ABOUT US

About Us

At Compass, we know decision-making. We’re decision analysts, facilitators, and planners offering a full range of decision support services, creative problem-solving tools, and strategic analysis to help people and governments make informed and transparent choices for a sustainable future.

Our core expertise is in environmental planning and policy, structured decision making, and risk analysis. The problems we work on usually involve multiple parties, complicated science and policy options, and conflicts among stakeholders or experts. Solutions for these kinds of problems span conventional boundaries, and a lot of what we do involves working at those edges, integrating across disciplines, sectors, jurisdictions, hypotheses, and worldviews. We’re known for designing and facilitating processes that bring people together to work on messy problems – and getting results.

What Defines Us

A laser-sharp focus on what it takes to make good decisions

Clear objectives, creative alternatives, targeted analysis. An open exploration of uncertainty and what it means for the choice at hand. Thoughtful deliberations and frank, mind-changing conversations about tough trade-offs. We’re committed to helping people make more informed choices about things that matter for a just and sustainable future.

Honest brokers of environmental choices

We’re environmental management professionals. We know how to navigate the messy science, people and institutional challenges that come with real-world environmental decision making. We know what’s needed for informed and transparent decisions that will stand up to technical and public scrutiny. And we’re trusted by the players – government, industry, NGOs, communities and indigenous groups – for our unwavering commitment to neutral and principled facilitation, analysis and leadership.

An unusual talent for both numbers and people

Making informed choices requires attention to both facts and values. To every problem, we bring our unique blend of analytical rigor and people-sense. We create the space where facts and values, dialogue and analysis, come together. This blend has become the Compass trademark, helping people make informed, value-based choices on four continents for two decades.

Convenors of inclusive, respectful tables

We convene tables where every voice is heard and respected. We focus on good governance and decision-making, commit to culturally sensitive process design and facilitation, and work to elevate Indigenous knowledge, worldviews, laws, and perspectives in all of our work. Read more about Compass’ ongoing conversations and commitments related to reconciliation here.

We’re a team of research and consulting professionals dedicated to improving both the quality of policy and management decisions and the decision-making capacity of citizens, organizations and government.

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