Our Approach

"Little by little, one travels far."

- a Spanish proverb

As our economic engines, we need our businesses to thrive as we transition to a low carbon global economy.

Yet, the:

  • Effort required to understand and manage climate risks - and to build resilience - may be beyond many businesses’ wherewithal to undertake, particularly in a challenging economy.

  • Time needed for internal “upskilling” - even to understand and apply free resources - may be more than businesses can afford, particularly with challenging labour markets.

  • Costs associated with commercial resources and consulting services needed to translate granular, expert data into decision-useful information may be prohibitively expensive for many businesses.

We enable faster, better & fairer climate resilience journeys for small businesses, online and on demand.

  • Faster: Access climate risk intelligence for 8-12 hazards within 24 hours including flood, storm surge, extreme heat, wildfire and drought.

  • Better: Strategically position your business in the market by benchmarking against your peers’ and competitors’ climate-related reports and disclosures.

  • Fairer: Use key financial impact metrics for your operational, market and credit risks to negotiate with your insurers, lenders and buyers.

We break it down to build it up, little by little.

Our Results

  • Climate Risks & Opportunities 101

    Our 1-hour online learning session will result in a clear understanding of the fundamentals:

    • severe and costly physical climate risks to business operations relevant to your region and sector; and,

    • cost-effective opportunities for de-risking and building resilience today.

    Climate Related Disclosures 101

    Our 1-hour online learning session will result in a clear understanding of the fundamentals:

    • information requests from lenders, insurers and customers in North America and Europe; and,

    • cost-effective strategies for compliance and competitiveness.

  • Climate Risks Analysis Report

    Our 1-hour online session will result in a clear understanding of:

    • your custom report by Munich Re, a leading reinsurer providing reinsurance and insurance risk related services globally; and,

    • time-efficient strategies for using your report for compliance and competitiveness.

    Disclosures & Benchmark Report

    Our 1-hour online session will result in a clear understanding of:

    • your custom report by Manifest Climate, a leading compliance AI that is purpose-built in Canada; and,

    • process-efficient strategies for using your report for compliance and competitiveness.

  • Climate Resilience Workshop

    Our 1-hour online session will result in a 'starter set' of:

    • adaptation options that de-risk your business and set it on a pathway to resilience; and,

    • thresholds for decision-making and actions that help your business to adjust and iterate over time.

    Climate Resilience Action Plan

    Our 1-hour online session will result in: 

    • an action plan for the next 3 months to help your business get started; and,

    • a 'first pass' 3 year action plan that helps your business to gain momentum and experience.

Our Experience

World Wildlife Fund

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United Nations Environment Programme

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The Asia Foundation

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BC Health Public Sector

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XDI Cross Dependency Initiative

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Concert Properties

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University of British Columbia

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World Wildlife Fund • United Nations Environment Programme • The Asia Foundation • BC Health Public Sector • XDI Cross Dependency Initiative • Concert Properties • University of British Columbia •

    • International Standards Organization (ISO), Canada Mirror Committee for GHG and Climate Risks (2025-present)

    • Life-Links: Supply Chain Resilience, Advisory Council (2024-present)

    • BC Disaster & Climate Change Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA), Economy Working Group, Technical Advisor (2023-4)

    • Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy, Working Group member, Health & Wellbeing (2021)

    • Health Canada Extreme Heat Guide (2019)

    • Resiliency Panel for climate & seismic risks (City of Vancouver, 2019)

    • Wildfire Smoke Advisory Committee (2018, National Research Council)

    • Simon Fraser University Adaptation Professionals (ACTPAC)

    • Responsible Investment Association Conference (2024, Vancouver), panelist

    • Adaptation Canada (2020, Vancouver), panelist

    • Understanding Risk BC (2020), panelist

    • Canadian Standards Association, Climate Change & Healthcare Workshop (2020), speaker

    • EcoCity (2019, Vancouver), speaker

    • ICLEI Livable Cities Forum (2019 & 2017), speaker

    • Living Future unConference (2019, Seattle), speaker

    • Understanding Risk+ BC (2018), speaker

    • National Health Leadership Conference (2017), speaker

    • GoGreen Seattle: A Conference to Green Your Business (2017, Seattle), speaker

    • B.C. Public Sector Climate Action Leadership Symposium (2016), speaker

    • Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference (2016), speaker

    • Impact Investment & Blended Finance, Executive Program, Institute for Blended Finance (Zurich, 2024)

    • Double Materiality & CSRD, Earth Academy (2024)

    • Sustainability & Climate Resilience (SCR) Certificate (2023)

    • Micro-certificate in ESG & Climate Corporate Governance (2023)

    • Mandarin Chinese Language Certificate, Beijing (2010)

    • Women & Climate (WAC), Vancouver (2023-present)

    • League of Resilient Adapters (LORA), Vancouver (2018-present)

    • PNW Climate Resilient Healthcare Summit (2017, Seattle), co-organizer

    • Practically Green Workshops Series for Sustainability Intrapreneurs (2015-17)

    • Disaster and Environment Working Group - Asia (2008-2010)

    • Masters of Science in Environmental Sustainability, University of Edinburgh

    • Bachelors of Science in Earth Sciences, University of Calgary