About us
Borealis has joined Irth
You still get the Borealis software you trust, now integrated with Irth’s advanced tools for infrastructure risk, insight, and resilience.
Our values
Partnership
We strive to be a partner our clients can depend on to constantly improve their stakeholder engagement processes and results. We deliver through our own expertise and global community of practice.
Innovation
We are committed to helping clients tackle tough issues and do what’s right over the long term. We work closely with them to develop new solutions that take best practices in corporate social responsibility further.
Results
We constantly improve our Borealis software to make securing social license to operate easier – whether it’s living up to rapidly changing stakeholder expectations, meeting increasingly strict sustainability standards, or respecting the growing number of regulatory requirements.
Our story
Meet inspiring people and discover the stories of collaborators who shaped our journey and experts driving our innovation.
Who we serve
Borealis software is used by organizations from a wide range of industries that need to secure social acceptance, demonstrate corporate social responsibility or consider the impacts of stakeholder influence and interest on their core business activities.
We strive to partner with organizations that work to foster sustainable human relationships around their projects and aim to build a better world. We answer the needs of those businesses by providing a solution that help them deal with:
- Grievances
- Community engagements
- Siting and permitting
- Land access
- Risk management
- Lobbying and public affairs
- Compliance and regulations
- Sustainability reporting
Main industries
Because we serve a global client base, we make sure that our clients are able to work with someone who understands the specific regional challenges they may face.
What our customers have to say:
“When we were working with spreadsheets, I remember long days of reviewing our documentation before we could draft our environmental reports. Now we have regular check-ins to review the Record of Consultation. It’s no longer a last-minute panic attack trying to review all the different versions.”
Erika Dawson,
Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations, Hydro One
“Identifying the people we need to talk to geographically around the project is a critical piece of work no CRM has been able to assist us with. We’ve really capitalized on that with Borealis in the past 8 months.”
Community Engagement Manager
“Borealis helps us collect stakeholder comments during our consultation activities and plan the necessary measures and commitments to address them. During future public hearings, our teams are confident that they can quickly and easily retrieve information associated with the consultation process.”
Marc-André Lavergne,
“With Borealis I can review and report on our resolution center activity, such as call numbers, content, theme and response time. I’m proud to say that we manage these communications well. Our landowners know that we will always return their calls.”
Wendy Youmans,
Sr. Stakeholder Resolution Center Supervisor
“CN continuously strives to be a good neighbor to the thousands of communities we operate in and through. At the heart of that effort is effective communication with our federal, provincial, state, and local stakeholders. For the last two years, Borealis has been a critical tool in tracking and amplifying our varied communications. From tracking one-on-one engagements to organizing and managing broad issues and developing smart communications to large and diverse, yet targeted groups, CN has found Borealis to be an essential and invaluable tool.”
David Woodruff,
Assistant Vice President & Head of U.S. Public and Government Affairs at CN
“The Outlook add-in and mobile app greatly help with field activities. It makes Borealis a handy tool for instantly recording and accessing information right in the field. It’s our information hub connecting everyone and all their activities.”
Montserrat Palomar,
Sustainability Manager, Enel Green Power Mexico
“During our recent audit with the IFC, the auditor had the opportunity to see Borealis in action — and was truly impressed. I have been using Borealis across several auditing processes, including those internal one for corporate view, and it has proven to be an invaluable tool for ensuring transparency and consistency in our reporting. I also showcased how we managed issues and risks to our internal auditor, who immediately recognized the value of the solution and praised its clarity and efficiency.”
Corporate Social Responsibility Lawyer, Major Global Renewable energy Producer
“When we were working with spreadsheets, I remember long days of reviewing our documentation before we could draft our environmental reports. Now we have regular check-ins to review the Record of Consultation. It’s no longer a last-minute panic attack trying to review all the different versions.”
Erika Dawson,
Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations, Hydro One
“Identifying the people we need to talk to geographically around the project is a critical piece of work no CRM has been able to assist us with. We’ve really capitalized on that with Borealis in the past 8 months.”
Community Engagement Manager
“Borealis helps us collect stakeholder comments during our consultation activities and plan the necessary measures and commitments to address them. During future public hearings, our teams are confident that they can quickly and easily retrieve information associated with the consultation process.”
Marc-André Lavergne,
“With Borealis I can review and report on our resolution center activity, such as call numbers, content, theme and response time. I’m proud to say that we manage these communications well. Our landowners know that we will always return their calls.”
Wendy Youmans,
Sr. Stakeholder Resolution Center Supervisor
“CN continuously strives to be a good neighbor to the thousands of communities we operate in and through. At the heart of that effort is effective communication with our federal, provincial, state, and local stakeholders. For the last two years, Borealis has been a critical tool in tracking and amplifying our varied communications. From tracking one-on-one engagements to organizing and managing broad issues and developing smart communications to large and diverse, yet targeted groups, CN has found Borealis to be an essential and invaluable tool.”
David Woodruff,
Assistant Vice President & Head of U.S. Public and Government Affairs at CN
“The Outlook add-in and mobile app greatly help with field activities. It makes Borealis a handy tool for instantly recording and accessing information right in the field. It’s our information hub connecting everyone and all their activities.”
Montserrat Palomar,
Sustainability Manager, Enel Green Power Mexico
“During our recent audit with the IFC, the auditor had the opportunity to see Borealis in action — and was truly impressed. I have been using Borealis across several auditing processes, including those internal one for corporate view, and it has proven to be an invaluable tool for ensuring transparency and consistency in our reporting. I also showcased how we managed issues and risks to our internal auditor, who immediately recognized the value of the solution and praised its clarity and efficiency.”
Corporate Social Responsibility Lawyer, Major Global Renewable energy Producer
We want to
hear about you
Our team is always available to answer your questions. We‘d love to learn more about the challenges you’re facing and show you how our software can help you optimize stakeholder engagement to improve efficiency, simplify project management, and achieve better outcomes.
A stakeholder engagement software pioneer
In 1998, while working on a major pipeline project, I recognized a growing need in the extractive sector to better structure the stakeholder engagement process. At the time, companies were just beginning to view social risk as an integral part of project execution, and social impact programs were only starting to take shape. Six years later, I founded Borealis, which quickly became a leader in the Social Performance marketplace. For the past two decades, thanks to the help of great clients, partners and employees, our software has remained at the forefront of major infrastructure initiatives worldwide, from pipelines and transmission lines to hydro power, mines, oil fields, wind power, roads, ports, and railway projects.
Patrick Grégoire
CEO and Founder
A stakeholder engagement software pioneer
In 1998, while working on a major pipeline project, I recognized a growing need in the extractive sector to better structure the stakeholder engagement process. At the time, companies were just beginning to view social risk as an integral part of project execution, and social impact programs were only starting to take shape. Six years later, I founded Borealis, which quickly became a leader in the Social Performance marketplace. For the past two decades, thanks to the help of great clients, partners and employees, our software has remained at the forefront of major infrastructure initiatives worldwide, from pipelines and transmission lines to hydro power, mines, oil fields, wind power, roads, ports, and railway projects.
Patrick Grégoire
CEO and Founder
Our Account Directors
All of our account directors have extensive field experience in stakeholder engagement. They work closely with you to ensure you get the most out of our software.
All of our account directors have extensive field experience in stakeholder engagement. They work closely with you to ensure you get the most out of our software.
Christine E. Crowe
USA
With over 10 years of experience in renewable energy, waste valorization and biodiversity conservation, Christine helps organizations mitigate project risks to ensure their sustainability.
Francis Dupont
APAC
Francis has developed extensive worldwide expertise in stakeholder engagement information management and systems implementation.
Louis Lieutenant
USA, Canada
Louis possède une vaste expérience dans les projets d’extraction, de services publics et d’énergie, notamment en ce qui concerne la mobilisation des parties prenantes, l’accès aux terres et l’indemnisation, et le respect de l’environnement.
François Robichaud
Europe, Quebec, Latin America
François has 15 years of experience implementing complex social and environmental solutions for large international infrastructure projects.
Our customer success team
We are proud to say that Borealis builds long-term relationships with our clients. Our onboarding process exceeds simple change management support.
We will work by your side from day one to optimize the adoption and use of our software. And we’ll continue working with you year after year to find new innovative solutions as your team and your needs evolve.
Peter Ackah
Business Analyst
George Micheal Agojo
Project Manager
Alexandra Carhuaricra
Software Specialist
Liane Drolet
Customer Success Lead
Lejla Elezovic
Renewal & Customer Support Coordinator
Paulo Gumiero
Business Analyst
Emma Kable
Customer Success Lead
Nadine Lessard
Customer Success Director
Joshua Martone
Training Specialist, Customer success
Diana Muñoz
Account Manager
Mauricio Ortiz
Business Analyst
Anthonie-Maude Perron
Account Manager
Andry Randriamanantenasoa
Software specialist
Innocent D. Wabo
Project Manager
Kathleen Barr
Account Manager
Natasha Sahi
Account Manager
Paula Cuadros
Account Manager
Fernando Aroche
Account Manager