK and US, providing market-leading expertise in sustainability strategy and implementation.
LCA consultancy working with impact investors, start-ups and portfolio companies to make climate and environmental impact measurable and operational (incl. avoided emissions modeling).
Danish-based economists, specialised in quantifying socio-economic impacts of private investments.
Leading US and UK based consultancy, with deep and diverse expertise in advising investors and businesses on human rights.
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