2020 OnePointFive Company Update
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It is with so much gratitude that I look back on this past year and reflect on how we managed to get here. Despite launching OnePointFive in the heart of COVID-19, the growth of our expert community, projects, and partnerships have shown that commitments to curb climate change impacts from the business sector are very much alive - and we are proud to join the front lines of this fight!
Many of you may be wondering why we exist, what we do and how we approach our work. I hope the following company update helps to answer your questions, and inspires you to join and support our company goal to democratize access to multidisciplinary sustainability experts to develop and deploy smarter, cost-effective solutions - allowing businesses and the environment to co-live in harmony.
Our top 3 company updates shared in detail below are:
Learning about who we are & what we do
Welcoming our multidisciplinary expert network
Sharing our knowledge and learnings so far
Despite the continuing challenges of building a climate venture through COVID-19, I wanted to officially thank our community and supporters, including you, who believe in OnePointFive's efforts to eliminate climate change impacts from the business sector - keeping global warming below the 1.5 ("OnePointFive") degrees Celsius limit from pre-industrial times.
We "stand on the shoulders of giants," and recognize driving our vision and mission forward is only possible with the help of supportive people like yourselves. We hope you'll continue to follow us on this journey into the new year.
With much gratitude,
Neil Yeoh, Founder & CEO
1. Learning about who we are & what we do
"After a decade of engineering, management consulting, and impact investing, I realize that climate solutions need cross-disciplinary experts more than ever to create lasting, and systemic impact," Neil Yeoh.
OnePointFive (opf.degree) is not an ordinary sustainability advisory firm. We use our vetted, global network of multidisciplinary sustainability experts - across business, science, and technology - to deploy the right mix of experts to better solve multifaceted climate business needs; and use remote work and flexible work technologies to keep overheads low, passing cost savings to our customers and partners.
This has allowed us to work on a range of projects and customers under-served by the traditional advisory - from working with universities on industry reports, consumer product businesses on their sustainability needs, family offices on technical due diligence for climate investments, climate technology startups on their pathway to commercialization, to multinational corporations looking for a more effective alternative to high-cost generalists. We are finding more use cases to do effective work together.
We also have also been setting up partnerships with climate finance and technology solution providers across North America, Europe and Asia, aligning with our commitments to use our experts as a resource to drive smarter, technology-driven climate solutions forward. Learn more within our company deck link shared below.
We have many exciting updates on the work we have been doing and those who we have been working with. You can view some project highlights through our case studies here.
We also are thrilled to announce a partnership with Equilibrium, (Asia), a sustainability software platform to automate target setting, tracking, reporting.
As well as Greenlink, (Europe), a sustainability as a service sourcing, financing, and deploying climate technology solutions.
These partnerships will allow us to expand our capacity to provide holistic sustainability services through increased collaboration and engagement.
2. Introducing our multidisciplinary expert network
Expert depth
Product life-cycle assessments and carbon
Climate Finance & Impact Investing
Clean Energy & Storage
Data Science & Modelling
Communications & Advocacy
Sustainable Food & Agriculture
Land Management & Forests
Green Buildings & Cities
Circular Economy & Supply Chains
Industrials & Transportation
Water & Oceans Management
Expert breadth
Business & Environment Advisors
Project Manager / General Consultant
Entrepreneur-in-residence / Design thinker
Engineer or Scientist
Marketing & Communications
Researchers & Interns
Over the past few months we have built a remote, dedicated network of vetted and multidisciplinary sustainability experts, who we have mobilized and deployed on projects with our customers. We believe that we can collectively work together - leveraging remote work technologies and gig economy norms - to generated greater impact together.
We are currently investing time and resources into recruiting, building out, and supporting our already growing expert network community to deliver impactful work alongside our core execution team
If you or someone in your network fits any combination of our expert's depth or breath of experiences and is interested in part-time or full-time side project work - please forward them this email or our expert application link below.
3. Sharing our knowledge and learnings so far
Thought leadership
Features
Despite COVID-19 and a pending economic recession, organizational commitments to tackle climate change have not waned. However, organizations will need to figure out how to progress on sustainability in the midst of an economic downturn.
In 2020 we have found that:
COVID-19 has accelerated the future of remote work and technologies
Economic disruptions have increased accessibility to expert talent
Flexible work and gig economy norms are increasing among experts
Companies will require experts to fully achieve their sustainability targets
We are hard at work mobilizing the right expert talent and forming partnerships with climate solution providers to have the biggest impact possible. We're always open to have a conversation to find ways we can collaborate, partner, or support. Please feel free to contact us
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from our team to yours!
