Our Approach

We at Green Boxes Consulting believe that true SUSTAINABILITY isn't just about protecting the environment. We choose to address many inter-related CAUSES to address the environmental, social, and economic issues we face as a society. We seek to develop a comprehensive understanding to every challenge and develop an action plan to address all the issues at play. To that end we our firm employs nine principles and frameworks in our consulting engagements.

  1. INCLUSIVE: We consider all internal and external stakeholders.
  2. SOCIAL JUSTICE: We believe in the fair distribution of benefits and burdens
  3. SYSTEMS THINKING: We look at a problem in context and strive to understand the system as a whole, not in isolation.
  4. STRATEGIC BUSINESS CASE: We focus on building a business case that makes business sense.
  5. TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE: We promote solutions that are good for people, planet and profits.
  6. PRO-ACTIVE: We champion ideas that solve problems before they become wicked problems.
  7. ITERATIVE: We use an iterative design process in order to find the best opportunities for our clients to achieve their sustainability goals.
  8. HIGH IMPACT: We offer solutions that use resources efficiently and effectively.
  9. PRAGMATIC: We take a practical approach to every challenge.