Greenleaf Advisors® is a consulting and transaction-services firm that builds sustainable enterprises and communities by bridging them to the resources and strategies they need to develop in a healthy way.
- Corporations choose Greenleaf Advisors to build their enterprises sustainably.
- Institutions choose Greenleaf Advisors to develop sustainable solutions that address environmental, economic and social needs.
Greenleaf Advisors engages at the intersection of capital, business, science and policy to serve organizations that are addressing the sustainable use of Earth’s natural resources to become leading enterprises.
Greenleaf Advisors brings decades of experience and leadership in bridging capital to businesses and science to policy, successfully advising and transacting business on:
Land – Land use and land protection matters in urban and rural environments, with economic values and 
environmental considerations of local and global importance. For an example of a project in this area, see the Gypsoil project description.
Water – Economic utilization and environmental protection of water resources in local, regional, national and global settings. Read about our work on behalf of the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS).
Energy – Energy solutions from traditional and emerging sectors. For an example of a project in this area, see the Intelligent Generation, LLC project description.
Waste/Materials – Beneficial market reuse of industrial materials as well as commercialization of new technologies that process and recapture valuable elements from waste streams. For an example of a project in this area, see the HYBON Engineering project description.
Our clients have included global enterprises, middle-market companies, emerging-technology groups, and institutions.