Greenleaf is committed to advancing a healthy and sustainable world with solutions to climate change and natural resource depletion. We have the opportunity to implement practices and policies for a more resilient and favorable future. Greenleaf develops solutions at multiple scales, including:
- Renewable energy for a clean economy
- Climate-smart agriculture providing resilience and enhanced productivity
- Innovation with sustainably-produced bio-based products
- Carbon pricing and the clean energy transition
- Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions for healthy communities
- Financial markets incorporating climate and nature risks
Below, we highlight a selection of Greenleaf Communities’ initiatives on climate, natural resource protection, sustainable agriculture, and nature-based solutions. Read more at www.greenleafcommunities.org and www.greenleafadvisors.net.
Build sustainable communities with solutions for climate adaptation, mitigation and human health.
Delivered actionable solutions to the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in June, which brought 1700 attendees to Chicago at the first convening in the U.S. With partners, we highlighted how distributed networked solutions can benefit urban, suburban, and rural communities. Success stories illustrated microgrids, smart stormwater management, wastewater recycling, climate forecasting, and nature-based solutions.
Inform sustainable behavioral finance and markets to support corporations mitigating, adapting, and reporting on climate risk.
Hosted Dr. Robert Litterman to keynote the International Behavioural Finance Conference this October in Chicago. Bob, Committee Chair of the new Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative at the Salata Institute and Resources for the Future, covered climate risk, carbon accounting, pricing, and investments. He then joined a panel with John Andersen and Katie DeMuro on climate policy, natural resource pricing and externalities, emissions accounting, and conservation to address climate and resource challenges.
Scale sustainable agriculture and forestry to protect water, improve crops, mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Brought climate solutions, risk forecasting, and benchmarking practices to the annual Ohio Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference as part of our Healthy Soils for Healthy Crops, Communities, and Planet initiative.
Accelerate innovation of sustainable products.
Shared insights on innovation adoption and market scaling at the Illinois Soybean Association SpringBoard Challenge in April. The Soy Innovation Center is accelerating commercialization of soy-based products by offering viable, renewable alternatives. Last year, Greenleaf developed a sustainability evaluation system to help guide new product innovation.
Conservation through collaboration for key nature outcomes.
Assisting the Nature Outcome Agreement Areas, a Canadian initiative for land and water resource conservation in collaboration with Indigenous people, industry, and governments. In 2026, we will help convene a workshop to refine the concept, principles, implementation framework, and a pilot collaborative.