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About Four Twenty Seven

Four Twenty Seven provides innovative tools and services to organizations seeking to understand climate impacts, assess risks to their operations or their stakeholders, and increase their resilience by developing and implementing climate adaptation measures.

Happening This Week

Climate change once again tops the list of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2015. The looming water crisis ranks first in impacts, and extreme weather events comes #2 in likelihood. "Failure of climate adaptation" comes out as #5 in terms of impacts, and #7 in likelihood - of greater impact than unemployment, the fiscal crisis or cyber-attacks.
Climate change impacts cut across many risk categories - the spread of infectious diseases (#2 impact), interstate conflicts (#1 likelihood), together with many other potential social and governance disruptions, can be exacerbated by climate change.
As climate change reshuffles the cards, it is crucial to know where your business might be exposed to extreme weather events, water stress or failing infrastructure. Contact us for a complimentary 30-minute consultation: climate@427mt.com or 415.930.9090.

Recent Blog Entries

City Adaptation in the Spotlight
The University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) is delving into new...
Five Ways to Improve your Climate Risk Reporting
More companies report climate risks, but few do it well According to Ceres,...

Upcoming Events

Meet with our team at the following events:

February 23-25, 2015 - The Climate Leadership Conference in Washington, DC
Emilie Mazzacurati will present on "Emerging Best Practices for Identifying Climate Risk and Increasing Resilience," a workshop hosted by C2ES.

March 11-13, 2015 - EBJ's Environmental Industry Summit in San Diego, CA
Four Twenty Seven will be presented with a Business Achievement Award and speak to the need for innovation in climate change risk management on March 12.

May 12-14, 2015 - National Adaptation Forum, St Louis, MO.

May 13-16, 2015 - Ceres 2015 Conference in San Francisco, CA

For more details on upcoming events and training courses: visit the Events section of our website.

Awards

Four Twenty Seven and Climate Earth received a 2014 EBJ Business Achievement Award. The firms were recognized for launching the first enterprise-quality application enabling large corporations to quickly map and quantify global supply chain risks due to climate change.

Four Twenty Seven's CEO Emilie Mazzacurati came in 2nd for North America in the prestigious Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, a global award for women "who rise to the challenge of matching social impact with economic value and initiatives."