About Us

Evidence to influence

Where Reporting Meets Storytelling

Virido combines rigorous sustainability reporting with creative excellence to turn your evidence into public momentum.

Our Team

  • Reporting Team: Our team is equipped with top-tier qualifications in sustainability and compliance, including CAPM, GRI, ISSB, SASB, TCFD, ASRS, and ESRS. Their diverse expertise ensures that our reports not only meet the highest standards but also effectively support your sustainability initiatives.
  • Data Analysts and Dashboarding Specialists: Our meticulous analysts ensure all data is precise and aligns with the latest sustainability standards. They also specialise in creating dynamic dashboards that provide insightful and actionable data visualisations.
  • Sustainability Media Specialists: Our award-winning media specialists deeply understand the global sustainability media landscape and are dedicated to impactful storytelling. With their expertise, they craft narratives that underscore the significance and impact of your sustainability efforts.
  • Creative Team: Our creative team firmly believes in the democratisation and accessibility of sustainability initiatives. They enhance narratives and create interactive experiences using graphic design, video animation, and copywriting, transforming complex sustainability narratives that move the message.
  • Project Management Team: Our project management team ensures that every project aligns with your goals, builds strong relationships, and guarantees that our services effectively advance your sustainability journey. Their dedication and strategic approach underpin the success of each initiative, ensuring outcomes that truly reflect your sustainability objectives.

Why Virido?

Virido — Evidence to influence

Most organisations have sustainability reports. Few have sustainability impact.

Virido bridges that gap. We translate your technical reporting into evidence-led storytelling that moves stakeholders employees who become advocates, customers who choose you because of your values, and communities who champion your change.

We combine sustainability expertise with creative excellence: video that resonates, social content that spreads, editorial that earns trust.

The result? Reporting that creates momentum, not just compliance.

Distil Clear narratives from complex data.
Amplify Strategic placement with priority stakeholders.
Embed Measurable behaviour change that lasts.

OUR TEAM

MARCUS

Award-Winning Global Journalist and Co-Founder & Director of Virido

Co-Founder & Director of Virido, Marcus Thompson is an award-winning journalist with a rich global experience spanning sustainability, environment, and technology. Having held key roles such as Commissioning Editor for The Guardian’s sustainability and technology sections and covering significant events like COP21 for BBC World, Marcus believes in the power of storytelling to drive change and is deeply committed to enhancing public understanding of critical ESG issues through his work…

His journalistic ethos focuses on democratising information to ensure that businesses and individuals can leverage it not only to align with prevailing standards but also to improve their operations and communication strategies. Marcus believes sustainability will become the primary lens for public and commercial communication. This perspective should not only simplify the engagement process but also inspire innovation and drive in marketing, advertising, and beyond.

Marcus envisions a future where communication is a catalyst for making the world a better place, encouraging individual and collective action towards a more sustainable planet. His past engagements include contributions to prestigious platforms such as ABC News, TRT, Surfing World, Tracks, and GQ, where he consistently advocated for clarity, engagement, and innovation in disseminating vital information.

Coko

ESG Sustainability specialist

Coko is a sustainability and finance professional (CPA /CFA) with a passion to help businesses navigate the ever-changing landscape of sustainability and addressing environmental performance, social impact and profit…

Coko’s expertise lies in providing strategic advice to integrate sustainability into core operations ranging from strategy development, materiality assessment, marketing, green & social financing, ESG ratings assessment, and reporting to global and local standards. With a background in business including accounting, finance and investor attraction, Coko is equipped to help businesses reshape their strategies and find innovative solutions that benefit the company, people and the planet.

Key initiatives include delivery of:

– the first-ever Western Australian Government ESG strategy aimed at showcasing the state’s ESG credentials to global investors and fostering investment in Western Australia;

– Integration of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into comprehensive government activities, ensuring a holistic approach towards sustainability;

– Establishment of Sustainable Finance frameworks and issuance of the Western Australian Government’s inaugural green bond in line with EU Taxonomy;

– Promoting sustainability awareness and the UN SDGs across States and Federal government agencies as well as pivotal industries through her role as a United Nations representative in WA and as a sustainability advisor to the Western Australian Government.

Coko holds a Business Sustainability Management certificate from the University of Cambridge (UK), Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Management), ICMA Financial Markets, CPA, CFA ESG Investing

Sustainable reporting standards: SDG, GRI, SASB, ISSB, IFRS, CSRD, ESRS, TCFD, UNGC 

Sustainable finance standards: ICMA GBP/SBP, EU Taxonomy, CBI, UNPRI

EVA

Data Analyst Dashboarding specialist

Eva is a proud Aboriginal woman of the Bundjalung nation and a driven data analyst with a particular interest in using storytelling in data visualisation to bring data to life. Eva holds a Bachelor of Information Technology from QUT and is currently undertaking a research honours, with a focus on integrating Indigenous Knowledges in technology to create culturally safe spaces…

She is skilled in using tools Python, SQL and PowerBi to establish data governance and creating interactive reporting dashboards. Eva’s ability to build and implement intuitive reports and strong communication has lent itself to the success of projects in the technology, finance and infrastructure spaces.