5 Reasons to Choose Emerger Strategies

Why choose Emerger Strategies? Inspired by nature, I started my company to protect what I love; and fly fishing taught me that everything in nature is interconnected. Just as a fiddler crab is connected to a tailing redfish, which is connected to a marsh ecosystem that is connected to the moon phase, so are our businesses and the planet. At Emerger Strategies, we have a vision of businesses and the environment thriving together.

If your company is feeling pressure from employees and customers to demonstrate your commitment to sustainability, and you don’t know where to begin, or what to measure, here are 5 reasons to choose Emerger Strategies for your sustainability consulting needs:

1. Protect What You Love

If you are a business owner who values nature, supports conservation, and benefits from the resource personally and/or professionally, then you you have a responsibility to protect what you love because your operations, products and packaging have an environmental impact.

2. Reduce Costs & Carbon Footprint

Implementing sustainability practices leads to increased efficiency in resource use (energy, water, materials), which translates into significant cost savings. We help our clients create sustainability baselines for energy, waste and water. Some of this data is used to measure your company’s carbon footprint, and we help our clients reduce their carbon footprint, while simultaneously reducing their costs.

3. Brand Differentiation & Competitive Advantage

Sustainability initiatives distinguish a brand in crowded markets, appealing to the growing demographic of environmentally and socially conscious consumers. Increasingly, consumers want to support brands that align with their values, and as a result, we help our clients increase customer loyalty.

4. Enhance Employee Engagement & Retention

A strong commitment to sustainability improves employee morale and attracts talent, particularly from the millennial and Gen Z workforce who favor employers with robust sustainability agendas. Your employees also want to work for a company that aligns with their values, and we help our clients engage their employees through sustainability, and retain employees as a result.

5. Sustainability Reporting & Transparency

Helping clients develop comprehensive sustainability reports enhances transparency, builds trust with stakeholders, and demonstrates leadership in sustainability. We help our clients credibly, and transparently, report on their sustainability successes and failure, which increases customer loyalty.

Start Your Sustainability Journey to Protect What You Love

Imagine your company fully understanding the environmental impact of its operations, products, and packaging. These aren’t just good deeds, they’re good business decisions. Because when you invest in sustainability, you’re not just protecting the planet—you’re building a brand that stands for something. A brand that attracts employees & customers who care. A brand that is operating at peak efficiency, and responsible to its resource base.

At Emerger Strategies, we’re here to guide you. From conducting sustainability assessments, to creating sustainability baselines, to reporting that demonstrates improvement, we help you align your business with the best social & environmental practices, ensuring that your operations, products and packaging benefit the planet and your bottom line.

If you are a business owner that prefers to do business with companies that align with your own values, then a few additional reasons to choose Emerger Strategies is that we are a 1% for the Planet member, which means we donate 1% of our annual sales to environmental nonprofits. We are also a Climate Neutral Certified company, which means we have measure our Scope 1, 2 & 3 GHG emissions, set science-based targets, are executing a GHG emissions reduction plan, and purchased carbon credits to offset all of our emissions. Additionally, Rick has fifteen years of experience in the sustainability field, holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from Marylhurst University, is a Sustainability Leadership Initiative Fellow, and holds the Sustainability Excellence Associate credential.