ISO 14091 Consultancy Support for Climate Risk and Resilience
Kintera helps organisations adopt ISO 14091 to identify climate vulnerabilities, assess risk, and plan credible adaptation.
ISO 14091 provides internationally agreed guidance for assessing climate change impacts, using techniques such as screening assessments and impact chains, and it supports both near-term and future risk analysis for any organisation.
Why ISO 14091 matters now
A recognised framework for climate risk assessment. ISO 14091 sets out how to understand vulnerability, evaluate exposure, and document risk in a consistent way that can feed decision-making, reporting, and governance.
Practical methods. The standard describes rapid screening for high-level analysis and the more detailed impact chain approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data.
Alignment with European guidance for the built environment. EU technical guidance on adapting buildings recommends structured climate vulnerability and risk assessments, referencing internationally recognised methodologies and hazards such as heatwaves, flooding, and storms. ISO 14091 fits this need and supports evidence-based adaptation choices.
Useful for strategy and compliance. Whether you are responding to client or investor requirements, strengthening board oversight, or preparing climate-related disclosures, ISO 14091 offers an adaptable method that complements environmental management systems and UK regulatory expectations on resilience planning.
What we deliver
1) Gap assessment and scoping
We benchmark your current climate risk processes against ISO 14091, define the assessment scope (sites, assets, supply chains) and prioritise hazards using available data and projections.
2) Screening assessment
A fast, structured screen identifies the material climate risks for your operations, projects or portfolios. This creates an evidence base and a shortlist for deeper analysis.
3) Impact chain analysis
We build impact chains that trace how a hazard affects exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, using qualitative and quantitative indicators to calculate risk and identify leverage points for adaptation.
4) Vulnerability and risk register
You receive a documented register of climate risks, with likelihood, consequence, and confidence levels, suitable for governance reporting and integration into your management systems.
5) Adaptation options and action plans
We translate findings into practical measures for assets, operations and projects, prioritised by cost, effectiveness and time horizon, aligned to building adaptation guidance.
6) Integration with existing ISO management systems
If you already operate ISO 9001 or ISO 14001, we embed climate risk procedures and controls into your documentation, roles and reviews so climate resilience becomes part of business-as-usual. This mirrors best practice for certification support services that structure policies, processes and evidence for audit and continual improvement.
Our methodology, step by step
Preparation and context
Identify stakeholders, objectives, and decision context; gather climate hazard data and organisational information; and agree on assessment boundaries.Data assembly
Use recent extreme weather records for short-term risk, and RCP/SSP climate projections for long-lived decisions, ensuring coverage of priority hazards (heat, floods, storms, drought, sea level).Screening assessment
Apply the ISO 14091 screening method to classify risks and focus detailed analysis where it matters most.Impact chain assessment
Develop impact chains, define indicators for exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, and aggregate components to derive risk levels.Documentation and communication
Produce plain-language reports, risk registers and recommendations according to ISO 14091 guidance for transparency and decision support.Adaptation planning and monitoring
Design measures consistent with building-adaptation best practices, set KPIs, and schedule reviews to track implementation and effectiveness.
Deliverables you can expect
ISO 14091-compliant Risk Assessment Report with scope, methods, datasets and results.
Climate Risk Register detailing hazards, pathways, and mitigations.
Adaptation Action Plan prioritising measures for assets and operations, mapped to guidance on building-level resilience.
Integration pack for ISO management systems (procedures, roles, templates) to embed climate risk and continual improvement.
Why choose Kintera
Standards-led approach. We work directly to ISO 14091’s methods and documentation requirements so your assessment is recognisable to auditors, regulators and investors.
Built environment expertise. We align outputs with EU building adaptation guidance and industry needs, helping you move from analysis to credible action.
Management system integration. We connect climate risk with the way your organisation already runs ISO processes for quality or environment, making resilience operational rather than occasional.
FAQs
Is ISO 14091 only for large organisations?
No. The standard is suitable for any organisation and scales from rapid screens to detailed impact chains, allowing qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Can this help with investor and lender queries on resilience?
Yes. ISO 14091 provides traceable methods and documented results that support adaptation decisions and reporting, consistent with building resilience guidance referenced by EU policy.
How do we handle limited data?
Start with a screening assessment to identify priority risks, then refine with targeted datasets and expert judgement using the impact chain method.
Start your ISO14091 journey
Book a consultation to scope your climate risk assessment and get a tailored proposal and timeline.