RSI integrates two-way engagement tools into communication strategies for projects involving risk trade-offs, uncertainty, or community impact. The firm uses both in-person and digital platforms to collect feedback, answer concerns, and improve mutual understanding. RSI ensures that engagement is meaningful, documented, and tied to policy or program adjustments.

RSI works with clients to design and implement forecasting and EWS tailored to local contexts and risk types. The firm supports model selection, threshold calibration, and end-user engagement. RSI emphasizes usability, ensuring systems trigger actions that are feasible and well-understood by responsible actors.

RSI integrates risk perception research into its risk characterization and communication planning. Using surveys, interviews, and focus groups, RSI captures how target audiences interpret risk framing, severity, and source credibility. These insights are used to refine messaging, anticipate resistance, and support equitable risk governance. RSI ensures that perception data is used respectfully and constructively to complement technical findings.

RSI applies MCDA in high-stakes risk decisions, helping clients define criteria, score options, and test robustness. Its facilitators engage stakeholders in structured deliberation to ensure diverse values are reflected. RSI documents assumptions and uncertainty transparently, providing a defensible foundation for risk-based choices.

RSI integrates cumulative and aggregate exposure modeling into broader risk characterization efforts, using a systems-based lens and data-driven tools. Its team uses default and custom scenarios grounded in population behavior and environmental distribution data. RSI ensures that outputs are scientifically sound, policy-aligned, and transparent in assumptions. This method enables RSI to provide nuanced, realistic exposure profiles that can inform public health, chemical safety, and environmental regulation.

RSI applies consensus-building techniques in regulatory development, stakeholder consultation, and community resilience planning. Its team designs processes that promote inclusive dialogue, document trade-offs, and produce legitimate, actionable outcomes. RSI ensures that consensus is not forced but earned through transparency and respect for differing values.

RSI advises on the design and prioritization of resilience investments using tools like cost-benefit analysis, equity mapping, and systems modeling. The firm ensures investments are integrated into broader planning frameworks and tailored to local conditions. RSI also helps clients monitor performance and co-benefits, strengthening accountability and political sustainability.

RSI conducts regulatory scans as a precursor to policy design, compliance assessment, or market entry. Its analysts compile and compare legislative developments, regulatory consultations, and agency guidance across relevant geographies. RSI ensures that scans are updated, scoped, and interpreted to support practical decision-making under dynamic conditions.

RSI integrates segmentation into risk communication strategies by leveraging both qualitative insights and quantitative analytics. The firm designs communication plans that reflect the unique concerns, values, and informational needs of distinct stakeholder groups—whether they be industry leaders, vulnerable populations, or general publics. RSI ensures that messaging is evidence-based, targeted, and dynamically updated as new data emerge.

RSI structures WoE assessments using clearly defined inclusion criteria, evidence grading, and decision logic. Whether evaluating carcinogenicity, endocrine activity, or behavioral responses, RSI documents how conclusions are drawn and uncertainties managed. This method strengthens the credibility and defensibility of RSI’s risk determinations across sectors.