Dan Zilnik

Dan is an ESG strategy professional who specializes in decarbonization of energy and petrochemicals, the circular economy for plastic and ESG due diligence. He helps leaders make distinctive and substantial improvements in sustainability performance that help clients to create value and realize savings.​

Dan spent a decade in the energy industry leading Canadian sustainability for a publicly traded multinational oil company. He then founded and grew AFARA – a strategy firm specializing in the math, science and economics of sustainability. Clients included Canada’s largest upstream and midstream energy and electricity companies, the world’s largest multinational food and beverage company, Silicon Valley global technology giants and federal, provincial and municipal governments.

He is a graduate of the London School of Economics, a Harvard-certified negotiator and was voted Canada's top sustainability consultant. He lives in Toronto with his wife, two daughters and a badly behaved dog.

How Dan is building a better working world

ESG is now a mainstream business requirement, so leaders must drive goals beyond bottom-line returns. From decarbonization to plastic waste reduction, stakeholders are demanding visibility not only on financial outcomes but on the ESG impact related to achieving corporate results.

“Having worked in sustainability for over 20 years, I understand the need to have robust economics to justify the cost of implementing sustainability.

I build a better working world by helping leaders identify the business case to implement sustainability strategies so they can generate value and reduce cost, improve their brand and reduce environmental and social impacts. Sustainability strategy, when done right, is a way to create prosperity. But the economics need to make sense so we can scale solutions and create a more sustainable future for everyone.”