In today’s economy, climate intelligence equals business intelligence. To support clients’ resilience goals, Golder and VIRIDI Global — a sustainability-first management advisory firm — have launched ClimateXBI – an integrated suite providing climate change-related business intelligence services to companies, investors and governments. ClimateXBI reflects the companies’ shared vision for the future of business and capital markets to take strategic and smart action on climate change.
The combination of Golder and VIRIDI respective strengths and expertise offers clients a comprehensive basis to align their business activities and capital decision-making to climate-positive outcomes. ClimateXBI offers in one place market-leading climate governance, strategy, risk management and disclosure experience underpinned by best-in-class climate and earth science and technical engineering expertise. This collaboration builds on a successful track-record of joint projects between Golder and VIRIDI.
“This alliance provides our clients with solutions that are truly greater than the sum of our individual parts. Global financial markets are seeking greater disclosure on climate risk, and regulators in Canada, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere are requiring enhanced action on climate,” said Sean Capstick, Principal at Golder. “Clients will benefit from the integration of VIRIDI’s Board and Executive governance, strategy, risk and financial management and disclosure expertise alongside Golder’s technical excellence and history of successful implementation of environmental and engineering solutions across all sectors and geographies.”
David Greenall, VIRIDI Global’s Managing Partner for the Americas & Caribbean relays, “Golder and VIRIDI share a common mission to help organizations execute successfully on their resilience, decarbonization and NetZero projects. We are excited to start a new chapter with this strategic collaboration, where we work together to support companies and investors in their efforts to effectively manage the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.”
ClimateXBI provides a comprehensive suite of climate governance, strategy, risk, disclosure and technical solutions to help clients address their needs related to:
- Low Carbon and Transition Risk
- TCFD and Climate-Related Reporting
- Climate and Sustainable Finance
- Physical Climate Risk and Resilience
- Climate Data Insight and Resilience
Visit www.climatexbi.com to see how ClimateXBI can help your enterprise and investment strategies become climate intelligent.
For further information:
- David Greenall, Managing Partner at VIRIDI (613) 299-7292, david@VIRIDIglobal.com
- Sean Capstick, Principal at Golder (416) 272-4322, sean_capstick@golder.com
