Laura Zizzo

I am a legally-trained entrepreneur, and executive with over 15 years of experience leading at the intersection of climate policy, finance, and technology. As Founding CEO & now Chief Strategy Officer of Manifest Climate, I built and scaled a SaaS platform that helps organizations worldwide navigate disclosure, AI, and climate risk. Raising over $20M of venture capital and creating partnerships with Microsoft, PwC and a host of blue chip companies

I started my legal career with a prominent Bay Street law firm before founding the first law firm in Canada focused on climate change in 2009 and Manifest Climate’s predecessor consulting firm, Mantle314 in 2015. 

Throughout my career, I’ve combined legal and policy expertise with consulting and entrepreneurial leadership to help global companies and financial institutions adapt to a changing world. My work focuses on connecting capital, regulation, and technology to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. I am a frequent writer and speaker on AI, innovation and ecological, social and economic transformations. 

I am passionate about building teams, shaping global partnerships, and using innovation to deliver impact at scale.

I am obsessed with connecting the dots of business, legal and strategic risks, utilizing diverse interdisciplinary thinking and the best-available technology to drive transparency and empower resiliency. 

My areas of expertise include: interdisciplinary team building, management and technology development, corporate climate risk identification and management, climate-related disclosures, climate strategy development, climate-related training, financial services, liability related to climate change, climate resiliency and standard development, climate policy development, international environmental law and related governance frameworks.