{"id":6379,"date":"2020-01-14T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearsum.com\/?page_id=6379"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:11:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearsum.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Clearsum is a Canadian, business management and strategy advisory firm<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]Specialized in managing climate-related risks and environmental performance, our advisors help organizations integrate climate resilience, environmental excellence, and sustainability in corporate and organizational strategy.<\/p>\n

We enable our clients to build resilience to climate-related threats, realize the full potential of climate-driven opportunities, and improve corporate environmental performance. Our data-driven process is focused on building climate-readiness and meeting the growing demands of capital markets.<\/p>\n

We achieve results by delivering carefully crafted and uniquely organized services that we refer to as: The Clearsum Way to Build a Climate-Ready Business Foundation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”in-container” bg_type=”color” mobile_visibility=”hide” margin_bottom=”0″ section_id=”mission” el_class=”column-align-center”][vc_column tablet_width=”1″]

OUR PURPOSE<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our purpose is to help organizations recognize and build resilience to the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow, and to support them in realizing the full value of related opportunities. We have one fundamental goal in mind: building a sustainable economy, a sustainable future.<\/p>\n

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OUR MISSION<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our mission is to help organizations create enduring financial and societal value. We achieve this by offering industry-leading, science-based, and data-driven strategy services that place climate-resilience, environmental performance and sustainability principles at the core of corporate strategy.<\/p>\n

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OUR VISION<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our aim is to become the world\u2019s most trusted advisors, by leading the movement to integrate climate resilience, environmental excellence, and sustainability in corporate and organizational strategy. Across continents, market structures and industries, we strive to be renowned for our ability to help build an enduring and sustainable competitive advantage.<\/p>\n

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OUR MISSION<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our mission is to help organizations create enduring financial and societal value. We achieve this by offering industry-leading, science-based, and data-driven strategy services that place climate-resilience, environmental performance and sustainability principles at the core of corporate strategy.<\/p>\n

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Our values<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text el_class=”color-white”]Ethics and Integrity<\/strong>. We are honest and trustworthy. Driven by strong moral principles, we never compromise our conduct and always deliver the highest level of quality on our commitments.<\/p>\n

Respect and Collaboration<\/strong>. Our value for people leads us to collaborate with all stakeholders with a mindset of humility, empathy, and forbearance.<\/p>\n

Knowledge and Empowerment<\/strong>. We believe in making informed, data-driven decisions, and in empowering others to do accordingly. We nurture our fundamental desire to learn and to share our learnings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ tablet_width=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1628550924003{background-image: url(https:\/\/clearsum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cs_image_1920x1440_12_lr.jpg?id=7402) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”720″ el_class=”image-column”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”in-container” section_id=”team”][vc_column]

Our Leadership Team<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”team-description”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ tablet_width=”1-2″ tablet_sm_width=”1-2″]
\"Cedric<\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=”small”]Chief Executive Officer, Climate Strategy & Business Intelligence[\/vc_column_text]

Cedric B. Robert, EP, CSR-P, MBA<\/small><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text]Cedric is a passionate, values-based entrepreneur who holds the purpose, mission, and values of Clearsum as core beliefs. Determined to have a substantial, positive impact on the transition to a low-carbon economy, he is committed to rallying clients, partners and the Clearsum team around the vision he set for the firm. Cedric is a skilled communicator who values people, authenticity, and integrity. As an experienced executive, he is known for his collaborative leadership style, his ability to build genuine and lasting relationships, and for delivering results. Responsible for actualizing the company\u2019s vision, and for executing its strategy, Cedric is focused on helping organizations build resilience to climate change and building a sustainable future.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1586198497128-f83fcec0-529c”][vc_column_text]A subject matter expert with a deep understanding of strategy and corporate environmental performance, Cedric is devoted to delivering value and quality. Through Clearsum, he leverages his experience, expertise and data-driven approach to help organizations thrive and become climate-ready.<\/p>\n

Prior to founding Clearsum, Cedric spent approximately 15 years at the helm of a specialized environmental consultancy, where he led teams of professionals and helped renewable energy producers, infrastructure developers, and civil contractors develop and embed sustainable construction practices throughout their projects. He dedicated more than a decade of his career helping industry maintain the highest levels of social licensing in British Columbia (BC). In his past role as president, he had complete P&L accountability for the firm and was responsible for maintaining top line growth and profitability. He sold the firm in December 2016 to embark on a skills-honing journey, a long-time goal of his.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion]

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\"\"<\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=”small”]Chief Legal Officer, Transition Risk, Climate Law & Governance[\/vc_column_text]

Daria Hobeika, B.C.L., LL.B., MBA<\/small><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text]Daria is a lawyer and strategic advisor dedicated to enabling organizations to pursue sustainable growth. A generalist, deep thinker and committed doer, she is known for her sound judgment, straight-forwardness, calmness, rigour, and capacity to work well under pressure. She thrives in complex environments and excels in clear communication. Daria has intricate knowledge of the workings of government and of legislative and regulatory processes, which she leverages for Clearsum clients.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1586198664677-2eee71ca-94dd”][vc_column_text]Prior to co-founding Clearsum, Daria completed her executive MBA from McGill University and HEC Montr\u00e9al and returned to the private sector. While working in the private sector, she managed operations and acted as a solution-creator and thought partner to the executives she advised. Among others, her key tasks included developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining corporate strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n

Having held key positions with elected members of the Government of Quebec and of the National Assembly over a period of 11 years, she has direct experience dealing with a cross-section of policy issues, including in the energy, infrastructure and environment sectors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion]

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\"\"<\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=”small”]Senior Vice-President, Head of Climate Risk Practice[\/vc_column_text]

David Whittall, CFA<\/small><\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text]As head of Clearsum’s climate risk practice, David brings years of experience in investing and investment risk management to help organizations identify and manage their climate risks and opportunities. He has a global perspective and has held analytical and portfolio management roles in Hong Kong, San Francisco, and Montreal. With experience covering the global energy, utility, industrial, and transportation sectors, David is familiar with many of the unique climate-related challenges and opportunities in these sectors.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1688595577121-dfdc682f-bca4″][vc_column_text]David understands the growing responsibilities of executive teams to identify their climate exposures, articulate and disclose time-bound climate action-plans, and to integrate climate strategies into existing processes.\u00a0 David has experience with the frameworks, organizations, and alignment groupings that provide structure and global resources to support climate transition and adaptation plans.<\/p>\n

Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to his work, David is a creative collaborator who helps organizations frame their climate strategy in a sectoral, regional, and historical context. Properly contextualized, David believes climate strategies and climate scenario planning become integral components of corporate strategy. David earned a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, is a CFA charterholder, and holds the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion]

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About our name<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text]Clearsum is derived from \u201cclear-sighted\u201d (adj.) [having clear vision, having or marked by keen perception or sound judgment] and \u201csum\u201d (noun) [symbol: +, the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition].<\/p>\n

By widening the lens through which organizations see and prepare for the future, they, and we, add financial and social value for stakeholders and society at-large.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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