Who We Are
Emerger Strategies is a sustainability consulting firm dedicated to simplifying sustainable business practices and driving positive change. Since 2016, we’ve partnered with small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them understand, implement, and benefit from sustainability. We bridge the gap between environmental responsibility and profitability by providing clear, actionable strategies that reduce environmental impact and strengthen business resilience.
Our approach is rooted in practicality and results, aligning each client’s sustainability goals with measurable outcomes that support their unique business objectives. From creating sustainability plans and tracking GHG emissions to measuring social and environmental impacts, we offer comprehensive solutions that make sustainability accessible and achievable.
At Emerger Strategies, we believe that sustainable business is smart business. By helping our clients lead with purpose, we’re creating a ripple effect that reaches beyond individual companies to build a better future for all.
Read Our Story, and Contact us to start your sustainability journey!
What We Do
At Emerger Strategies, we empower fishing & outdoor brands, and brands who sell to big box retailers to make the business case for sustainability. We provide customized consulting services that help our clients integrate environmental and social responsibility into their core operations, products, and packaging, driving long-term growth and resilience. Our services include:
Sustainability Planning & Strategy: We create tailored sustainability plans that align with your business goals and industry needs, setting you up for measurable success.
Sustainable Business Education: Through webinars, workshops, and our Sustainability Boot Camp, we equip teams with the knowledge and tools to understand the business case for sustainability, reduce environmental impact, and track meaningful metrics.
Carbon & GHG Emissions Management: We help businesses measure and manage their scopes 1, 2 , and 3 greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint), supporting climate goals through practical, data-driven solutions.
Sustainability Certifications: We help our clients obtain certifications, such as Climate Neutral Certified, TRUE Zero Waste, and other that enhance credibility and customer trust.
Stakeholder Engagement: We assist companies in crafting transparent, impactful communication strategies that resonate with customers, investors, and communities, all while avoiding greenwashing.
By combining industry expertise with a passion for conservation, Emerger Strategies is committed to simplifying sustainability for every business, making it achievable, profitable, and impactful. Learn more about our Sustainability Consulting Services.
Why Choose Us?
Our mission is to measure and improve our clients sustainability performance, all while boosting profits. We help our clients reduce costs, enhance reputation, and increase customer loyalty, but here’s a few other reasons you should choose Emerger Strategies:
- Outsourced Sustainability Team: We save our clients thousands of dollars every year by not having to recruit, interview, train and retain a full-time sustainability team.
- Measurable Results: We improve our clients sustainability performance from an average baseline score of 37% to 80% within the first twelve months of working with Emerger Strategies. We reduced our clients energy costs by $80,000 through energy efficiency and renewable energy in 2023.
- We Walk the Walk: We are a small business that understands your needs as an SME, and we are obsessed fly anglers who started our business to protect what the planet that we love. We have been a proud 1% for the Planet member since our inception, which means we donate a minimum of 1% of our annual sales to environmental nonprofits. We are also committed to net-zero emissions, measure our Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions, have created a Climate Action Plan for emissions reductions, and purchased carbon offsets to achieve climate neutrality.
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Emerger Strategies’ Founder and President, Rick Crawford, is humbled and honored to be named in the “50 Most Influential People” by Charleston Business Magazine in 2023.
Rick was named “one of the fifteen people, places, and ideas forging the South of tomorrow” by Garden & Gun Magazine in the April/May 2022 fifteenth anniversary issue.
Additionally, Emerger Strategies was featured in the 2021 Patagonia film DROP, which follows a single drop of water from its starting point atop the Continental Divide to its final destination in the Pacific Ocean.
