Resilient Sydney

What Resilient Sydney does

Resilient Sydney is a collaborative urban resilience program established in 2015, hosted by the City of Sydney Council and jointly governed by all 33 local government areas of Greater Sydney. The program coordinates region-scale action on shocks and chronic stresses affecting the city's communities, infrastructure, and natural environment, serving a population of 5.6 million residents and a $490 billion metropolitan economy. Its operations are delivered through a Resilience Ambassadors Network of 150+ champions embedded within councils, a Steering Committee governance structure, and partnerships with the Australian and NSW Government Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership, Australian Red Cross, the Resilient Cities Network, and several universities.

The program's core technology product is the Resilient Sydney Data Platform, launched in 2019, which provides 380+ local government users with action-oriented environmental, renewable energy, and transport data at metropolitan, LGA, and suburb levels, spanning more than 10 years of historical records. Complementary products and initiatives include the Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025-2030 (five directions, 30 actions), the EmergencyRedi Week annual campaign, the P-CEP personalised emergency plan, the Care2Prepare household readiness toolkit, the Hi Neighbours program for vertical communities, The Adaptation Game, and a resources library covering heatwave management, electrification, and the Cool Suburbs Assessment tool.

The business model is non-commercial: the program is funded by the joint Australian and NSW Government Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership, with the Resilient Sydney Office operating as a small (1-10 employee) program team hosted within the City of Sydney Council. Go-to-market is community-led, with no pricing model, no commercial customers, and no disclosed budget figures. Value is delivered through knowledge sharing, capacity building, standardised data, and inter-council coordination rather than through product or service revenue.

Name

Resilient Sydney

Legal name

Resilient Sydney

Website

https://resilientsydney.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Resilient Sydney is a government-funded collaboration of the 33 councils of Greater Sydney, delivering data, planning frameworks, and community programs to build urban resilience for 5.6 million residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Resilience / Government Program Coordination

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Preparedness (BPADADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK), Emergency Management & National Resilience (Civil Protection) (BPAIAAAI), Urban Flood Resilience & Adaptation Planning (Climate, Nature-Based Solutions) (EUANAEAJ)

Keywords

• Urban resilience strategy
• Disaster preparedness
• Climate adaptation planning
• Local government collaboration
• Community resilience programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney, NSW

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Resilient Sydney is a government-funded initiative. The development of the Strategy was funded through the joint Australian and NSW Government Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership. The Resilient Sydney Office is hosted by the City of Sydney.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Resilient Sydney is a collaborative program of the 33 councils of Greater Sydney that delivers region-scale urban resilience through the Resilient Sydney Data Platform, the Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025-2030, and community programs such as EmergencyRedi Week, Hi Neighbours, and P-CEP. It coordinates knowledge sharing, capacity building, and planning for communities, infrastructure, and the natural environment across councils. The program is funded by the joint Australian and NSW Government Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership and hosted by the City of Sydney Council.

Product overview

Resilient Sydney is a collaboration of the 33 councils of Greater Sydney, primarily offering the Resilient Sydney Data Platform as its core technology product. The platform delivers action-oriented, consistent data and visualization reports at metropolitan, local government area, and suburb levels for environmental impacts, renewables trends, and transport use. Complementing the platform are resilience planning frameworks (Strategy 2025-2030), emergency preparedness tools (EmergencyRedi Week, P-CEP, Care2Prepare toolkit), community engagement programs (Hi Neighbours, The Adaptation Game), and a resources library containing specialized guides (Heatwave Management Guide, Electrification Resources Toolkit, Cool Suburbs Assessment). The organization functions as a coordination and knowledge-sharing network rather than a traditional software company, with the data platform enabling over 380 local government users to benchmark and monitor sustainability performance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Resilient Sydney Data Platform An action-oriented data and visualization platform for Greater Sydney councils that provides consistent environmental footprint and community sustainability data at metropolitan, local government area, and suburb levels, enabling benchmarking, monitoring, and comparison of regional performance. Used by 380+ local government users.
• Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025-2030 The second-generation resilience strategy for Greater Sydney, setting out 30 actions across 5 core directions that address the region's vulnerabilities and shared city-wide priorities for a future-ready city. Endorsed by all 33 councils of Greater Sydney.
• EmergencyRedi Week An annual awareness initiative that raises community awareness of emergency preparedness and encourages individuals to plan and understand the actions needed to stay safe in emergencies. Coordinated with Australian Red Cross and 32 Greater Sydney councils.
• P-CEP (Personalised Carer Emergency Plan) A personalised emergency planning tool that helps people with disability and seniors create emergency plans, identifying support needs, local disaster risks, and triggers for action. Delivered by partner Belong Blue Mountains.
• Hi Neighbours Program A program that strengthens social connections in apartment buildings, providing a meet your neighbours toolkit for residents, building managers, and strata committees, plus a resilience tool tailored for vertical communities. Jointly developed by Lane Cove and Willoughby councils.
• Cool Suburbs Assessment A voluntary, industry-based performance tool to assess place-based urban heat resilience and guide practitioners' decisions, developed to support local governments manage extreme heat.
• Care2Prepare Household Readiness Toolkit A household readiness toolkit developed by Carers NSW that captures people's capabilities, networks, support needs, risks, plans, and triggers for action, helping households build their own emergency readiness plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• 106 requests and 556 offers coordinated through bushfire recovery network in 2020
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Local Government NSW and Office of Local GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaborative partners in the Local Government Bushfire Recovery Support Group, facilitating support from local governments across NSW during natural disasters.
• Resilient Cities NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs part of the global Resilient Cities Network, Resilient Sydney participates in international knowledge sharing and benefits from global best practices in urban resilience.
• City of SydneycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity of Sydney is the host council for the Resilient Sydney Office. Lord Mayor Clover Moore has hosted the office for 10 years.
• All 33 councils of Greater SydneycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 33 councils of Greater Sydney are the core implementation partners, collaborating through the Steering Committee and Resilience Ambassadors Network.
• University of Sydney (Sydney Policy Lab and Sydney Environment Institute)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContributed research on how universities can become allies in community-based responses to climate disasters through the 'Becoming Familiar Faces' policy report.
• Australian Red CrossmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EmergencyRedi Week annual initiative and Get Prepared app promotion. Australian Red Cross reports that only 1 in 3 households have emergency plans.
• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWSROC organized EmergencyRedi Week activities with 32 Greater Sydney councils in 2024, coordinating regional emergency preparedness.
• NSW Reconstruction AuthoritymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment agency collaborating on dignity principles workshop and broader resilience initiatives with councils across Greater Sydney.
• DPHI (Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDPHI has partnered with Resilient Sydney and local councils on the Greener Neighbourhoods program, providing policy advice, updated data, and financial support for urban greening planning.
• Department of Premier and CabinetmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Hi Neighbours program supporting vertical communities with emergency preparedness sessions.
• Institute of Public Works and Engineering AustralasiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Northern Beaches Council to develop practice notes on climate change impacts on infrastructure useful life and climate-resilient materials.
• Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional organization of councils collaborating on resilience initiatives in Northern Sydney.
• Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional organization that brokered a landmark renewable energy supply agreement for 25 NSW councils worth approximately $180 million.
• Committee for SydneyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolicy think tank collaborating on urban resilience and metropolitan governance issues.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Melbourne Resilience Strategy (City of Melbourne): Melbourne's parallel municipal resilience program following the 100 Resilient Cities model. Comparable as a sister Australian metro resilience initiative serving the same urban resilience domain but in Victoria rather than NSW.
• Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre: Australian research center focused on disaster resilience, including bushfire and flood preparedness. Comparable as a national-level partner producing research and tools that Resilient Sydney operationalizes at the metro scale.

Broad incumbents

• UN-Habitat: United Nations agency for sustainable urban development. Comparable as a convening and knowledge-sharing body for city resilience and climate adaptation, operating at a larger international scale but serving overlapping urban planning mandates.
• C40 Cities: Global network of 100+ mayors addressing climate change and urban resilience in major world cities. Comparable as a city-led collaboration targeting metropolitan-scale climate and resilience outcomes, though broader in scope and focused on climate mitigation rather than disaster risk reduction.
• Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy: International alliance of city leaders committed to climate action and energy access. Comparable as a city-network coordinating climate and resilience commitments, with overlapping city members and a similar data/reporting function.

Direct peers

• Resilient Cities Network: Global network of city resilience offices spun out of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities initiative. Resilient Sydney is a member network, and the two organizations share the same urban resilience methodology, peer-learning cohorts, and funding pedigree.
• ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability: Global network of local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Operates in the same council-led, knowledge-sharing, capacity-building model as Resilient Sydney, with overlapping member councils and parallel programs on climate adaptation.

Emerging players

• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Runs the cities-focused disclosure program that standardizes urban climate and environmental data reporting. Comparable as the closest commercial-grade equivalent to the Resilient Sydney Data Platform, benchmarking cities on environmental performance.
• The Resilience Shift: Global initiative focused on resilience of critical infrastructure systems. Comparable through its work on climate-resilient infrastructure (e.g., Mona Vale Surf Club case) and overlaps with Resilient Sydney's infrastructure resilience actions.

Others

• Australian Red Cross (Emergency Preparedness): Direct partner of Resilient Sydney on EmergencyRedi Week and the Get Prepared app. Comparable as an emergency preparedness and community resilience organization with overlapping Australian audiences and similar vulnerable-population outreach tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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