What Differentiates Confluence Sustainability
Confluence Sustainability’s mission is to support organizations to work outside the walls of traditional structure and networks to better help them accomplish their sustainability goals.
We work to break down the barriers that block collaboration and build projects with integrity and transparency. Our work builds a culture that is applicable now and leads mindfully into the future. We uphold sustainability and stewardship as key to innovation and growth and embrace its value in supporting legacy-building change.
An Insider’s Perspective
As sustainability practitioners, we have worked within organizations to make it happen from conception to implementation.
We have a history of award-winning projects and programs recognized by the US Department of Interior, US EPA, Colorado Governor’s Office, many local and state agencies, and respected international media outlets and publications to list a few. We are proud of our project successes, and truly understand the challenges involved in getting there.
Early Adopters
Confluence Sustainability is based in nearly 30 years of experience in sustainability, program development and marketing communications.
Since the establishment of the President’s Council for Sustainable Development established in 1993 under President Bill Clinton, and its integration into national policy and program development, and more recent development of international sustainable tourism standards by the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, the principals of Confluence Sustainability continue to give life to this vision and work.
Comprehensive Services
We offer a full, A-to-Z complement of skills and experience. Foundational to our work is enterprise-wide, strategic, and efficiency-based sustainability program development. In addition to programmatic and operational elements, we bring broad-based experience in stakeholder engagement, marketing communications, community outreach and many points in between. This experience fosters creativity, flexibility, and adaptability.
Diverse Perspectives
We bring a powerful set of experiences from public, non-profit, and private sectors to support our clients. Drawing on work in hospitality, travel and tourism, and public lands management, Confluence Sustainability can quickly assess and understand your organization’s needs and opportunities.
We develop strategies and programs tailored to client needs. Our expertise includes working from within organizations such as Vail Resorts, RockResorts, EarthCheck, Denver Recycles/City and County of Denver, Colorado Ski Country USA, Winter Park Resort, and the Colorado Center for Environmental Management.
About Julie Klein
Julie Klein
Principal
Julie works extensively across business, public and non-governmental sectors focusing on travel and tourism and municipal and federal environmental program development. She has delivered industry leading programs and a diverse portfolio of award-winning initiatives. A life-long traveler and lover of nature and the outdoors, she mindfully created first a career than a company to combine her personal passions and professional interests. She is known for her energy, commitment to quality, drive to make a difference and collaborative nature.
Prior to Confluence Sustainability, Julie served as the Director of Environmental Affairs for RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality, a wholly owned division of Vail Resorts, Inc., where she led hospitality and corporate-wide sustainability programs across the company’s domestic ski, golf and transportation segments and international hotel portfolio. During her tenure with Vail Resorts, she also served as the Director of Environmental, Health and Safety for the Grand Teton Lodge Company where she led U.S. Department of Interior award winning environmental and health and safety programs certified to ISO 14001, 9001 and OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs. Previously she served as the administrator for Denver Recycles/City and County of Denver, Colorado’s municipal recycling program and spent nearly 10 years mastering media relations and marketing communications across ski, travel and hospitality industry segments.
Julie has a Masters Degree in Environmental Policy and Management and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Ecotourism Management from the University of Denver, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication and Journalism from Colorado State University. She has also earned several professional certifications including USGBC, LEED AP.
For additional information – Julie Klein, Principal
