Who We Are
Welcome to Emerger Strategies, your dedicated partner in sustainability consulting. Founded in 2016 by Rick Crawford, a passionate angler moved by the alarming threats of pollution, climate change, and habitat degradation to our fisheries, we are driven by a commitment to protect what we love.
After graduating with an MBA in Sustainable Business from Marylhurst University in 2011, Rick spent several years in the renewable energy and green building industries before launching Emerger Strategies in 2016. Rick holds the Sustainability Excellence Associate (SEA) credential and is also a Sustainability Leadership Initiative (SLI) Fellow.
What We Do
We provide trustworthy sustainability and ESG guidance across a range of industries. We guide businesses on their sustainability journey by helping them measure and improve the sustainability performance of their operations, products and packaging, all while boosting profits.
We work with leading industry associations, member organizations and individual companies who are choosing to measure their environmental and social performance, but need experienced sustainability support to make the business case for sustainability. Contact us to start your sustainability journey.
Why Choose Us?
There are many reasons to embrace sustainability as a core value of your business, such as: reduced costs & carbon footprint; brand differentiation & competitive advantage; and enhanced employee engagement & retention, but here’s why 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 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 Climate Neutral Certified, which means we have measured our Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions, have created a Climate Action Plan for emissions reductions, and purchased carbon offsets to achieve climate neutrality.
At Emerger Strategies, we have a vision of businesses and the environment thriving together. Check out our Sustainability Consulting Services, and let’s protect what we love, together.
Clients & Testimonials
As Seen In
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.