Jessica Balsam joins ZRS as Head of Climate Solutions; Elise White appointed Director of Workforce Resilience ServicesBoth Balsam and White report to Lisa Leftwich, Head of Sustainability Services for ZRS.
“Companies are dealing with a dynamic risk environment – just look at how climate change and talent have become material business risks,” said Leftwich. “To help customers address these emerging risks, we’ve expanded our team with climate adaptation, climate mitigation and workforce resilience specialists to support customers in their ESG-related resilience journeys, at their own pace.”
ZRS Sustainability Services team expansion
Balsam most recently worked with Ernst & Young Climate Change and Sustainability Services, where she led global engagements focused on sustainability, social impact and decarbonization. She also worked at APL Logistics as Head of Global Sustainability + ESG, at Nike as Global Sustainability Director and at the U.S. Department of Energy as a Program and Policy Adviser. Balsam earned an MBA from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and a BA in sociology and gender studies from Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon.
White’s new Director of Workforce Resilience Services role expands on ZRS’ DEI consulting service with additional social-related services that help companies attract and retain talent. She previously served as Project Leader of Claims Strategy and Innovation for Zurich North America and has extensive experience in Workers’ Compensation and strengthening claims outcomes. White holds Inclusion Score‘s certification in the ISO Diversity and Inclusion standard, which provides a framework for evaluating DEI maturity and action planning. In addition, White is a board member of Girls on the Run Atlanta and the Diversity and Talent Alliance, which develops career pipelines for diverse talent. White holds a BA in criminal justice from Temple University and an MBA in organizational leadership from Wilmington University.
ZRS Sustainability Services helps manage ESG concerns
ZRS’ Sustainability Services addresses business risks related to ESG concerns. In addition to traditional Risk Engineering services such as property and safety assessments, ZRS services include climate resilience (both adaptation and mitigation), workforce resilience (including DEI), business continuity, supply chain and cyber risk services.
“Building on Zurich’s strong Risk Engineering and technical expertise, we created ZRS to help companies become more resilient amid a dynamic risk environment,” said Tom Fioretti, Head of North America Zurich Resilience Solutions. “Zurich has been delivering Risk Engineering for 75 years, and we will continue to invest in innovative risk services that also reflect Zurich’s sustainability commitment.”
The ZRS Sustainability Services team also provides support to companies in the U.S. seeking to utilize ZRS’ global Climate Resilience service, which helps customers understand climate change-related impacts to their facilities over future time horizons and take action now to build resilience.
Source: PR Newswire
