Weather-alert channel
Platform-wide NWS panel and alert emails
Generator and backup-power manufacturers; restoration-equipment lessors
Cognitive Corp + Green2Sustainable, for the ISSA Sustainability Committee
Resilience Companion · Charter sponsorship
The competition for the biggest accounts is mature. The competition for your next hundred or thousand isn't.
Put your brand alongside the handbook, weather alerts, and AI guide members turn to when severe weather threatens their business — across the cleaning industry's entire supply chain.
Based on the confidential draft dated 6 September 2026. Proposed terms and launch plans are subject to confirmation.
- 11,000+
- ISSA member companies · potential audience
- 12 months
- of proposed continuous placement
- 13 slots
- across five sponsorship tiers
- Category exclusive
- on every tier above Directory
The underserved opportunity
Reach beyond the same short list.
Every sponsor already knows its top prospects. Competition for large customers means broad sales teams, long cycles, and high acquisition costs. The opening is the rest of ISSA's membership: thousands of small and mid-sized distributors, wholesalers, building service contractors, restoration companies, and manufacturers.
It also includes in-house teams at schools, universities, hospitals, long-term care facilities, sports stadiums, and government buildings — too numerous and dispersed to reach efficiently one account at a time. Charter sponsorship is designed to build name recognition across that audience.
The brief estimates upward of 100 million employees across ISSA member companies worldwide. This is an estimated wider audience, not measured app reach or guaranteed impressions.
What you actually sponsor
Category placement in useful, relevant content
Chapter 6
Energy Storage, Safety & Digital Continuity
Backup-power and battery manufacturers
Chapter 7 + Appendix F
Protecting Your People + heat safety
PPE, hydration, cooling, IAQ sensors and solutions
Chapter 8
Serving Customers Before, During & After
Restoration products, cleaning chemicals and disinfectant manufacturers
Chapter 9
Recovery & Returning to Normal Operations
Pump, air mover and drying-equipment makers and lessors
Chapter 10 + Insurance Readiness
Funding Resilience: Incentives & Insurance
Insurance carriers
Appendix B
2026 Safety & Preparedness Checklist co-brand
Any category — printable, posted and shared beyond the app
Appendix G
Recovery Resources directory listing
Distributors and service providers
Charter rate card · Year 1
Thirteen slots. Founding pricing.
Proposed annual sponsorship rates in USD. Charter pricing applies to Year 1 and steps to the standard rate once reach is proven. Slot counts describe the proposed program, not live availability.
1 slot
Founding Insurance Partner
Ch. 10 + readiness module, category exclusive
- Charter Year 1
- $25,000
- Year 2 standard rate:
- $40,000
1 slot
Alert Channel Partner
NWS panel + alert emails, exclusive
- Charter Year 1
- $15,000
- Year 2 standard rate:
- $25,000
4 slots
Category Leader
Chapter exclusive — Ch. 6, 8, 9, or 7 + App. F
- Charter Year 1
- $10,000
- Year 2 standard rate:
- $18,000
1 slot
Checklist Co-Brand
Appendix B + D, printable and shareable
- Charter Year 1
- $7,500
- Year 2 standard rate:
- $12,000
6 slots
Resource Directory Listing
Appendix G, non-exclusive
- Charter Year 1
- $2,500
- Year 2 standard rate:
- $5,000
Optional add-ons
- Seasonal alert placement $2,500
- Co-branded webinar $3,500
- Custom content module $5,000
Every charter sponsor receives
- Clearly labelled placement in the location you buy, for 12 months
- Category exclusivity for the term on every tier above Directory
- Named in the ISSA webinar and convention launch announcements
- Monthly engagement reporting: chapter views, business-type mix, and alert sends
- Right of first refusal on renewal at the Year-2 standard rate
Proposed Year-1 reach guarantee
If these targets aren't delivered by month 12, placement keeps running free until they are.
- 1,000 unique ISSA member companies engaged with the app
- 500 active weather-alert subscribers with a saved location
- Four co-branded emails sent to ISSA's full member list
- A monthly report covering chapter views, business-type mix, and alert sends
These are proposed contractual delivery commitments from the sponsor brief, not current audience figures.
The AI guide is not for sale.
Its guidance never changes based on who paid, and it will never be steered to recommend a sponsor's product. Placements sit alongside the advice, clearly labelled, never inside it — an independence commitment to be written into every sponsor contract.
For the insurance conversation
Commercial exposure. A practical preparedness opportunity.
The brief cites more than $50 billion in U.S. severe convective storm insured losses in 2023 (Insurance Information Institute / Swiss Re), and $7.4 billion in Hurricane Michael insured losses across residential and commercial property, flood, and business interruption (Florida Office of Insurance Regulation).
It also cites estimated mitigation benefits of $4–$13 per $1 invested across building types (National Institute of Building Sciences). These broader mitigation estimates are not a measured return on this app, sponsorship, or operational preparedness.
Corporate-funded preparedness has precedent: the brief points to the SBA's Readiness for Resiliency program with FedEx as founding partner, alongside Verizon.
Launch plans & sponsor conversations
Explore a charter partnership
Proposed launch window: ISSA membership webinar, 30 September 2026 · ISSA Show North America, Las Vegas, 17–19 November 2026.
Before accepting sponsorship funds, the brief requires ISSA distribution commitments in writing and reporting in place so every promised measure can be reported monthly.
- James C. Waddell
- Cognitive Corp
- Stephen Ashkin
- Green2Sustainable
Contact names are provided in the brief; direct contact details and final sponsorship availability are not supplied.
Source: Resilience Companion Charter Sponsorship brief, confidential draft dated 6 September 2026. Referenced sources: ISSA membership; Insurance Information Institute / Swiss Re storm loss data (2023); Florida Office of Insurance Regulation; National Institute of Building Sciences, Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves; SBA Small Business Readiness for Resiliency. Cognitive Corp IP claims are preliminary pending GTPR review. Figures and proposed commitments are reproduced or summarized from the supplied brief, not independently verified here.