Center for Community Resiliency & Sustainability
Center for Community Resiliency & Sustainability
Today, how do you …
Ensure a happy and healthy workforce while still providing best-in-class public services to your most vulnerable constituents?
Develop a thriving local economy, one that strengthens the financial security for all community members?
Mitigate the increasing risks of extreme weather events facing your geography and benefit from new sustainable technologies?
And, how do you do all of this while still maintaining fiscal and operational health?
We see these challenges with our public sector advisory clients every day. And we understand that these are the types of challenges that don’t have an “easy button”. So, how can your organization overcome these challenges? More importantly, what could you accomplish with industry-leading strategies, expertise and resources? At the center of any thriving community is a solid foundation, a community marked by resiliency and sustainability.
Community resiliency and sustainability is the why behind the what of every decision you face, whether that’s around environmental preparedness, social stability or effective governance.
You have countless whats to consider. Let us help solidify your why. What does your ideal tomorrow look like? Let’s go there, today.
Resiliency and sustainability
Build resiliency and sustainability into every facet of your community. Baker Tilly's industry specialists can help you get there. See some examples of how Baker Tilly can help.
Sustainable investor reports
Investor level summary of sustainability efforts and plans for communities looking to raise capital in the public markets
Bond designation
Utilize our CBI certification to designate green, social and sustainable bonds
Housing and homelessness solutions
Meeting the needs of a community's aging population, low income residents and the unsheltered population
Procurement strategies
Designing a purchasing strategy that considers community objectives such as sustainability, supplier diversity and local spending
Public private partnerships
Leveraging private investment to meet community needs such as urban redevelopment, housing, healthcare and education
Economic development
Building a resilient community through planning, equitable incentives and partnerships with impact-focused investors
Human capital strategies
Addressing workforce challenges with succession planning, recruitment, outsourcing and interim placements and pay equity
Resiliency and sustainability diagnostic
An inexpensive way to strategically plan and align organizational leadership around current initiatives and drive future actions
Energy transition
Achieving sustainability objectives with renewable energy solutions, net zero strategies, smart grids and fleet evolution
Transparency
Creating digital access to critical public information through dashboarding, progress tracking and reporting
Public utility resiliency
Ensuring resilience and sustainability to the operations and finances for one of the most vital components of your community
Tribal government advisory
Providing multi-faceted services to Tribal governments, understanding their unique needs in resiliency
Additional resources
CommuniTIES: a Baker Tilly public sector podcast
Podcast series dedicated to helping governmental entities protect and enhance their value.
St. Louis scorecard enhances transparency, consistency in tax incentives
The City of St. Louis recently launched a revolutionary approach for evaluating economic development incentives for businesses through a scorecard.
Not-for-profit makes internal reporting changes to align with its external ESG efforts
An organization that historically reported on external sustainability impact, as opposed to internal operations, prioritized advancing its ESG efforts to become a leader in not-for-profit ESG reporting.