Green Impact assists businesses and organizations committed to sustainability design and implement new green programs, and create green communications, that engage, inspire and change behavior.

WE DO: Provide senior level, hands-on, personalized service * Know how to network socially * Work with companies and NGOs on the same day * Support the creation of green teams * Know how to simplify your green messages

WE DON’T: Think inside the box * Use cheap, inexperienced analysts to do the work * Use canned templates to approach our work * Bill in 6 minute increments

OUR CLIENTS

Our clients are nonprofits, foundations and socially responsible businesses starting a new initiative or program that requires a sophisticated strategy, strong partnerships and powerful written communications to succeed. They usually have a clear vision of where they want to go, but lack the in-house staff or expertise to achieve their goals.

Clients include: Marin Community Foundation, Ecosystem Marketplace, Circle Point, The Natural Capital Institute, California Environmental Dialogue (CED), Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), LandPaths, Climate Protection Campaign, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council and the Sonoma Land Trust.

FEATURED SERVICES:

• Sustainability Strategy: Green Impact moves green programs to their next level by developing a creative strategy that engages stakeholders and positions sustainability as a key driver of innovation and competitive advantage.

• Green Program Development:  Green Impact excels at turning talk into action and implementing new green programs that engage, inspire and change behavior, such as green teams, green purchasing programs and NGO partnerships.

• Communications:  Green Impact can simplify your green message and tell a compelling story that engages and inspires your employees to change behaviors, gains media exposure and builds a greener brand. From web content to marketing materials to CSR reports to white papers, we help clients stand out in the crowd.

DEBORAH FLEISCHER

Deborah Fleischer, President, has over 20 years of experience working with businesses, governmental agencies, and non-profits on environmental and sustainability challenges. She brings deep expertise in sustainability straregy, green teams, program development and green communications. 

Her background includes a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Master in Environmental Studies from Yale University.

OUR APPROACH

We believe today's big challenges require new and innovative approaches. Our approach includes the following elements:

• Personal touch: We are a small firm that provides each client the attention they deserve. We have a strong track record of delivering on-time, on-budget and on-schedule.

• Invite the right people to participate: A key to any successful strategy or program is to include a diversity of perspectives and voices. If you can get the right people involved, new possibilities can emerge. Employees, customers, shareholders, community organizations, and environmental NGOs can be allies to success on new sustainability initiatives.
  

• Explore the whole before fixing any part: A key condition for effective action is to help all parties get a clear picture of each other's reality. To foster new insights, or find innovative solutions, you need to put the issues at hand into a bigger, global context, explore current trends, and listen to each other, before you jump into problem-solving.
  

• Collaborative dialogue: A well-designed and facilitated meaning promotes creativity, learning and new possibilities. We aim for fun and engaging meetings where important questions can be explored and key learnings captured.
  

• Inspired action: We believe that inspired action comes from clear intention, conversations that include a diversity of perspectives, and strong relationships. When these elements are present, action comes from a place of inspiration.

RESULTS WE DELIVER

Some of the results our clients can expect from working with us include:

• Better understanding of your environmental footprint: We help you identify your key environmental impacts and the issues most important to your stakeholders.

• More engaged and happier employees: Green Teams can harness the power of your employees and help integrate green values into your products and services.

• Stronger relationships with your stakehoders:  By engaging your stakeholders in an authentic dialogue, stronger partnerships can emerge.

• Green programs that make an impact:  We design innovative green initiatives that make a quantifiable bottom line impact. We helped the Marin Community Foundation launch a new school-based carbon reduction campaign that was introduced into 24 schools, cancelling over 700 cars' worth of emissions.

• Communications that bring your projects to life:  We it web content, a blog post or a white paper, we can translate your complex data into a compelling story that educates and inspires your target audience.