Our Work

Our firm’s staff has executed corporate and institutional advisory and transaction assignments for over 35 years in the United States and abroad, with deep experience in the Great Lakes region. With support from our network, we bring expertise in science, policy, capital, and business across the interdependencies of land, water, material, energy, and climate.

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    Earth Knowledge

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    Climate and nature risk are financial risk. Earth Knowledge provides unprecedented insight into the dynamic global climate, with short and long term forecasting for any location on the planet.

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    Electric Power Research Institute

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    Greenleaf Advisors helped EPRI develop and coordinate research with The Ohio State University to find and deploy environmentally beneficial uses of synthetic gypsum including its effect on phosphorus runoff from agriculture.

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    G&W Electric Intelligent Microgrid

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    Greenleaf helped G&W in its investigation of microgrid technologies and assessment of bill savings and revenue generation opportunities with Intelligent Generation’s cloud based management platform.

  • Great Lakes Wind Development

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    Greenleaf and its partners collaborated across state lines and agencies to develop a regional tool that integrates available data and stakeholder interests across the region, providing guidelines for siting wind farms and regional decision making.

  • GYPSOIL

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    Greenleaf worked with Gypsoil to expand their market which is now in 25 states and inform policy on use of gypsum for agricultural soil and water quality health informed by sound science. This led to an NRCS Conservation Practice Standard.

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    Healthy Soils for Healthy Waters Conference Series

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    Along with soil and water research and policy leaders, Greenleaf launched a series dedicated to the development of multidisciplinary and whole system management practices for the agricultural lands that impact our nation’s waters.

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    Greenleaf Advisors assisted Pfingsten Partners, LLC with its investment in Hy-Bon Engineering Company by advising on climate science would drive regulatory changes in its favor.

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    Intelligent Generation

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    Intelligent Generation’s software service makes solar and energy storage profitable through its patented network approach. Greenleaf represents IG in the marketplace and helped them advance to commercialization.

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    The Illinois research project led by Argonne National Lab focused on growing biofuel crops in degraded agricultural lands that reduce water pollution as well as greenhouse gases.

  • RFF Water Roundtable

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    Greenleaf convened Midwest water experts at a Chicago roundtable aiding Resources for the Future in establishing its water resources research initiative on safe, available water, and mitigating flood risks.

  • Soy Innovation Center Sustainability Strategy

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    Greenleaf Advisors advised the Illinois Soybean Association’s Soy Innovation Center; creating a sustainability evaluation system for the development of innovative new soy-based product applications.

  • Sustainable Finance Conference series

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    The series is a joint effort with DePaul University, and the Global Finance Journal focused on building sustainable value for impact and portfolio values through investments that address environmental issues.

  • Sustainable Stormwater Management

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    Developing markets to encourage property owners to value and contribute to the management of stormwater.

  • The Chicago Area Waterway System

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    The Chicago Area Waterway System has been a pathway for the spread of invasive species, including the Asian Carp, which could damage the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds, impacting both ecologies and economies.

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    Greenleaf supported the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s conservation purchase of Trout Bay on Lake Superior to protect natural landscapes, habitats and species unique to Lake Superior’s heritage coast.