Research, negotiation and project delivery

Sea Green Tree leads and supports complex, multidisciplinary projects involving technical research, policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and practical implementation.

We are particularly experienced in assignments where evidence must be coordinated across multiple partners and translated into clear decisions, deliverables and implementation pathways.

Our project-leadership experience includes European Commission studies, government programmes, standardisation projects, civil-society assignments and collaborative European research.

Capabilities include:

• defining project scope and objectives;
• developing work plans, budgets and schedules;
• leading work packages and technical tasks;
• coordinating multidisciplinary and international teams;
• managing dependencies between research, consultation and policy work;
• monitoring progress, risks and resource use;
• maintaining quality under demanding timescales;
• managing client and consortium relationships;
• overseeing deliverables and review processes.

Sea Green Tree has managed teams distributed across several European countries and has held responsibility for substantial public-policy and research contracts.

We design research processes suited to complex sustainable-product questions.

Methods include:

• literature and evidence reviews;
• technical and market-data analysis;
• regulatory impact assessment;
• scenario development and modelling;
• comparative policy analysis;
• stakeholder interviews and surveys;
• consumer and behavioural research;
• test-method evaluation;
• structured expert judgement;
• development and validation of scoring frameworks.

Our interdisciplinary background allows evidence from engineering, policy, economics, psychology and stakeholder consultation to be combined within a coherent analytical framework.

Sea Green Tree designs and manages consultation processes involving public authorities, industry, civil society, researchers, standards bodies and technical experts.

Activities include:

• stakeholder mapping;
• consultation planning;
• expert panels and working groups;
• interviews, surveys and evidence requests;
• technical workshops;
• co-creation and validation processes;
• meeting facilitation and moderation;
• consolidation of divergent stakeholder evidence;
• presentation of findings to decision-makers.

The objective is to generate evidence that can materially improve project decisions, rather than conducting engagement as a procedural exercise.

Complex projects often involve disagreement over evidence, priorities, scope and acceptable outcomes.

We support productive resolution through:

• transparent identification of points of disagreement;
• separation of technical questions from strategic positions;
• preparation of evidence-based options;
• assessment of trade-offs and implementation consequences;
• development of compromise proposals;
• clear communication across different professional and institutional cultures.

This approach is used in regulatory, standardisation and project-consortium settings.

Sea Green Tree leads the methodology and domain-development aspects of digital sustainable-product tools.

This includes:

• defining user and policy requirements;
• developing criteria and assessment logic;
• structuring data and evidence inputs;
• designing scoring and classification methods;
• specifying governance and quality controls;
• coordinating technical development partners;
• validating outputs with intended users;
• integrating expert oversight into AI-supported workflows.

Experience includes the development of a retailer repairability tool and leadership of digital-tool tasks supporting ecodesign assessment, verification and Digital Product Passport readiness.

We place particular emphasis on clear, traceable and decision-relevant outputs.

Capabilities include:

• quality assurance and technical review;
• report structuring and editing;
• regulatory and standards drafting;
• preparation of policy briefs and guidance;
• visual communication of complex evidence;
• presentations to technical and non-technical audiences;
• workshop and training delivery;
• translation of research results into actionable recommendations.

Sea Green Tree’s role frequently involves bridging the gap between specialist technical work and the needs of policymakers, businesses, civil-society organisations and other project partners.