About SMS Collaborative
The Sustainability Management & Strategy (SMS) Collaborative was founded to facilitate and leverage radical cooperation between companies and visionary organizations in order to accelerate sustainable transformation of markets and industries.
We believe that as individuals we will fall short of meeting the challenge of sustainability. The challenges and solutions are too big. As a team, though, there's no limit to what we can take on.
SMSC are your contracted sustainability staff. We'll help you navigate the market, implement meaningful solutions and leverage that work to see real value. We think of ourselves as long-term partners, not consultants. We’re invested in your success, seamlessly supporting your company to tackle any part — or all — of your sustainability program.
Meet (Y)our Team
You may only see one of us, but you’re really working with all of us.
Annie Bevan, CEO + Founder
Rebecca Backer, VP Operations
Michaela Shaw, Director
Dylan Berryhill, Project Manager
Zach LaPorte, Technical Project Manager
A Collaborative Philosophy
We are interior designers, manufacturers, zero waste auditors, certifiers, environmental scientists, life sciences technicians, mechanical engineers and GHG and ESG nerds. We're a mix of visionaries, spreadsheet wizzes, wiring enthusiasts, whiteboard strategists, social advocates and bird watchers. We’re here because we want drive positive impact in partnership with you and our network of change-makers.
We call ourselves a Collaborative because we rely on each other’s diverse knowledge and skills, and those of our partners, to bring you rigorous, holistic expertise that both meets the moment, and prepares your business for the future.
SMSC+
The collaborative in SMSC is not just our staff. Over our years as individuals and as a collective, we've built up a network of the leading players and stakeholders, and firms in sustainability. Our team works with organizations of all types to drive market-level change on a macro level, while simultaneously supporting manufacturers to meet the demands of the market. This experience and network gives us, and you, unique insight and perspective into the market, as well as diverse resources to support whatever comes up.
They are the “+” and we work with them to deliver seamless services, or we’ll simply connect you to the right support, education or resource that they offer that fits your business need.