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Climate Resilience for SMEs

Offered to Chambers of Commerce, Business Improvement Associations (BIAs), and Boards of Trade.

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Climate Resilience for SMEs

  • Customized eLearning
  • In-Person Workshop

Climate Resilience for SMEs is a program designed for Chambers of Commerce, Business Improvement Associations (BIAs), and Boards of Trade that want to support the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their networks. ASI works directly with your organization to develop a customized eLearning course and deliver an in-person workshop that you can offer as a value-added service to your members.

The goal is to help local business owners gain a clearer understanding of climate-related risks and opportunities that could affect their business.

This program is supported by:

What's Included?

  • Customized eLearning Course: On-demand content to help SMEs build a foundational understanding of climate risks and opportunities, featuring case studies tailored to your specific region.
  • In-Person Workshop: Local, interactive sessions to deepen learning and help business owners create actionable plans for climate resilience.

Learning Outcomes

  • How climate change is affecting SMEs—both globally and locally.
  • Key risks to your business, from extreme weather to supply chain disruptions.
  • Strategies to adapt and build resilience, reducing operational and financial risks.
  • How to turn sustainability into a competitive advantage, attract customers, and cut costs.
  • Case studies of how different service- and product-based businesses might adapt.

PARTNER EXAMPLE

Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce

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The Future-Proof Your Business: Climate Action for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises program was designed for the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Abbotsford understand the risks and opportunities that climate change presents—and take practical steps to safeguard their operations.

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uPCOMING PARTNERSHIPS

New Brunswick Chambers of Commerce

How to Get Involved

If you represent a Chamber of Commerce, Business Improvement Association, or Board of Trade and want to offer this program to businesses in your network please contact us for availability. 

All of our current spots are filled, but we’re working with funders to try and offer more subsidized spots for partners later in 2025.

If you’d like to join our waitlist or get more information, please contact us and we’ll keep you in the loop.

CONTACT US

Tamara Connell

Chief Executive Officer

tamara@sustainableinnovation.academy

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