January 2024
This year at The Resiliency Company is about creating the gravitational pull to unite capital allocators around resiliency.
We’re only a month into the year and January has already been long and eventful–the fires that devastated Los Angeles were a harrowing reminder of the importance of The Resiliency Company’s work. Take a look at The Epicenter’s early insights from the LA fires that highlights the importance of rebuilding with resiliency.
Resiliency Co’s work is organized around two strategic pillars: 1) Tell a compelling story about resiliency, and 2) Create conditions for success. Here’s what we’ve recently been up to across each of these pillars:
1: Where we told the “resiliency” story this month, to help make a compelling case
The Epicenter, The Resiliency Company’s independent publication, continues to publish compelling content on the drivers leading to increased costs and impacts from extreme weather events. As the publication grows, we’re beginning to recruit field correspondents and emerging voices who are advocating for resiliency across various infrastructure industries. The Epicenter seeks to build trust and credibility through high-quality, accessible content that captures attention, sustains engagement, and inspires action.
Abby went to Davos and spoke on a panel about the energy transition and grid resilience and met several interesting infrastructure investors. .
2: Create Conditions for Success
To incentivize the conditions that will enable adaptation that yields resiliency, The Resiliency Co. is currently focusing on three key markets that have much to gain by investing in resilient infrastructure: 1) the insurance industry, 2) the municipal bonds market, and 3) the commercial real estate ecosystem.
In the commercial real estate category, Resiliency Co. is leading a project with Ryan Companies, JLL, Urban Land Institute and other ecosystem leaders to publish The Climate Risk Playbook for Commercial Real Estate & Construction. Informed by industry leaders (owners, investors, designers, constructors, and insurers), the Playbook will provide a partnership-based process to safeguard the long-term interests of property owners and end-users in an era of environmental uncertainty.
In the insurance category, The Resiliency Company launched a formal collaboration with Insurance for Good to lead pilots on how insurers can: 1) increase the availability and affordability of insurance by actively investing in climate resilient infrastructure, and 2) create new insurance programs and products that incentivize investments in resiliency.
Stay tuned for more to come!
Best,
Abby, CEO of The Resiliency Company