The story behind RedLines
RedLines builds on Rob Sunderland’s 16 years developing weather, climate and engineering analytics for utilities, infrastructure operators and large businesses. We help organisations understand climate risk, estimate its financial impact and assess adaptation options.
Rob Sunderland
Founder, RedLines · Managing Director, Digital Engineering Group
Rob has spent the last 16 years building and leading specialist data businesses in weather, climate and engineering analytics, serving utilities, infrastructure operators, renewable energy developers and large corporates. Group platforms are trusted by organisations including Bloomberg, Octopus Energy and National Grid.
He holds a degree in Physics and began his career as an aerodynamicist at QinetiQ before working as a technology scout for Airbus. He has since founded and grown analytics businesses focused on weather risk, renewable energy forecasting, grid intelligence and infrastructure resilience.
Rob founded RedLines to close a specific gap: many organisations have climate data and disclosure pressure, but lack defensible evidence for asset, cost and resilience decisions. RedLines turns complex climate signals into clear insight for risk, finance, insurance and operational leaders.
- BSc Physics
- Founder, RedLines
- MD, Digital Engineering Group
- Director, GridSmart, WindCheck & EPF
- Former Technology Scout, Airbus
- Former Aerodynamicist, QinetiQ
Why we built RedLines
Climate data alone does not tell a business which sites need attention, what disruption could cost or how to respond. We built RedLines to connect that data to the decisions facing finance, risk and operational teams.
Climate risk is an asset, cost and continuity issue
Flood, heat, drought, storms and supply-chain disruption affect site continuity, insurance conversations, maintenance planning and investment decisions, and the risk does not arrive evenly: similar assets face very different exposure depending on location, use and climate pathway. RedLines takes its name from these stripes, where each red line is one of the hottest years on record.
Four principles behind every assessment
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Analysis built around your decision
We structure the analysis around the decision it needs to support, with findings, assumptions and limitations clearly stated.
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Physical and transition risks considered together
Physical climate risk and market-driven cost pressure are connected problems. They arrive in one decision view rather than as separate analyses to stitch together.
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Analysis at each asset's location
Geographic averages hide the exposure that matters. We assess specific asset and supplier locations, because that is where risk sits and where decisions are made.
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Repeatable, with expert judgement
The platform gives consistency and scale; our team brings climate, engineering and commercial judgement where interpretation matters.
Discuss your assessment
Tell us about your business question and the sites you want to assess.