Accountants To The Rescue? This Consulting Firm Uses Business To Fight Climate Change

The good fight doesn’t always look like you think it might.

Sometimes the fight against climate change looks less like an activist chaining himself to a tree and more like consultants in business casual poring over Excel sheets. (Not that we don’t need both types!)

Enter CohnReznick, an accounting and advisory firm with a conscience and a nose for the business interests of the future. Lucky for them, those passions align with one of the most important facets of the fight against climate change: renewable energy.

Here’s how CohnReznick uses its business acumen to make major headway in the fight against climate change.

Tax Warriors For Renewable Energy

As one of the country’s premier accounting firms, CohnReznick is full of tax experts. Though it might surprise you, this quality makes it the perfect ally for innovative companies trying to push the bounds of renewable energy.

With the renewable energy space comes the complex legal jungle of permits, regulations, and tax credits. The energy industry is set up—for better or worse—with a mountain of hurdles that prevent newcomers from making it to market. There are tax credits and government assistance programs that can help get these altruistic energy providers off the ground, but those are very hard to access without immense knowledge of the legal system and tax codes.

That’s where CohnReznick comes in.

Interested in how, exactly, this works? It provides tax expertise, helps renewable companies close deals with investors, and even teams up with its sister company, CohnReznick Capital, to offer full-service partnerships with companies doing the most to change our society for the better.

They arrange for investors to get involved, and they can also assure them that the books are sound. This industry expertise has been huge for young renewable companies.

Consulting Captain Planets

With more than 100 partnerships in the renewable energy sector, CohnReznick’s strategic focus has made it a leader in the renewable energy world, all without having to actually generate a single volt of electricity. CohnReznick’s commitment to renewables exceeds that of a purely financial interest—it’s a thought leader and an innovator in its own right.

CohnReznick partners with groups like the American Council on Renewable Energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association, and the American Wind Energy Association, so it can reach the companies who could most benefit from its advice. It also hosts a yearly Renewable Energy Summit and Accounting Forum.

Its climate change expertise doesn’t just extend to renewable energy, though. It also fights the disastrous effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters, which have intensified because of climate change.

Partnering with FEMA and other disaster relief agencies, CohnReznick has been in charge of administering billions of dollars of government aid to the victims of catastrophes like Hurricane Irma. It also helps mitigate the damage, arriving in places like Texas and Louisiana days before the storm struck, providing guidance and advisory services to local businesses and agencies before the disaster even happened.

Smart Consulting + Renewable Energy = A Better World For Everyone

Members of the CohnReznick team aren’t just a part of a consulting firm—they’re a part of a group of intelligent human beings putting their minds toward tasks bigger than themselves.

Whatever your passions are, you can leverage them at CohnReznick to become more than just an accountant.

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