“EcoShift provided a comprehensive Climate Action Plan that exceeded our expectations. Their expertise and thorough analysis resulted in a highly effective plan that will help us meet our strategic goals.”

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union

“EcoShift brings experience and background that is not currently common in the field of sustainable business practices and we are delighted with what they did and continue to do for us.”

Ian Browde, CEO, Greening Point, Inc.

“Your ideas present a clear, direct methodology we can—and will—use to show our end user how to maximize their dollars and make the right choice for our environment at the same time. ”

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
 

Clients

EcoShift consultants have worked with a range of organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors. While our work has focused on California clients, we also work with clients across the country and internationally.

Climate Action Reserve
Development of the Reserve’s Forest Offset Protocol, Soil Carbon

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union
Comprehensive Energy Assessment and Climate Action Plan

Greening Point, Inc.
GreeningShift Quick Start TM – A rapid carbon accounting tool for medium and large enterprises

Ecology Action
Development of a Local Carbon Fund for the Monterey Bay Region

Live Earth Farm
Greenhouse gas inventory of an organic, community supported agriculture (CSA) farm, with Scope 3 emissions

UniModal – SkyTran – Personal Rapid Transit
Lifecycle assessment of an emerging technology to increase efficiency in public transportation

San Jose Mineta Transportation Institute
Assessment of carbon footprint of carsharing programs in Europe and North America

Chancellor’s Council on Climate Change – University of California Santa Cruz
Climate Action Planning, GHG Inventory, and Planning for Cogeneration, Solar, and Biomass Power Generation

Farmhouse Culture
Greenhouse gas inventory of an organic food company, including food miles analysis

Client Confidential
Lifecycle Analysis and Environmental Impacts of Solar Photovoltaic Industry

Transportation and Parking Services – University of California, Santa Cruz
Carbon Accounting Methods for Mobile Source Emissions

ScanEx Imaging
Applicability of GIS for Climate Change Mitigation

Procurement and Business Contracts Group – University of California, Santa Cruz
Education and economic tools for green purchasing

Remote Sensing, Vegetation and Climate Change in Inner Mongolia, China – UC Santa Cruz
Remote Sensing and GIS work tracking vegetation shifts resulting from climate change

Interdisciplinary Group on Appropriate Rural Technology, Michoacan, Mexico
Planning, project development, GIS and remote sensing for community involvement in forest resources management

Roots