About
It started with one conversation.
In 2026, an acquaintance in the climate space put two strangers in touch: Lauren and Sydney. On their first call, Lauren asked Sydney if she wanted to co-host an SF Climate Week event together. Sydney said yes.
The rest is history. The event became a partnership, and shortly after, the partnership became Work in Progress Collective: a weekly gathering of women in climate that grew by word of mouth alone. No marketing, just women telling other women, you need to be in this room.
That told us everything. The support women in climate need isn't another job board or another massive Slack. It's a room small enough to know your name and consistent enough to count on.
Sydney and I were strangers on a phone call. By the end of it, we were co-hosting an event together. That's what happens when women in climate find each other, and it's exactly what we built WIP to make happen every week.
Lauren ยท Co-founder
The place women in climate go to take their next step.
We believe connection is different from networking. Our mission is to build the community women in climate actually need: real relationships, real support, and a network that moves careers forward.
Built by two women in climate.
Lauren
A strategy and operations professional who has spent her career in climate, from ESG in commercial real estate to a leading climate investment firm. She holds a Master of Environmental Science & Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara and is based in San Francisco.
Sydney
Sydney came to climate through finance, trading wealth management at Morgan Stanley for early-stage climate venture. She writes Featured Founder Fridays, a weekly series profiling the founders building our climate future, and is based in San Francisco.