About us

WorkforClimate exists because the climate crisis is an inside job.

The systems driving the crisis—fossil fuel funding, weak net-zero targets, greenwashing, inaction—are all maintained from inside powerful institutions. Decisions impacting climate policy aren’t made in the abstract. They’re made inside boardrooms, at policy desks, and across internal strategy meetings. That means we need people on the inside to challenge, shift, and rewire those systems.

WorkforClimate supports employees who see what’s broken and want to take action where it counts. If you’re already in the room, you have more power than you think.

We help people move from concern to action with strategy, support, and a clear path forward. Whether you're influencing behind the scenes or speaking up publicly, you don’t need a formal title to lead, you just need a plan. Our approach is rooted in movement thinking; social movements create momentum, shift power, and make institutions respond. We bring that logic inside companies, helping insiders push for meaningful change.

Through our Academy, coaching and campaigns, we teach employees how to organise effectively, build pressure, and stay connected. We’re not here for quick wins or one-off workshops. We’re building lasting infrastructure that supports leadership from the inside out.

You’re already in the room. Let’s use that position to drive the action this moment demands.

“In my eight years helping build Atlassian into a global tech leader, I saw how the power of teams – even inside a public company with thousands of employees – can make a huge difference.
"After seeing the impacts of climate change around the world, I decided to spend the next chapter of my life focused on climate change. I believe that companies can play a huge role in making a difference to climate change: thinking strategically about the future and making the changes necessary to lead.”

Bryan j. Rollins

Founder

Who's behind WorkforClimate?

We’re a collection of corporate leaders, technologists, marketers and creatives who believe that the corporate sector has the power to dramatically and positively  impact climate change. By leveraging the skills that we use in our day jobs – proposing new initiatives, building business cases, working collaboratively with leaders at every level, influencing stakeholders and gaining buy-in from teams –we want to help every professional drive powerful changes at work. WorkforClimate is being incubated with support from the Sunrise Project.

Bryan J.Rollins
Founder
Founding the WorkforClimate initiative kickstarted Bryan's transition into climate tech, and is one of a number of climate focused programmes to which he is currently dedicating his leadership experience.
Lucy Piper
Director
After a decade in the corporate sector, working within a climate progressive business, Lucy wants to help build the climate movement inside the corporate sector and get more businesses around the world to decarbonise, faster.
Laure Legros
Head of Experience
Laure heads up the development of the WorkforClimate programs and employee resources. Her background is in digital and tech, but she recently decided to switch her focus to solving the climate crisis.
Cameron Elliott
Community Growth Lead
Cameron leads the community building and Academy impact measurement and evaluation at WorkforClimate. Passionate about building communities of practice both online and offline, Cameron brings over a decade of experience in this space to the team.
Katelyn Prendiville
Head of Engagement
Katelyn made the transition to corporate sustainability after nearly a decade in marketing. She brings a wealth of experience in corporate employee engagement around climate action, having founded SeedCulture - a digital learning and engagement tool to help companies embed sustainability into their culture.
Maren Costa
U.S. Advisor
Maren comes from over 20 years at several big tech companies where she organized with her colleagues to bring about change, and came to understand the power of worker solidarity. Currently, she partners with tech employees to advance climate safe retirement plans.
Lisa Guraya
Priority Industries Lead
Lisa works with corporate stakeholders to equip them with the resources needed to advance sustainability throughout their industry. Her work focuses on key industry supply chains with the most potential to drive global emissions reductions, such as automotive, tech, and fashion supply chains.
Tessa Wernink
Strategic Lead Europe
Tessa has extensive experience in organisational design and business campaigning -with 10+ years experience guiding campaigning enterprises and using business models to shift drive systemic change. Tessa is the founder of Undercover Activist, a learning hub for employee and workplace activism, and a Co-Founder of Fairphone. ‍
Lydia Hascott
Strategy & Program Development Consultant
Lydia is an independent consultant specialising in designing and delivering immersive leadership and systems change strategies. As our Strategy & Program Development Consultant, she has been pivotal in developing our Academy and Fellowship course design and implementation.

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