The most threatening environmental problems--global warming, sea level rise, deforestation--are long term problems, while CEO tenure averages 5 years and senior executives are focused on quarterly earnings. How can this disconnect be overcome, for the good of businesses, investors, and the environment?

Our approach is straightforward: combine strong credentials in environmental and climate science with real expertise in business and finance to overcome communication barriers and understand the goals, challenges and jargon on all sides. Our services include custom sustainability research, strategic advisory in climate risk and green finance, tailored corporate training, and facilitation of knowledge-sharing events with leading experts. We have an eye for the big picture, and a talent for developing a narrative to accompany it.

Dr. Christine Chan is an international climate risk and green finance strategist with deep advisory and training experience in Asia, Europe and the US. In 2009 she founded Chan Environmental Consulting, where her mission is to educate corporate and financial leaders in sustainable finance strategies that are climate-aligned, informed by state-of-the-art knowledge of the world’s environmental challenges and policies, and deliver competitive performance. She has originated masterclasses and research in ESG investing, impact investing, climate disclosure and reporting trends, green bonds, green finance trends in China, and discovery of climate risk and stranded assets in portfolios. Her clients include commercial and investment banks, development banks, corporates, and government.

Dr. Chan began her career in the mid 90s as a NASA Global Change Fellow. She holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, an MBA from HEC Paris, and a BA in Biology from Oberlin College. She has served as an advisor to the Climate Bonds Initiative, the Journal of Environmental Investing, Friends of the Earth, and Alliance for Global Water Adaptation; as a Mentor to The Women’s Foundation, and Unreasonable Impact, a Barclays/Unreasonable Group accelerator programme for impact businesses; and as an INED board member for the Community Council of Greater Dallas. She is based in Hong Kong.