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Dr Sophie Taysom

Founder at Keyah Consulting

London, United Kingdom

Working with firms, institutions and foundations investing in the built environment, and real asset owners and the advisors supporting them — helping leadership get ahead of climate risk, regulatory change, and insurance market dynamics, rather than responding to them after the fact.

I work at the intersection of policy intelligence, market forces, and commercial strategy, translating complex regulatory frameworks — including CSRD, EU Omnibus, SFDR, TCFD, and UK SDR — into practical, board-level decisions. Two frameworks sit at the centre of that work: The Valuation Gap, which addresses the growing disconnect between current real asset prices and what those prices would reflect if physical climate risk and insurance repricing were fully priced in, and The Adaptation Imperative, which addresses resilience capital allocation as insurers withdraw from high-risk geographies. Both are designed to get climate risk onto the board agenda as a capital allocation decision, not a sustainability update.

My work with clients including Trowers & Hamlins, Hydrock, Habitat for Humanity, and Connected Places Catapult spans this full range — from direct built environment and adaptation expertise to board-level strategic advisory.

I hold a doctorate of philosophy and have worked across government, corporate, and academic institutions. I am a regular contributor to the Financial Times’ Sustainable Views, have written for Private Equity Real Estate, and am an editorial board contributor and peer-reviewed author at the International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation.

I am the founder of the Sustainable Real Estate LinkedIn group (10,000+ members), and a speaker at RICS, FIABCI, and major real estate sustainability conferences across Europe.

The story behind Keyah
The name Keyah means ‘in good health’, a deliberate choice reflecting a belief that genuinely healthy businesses balance profit, people, and planet. They do this not as a marketing exercise, but as fundamental to long-term resilience and value creation.

How I work
My clients range from ambitious startups to global institutions. What they share is a desire to move beyond compliance theatre toward genuine sustainability integration that protects value and creates competitive advantage.

I maintain a curated network of specialists across London and Brussels – not as subcontractors, but as trusted partners. This means you get precisely the expertise you need, when you need it, without paying for capabilities you don’t.

Available For: Consulting, Speaking
Travels From: London, UK
Speaking Topics: ESG, Proptech, Sustainability

Dr Sophie Taysom Points
Academic 3
Author 6
Influencer 11
Speaker 5
Entrepreneur 0
Total 25

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Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Keyah Consulting
Minimum Project Size: $5,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $150-$199
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

Business Strategy
Climate Change 31.40
Construction 30.25
Finance 31.00
Smart Cities 30.31
Sustainability 30.80

Industry Experience

Insurance
Professional Services
Real Estate

Publications & Experience

1 Academic Citation
Guest editorial: Advancing ESG across the built environment
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
July 16, 2026
Drawing on international examples, this special issue explores ESG-related challenges and opportunities within the built environment, from procurement through practical implementation. Collectively, the contributions highlight that it is in transition. Whilst sustainability and ESG principles are increasingly embedded across policy and regulation, there remains unevenness in translating these into consistent, measurable, equitable outcomes. This is not just a technical challenge, but a challenge that extends across institutions, behaviours and contexts.

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Tags: Climate Change, Sustainability

6 Article/Blogs
Buildings Financed Today Will Be Judged in 2040
LinkedIn
July 21, 2026
●        Insurability, not carbon, is the sharpest signal of whether a building will still be financeable in fifteen years.

●        The UK's new Sustainability Reporting Standards are moving financed-emissions disclosure toward mandatory. Institutions holding buildings without a robust data trail face a real, approaching exposure, not a hypothetical one.

●        Carbon alone is not a sufficient measure. The UK's VAT structure still subsidises new build over retrofit, rewarding the higher-carbon outcome.

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Tags: Climate Change, Finance, Sustainability

The climate insurance question that needs a public answer
Flood Industry
July 15, 2026
The question of who pays is ultimately a political choice. It does not have to be resolved by default or by crisis. The financial chain from flood risk to insurance to mortgage availability to property value is already in motion. The only question is whether the policy framework catches up before the market decides the answer for us.

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Tags: Climate Change, Finance, Sustainability

Heatwaves are disrupting valuation assumptions
Private Equity Real Estate (PERE)
April 13, 2026

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Tags: Climate Change, Economics, Retail

Australia’s National Climate Risk Assessment makes the case for financing adaptation
Financial Times Sustainable Views
September 26, 2025
The Australian climate risk assessment shows we are at a critical juncture in terms of managing the risks of physical climate change, including their impact on financial markets

Climate-related loss and damage could impact assets such as infrastructure, leading to reduced returns, with a cascade of effects on the wider economy including undermining the tax base and impacting government balance sheets

The report recommends investing in adaptation, risk management and mitigation, and taking steps to build resilience into financial systems and communities

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Tags: Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability

Putting banks and insurers on notice to better manage climate risks
Financial Times Sustainable Views
May 12, 2025
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority has put banks and insurers on notice to review their assessments of climate risks, identify gaps and plan how to address them

Gaps in banks and insurers’ climate risk assessments represent more than a regulatory compliance issue, they pose a systemic financial risk

Real estate is immovable. Assets are inherently exposed to climate events such as rising sea levels, fire and flooding — making climate risk particularly acute for banks and insurers’ real estate portfolios

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Tags: Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability

Getting the Finance Right for Retrofit
The Building Centre
May 14, 2024
The scale of what’s needed to decarbonise our built environment is great, but there real opportunities not just for finance to be used in ways to improve environmental and social credentials, but to also have positive impact. There is still some way to go. The benefits are many and should be front of mind – from ensuring our built environment is fit for the future, to growing our local economies, slashing carbon emissions, and supporting households and communities.

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Tags: Construction, Sustainability

2 Panels
Why the data gap is becoming a real asset liability
UK Construction Week
May 14, 2026
On 14 May, Dr Taysom joined a panel at UK Construction Week to explore exactly this — how impact measurement, investor-aligned data, and the evidence base for regenerative construction can move the conversation from aspiration to capital allocation.

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Tags: Climate Change, Construction, Finance

Cities Under Pressure: Roundtable on Climate, Digital Twins & Resilience
Bentley Systems
May 06, 2026
Cities are under growing pressure from climate change, rapid urbanization and infrastructure challenges.

A live expert roundtable on urban resilience, climate challenges and Digital Twins in city planning.

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Tags: Climate Change, Finance, Smart Cities

1 Speaking Engagement
UK Parliamentary Roundtable - Uninsurable Britain? What Australia, New Zealand, and California can teach us
Keyah
March 17, 2026
I had the opportunity to present at a Parliamentary roundtable chaired by George Freeman MP at Portcullis House in Westminster. The roundtable is being used to inform Freeman’s Inland Flooding Bill, a piece of proposed legislation designed to improve accountability for flood risk, help residents better prepare, and tighten planning rules. Alongside me presenting was Jason Storah, CEO of Aviva UK & Ireland. The conversation that followed was one of the most important I’ve been part of.

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Tags: Climate Change, Finance, Sustainability

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