Greenland Enterprises’ core purpose is to role model the profitability of sustainable business practices, to spread the message of a strategic sustainable development, and to contribute to the creation of a sustainable global society.
Our Values
We ‘walk the talk’ of social and ecological sustainability with integrity. We are honest, transparent and accountable. We participate in our local and global community, through dialogue and capacity-building. We continually monitor our business and purchasing practices to eliminate our contribution to unsustainability. We respect our team, our clients, our business partners, people and the planet. We aim to change the world, so we can live and work in a sustainable society.
Our Services
Through our sustainability consulting practice, we provide strategies and solutions for the unique social and environmental challenges of today’s world, helping organizations profit in their move towards sustainability.
Operational Analysis
Moving towards sustainability requires clear understanding of the current state of your organization. We examine your organization’s key social and ecological aspects and resource flows across the entire value chain in order to find areas of opportunity for savings and elimination of unsustainable practices, and to identify and maximize current successful sustainable practices, driving profit and growth of value.
Stakeholder Engagement
Effective communication with stakeholders provides different perspectives on your organization and its practices. We facilitate credible stakeholder engagement with shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, community members, regulators, etc. to uncover key issues and concerns, and provide a platform to build your organization’s visibility as a good corporate citizen.
Capacity Building
Moving towards sustainability requires learning and change. Successful organizations combine their positive time-tested practices with innovate capacity building. We deliver sustainability education initiatives that empower each individual member of your organization to be fully engaged in your sustainability strategy, stimulating creativity and enthusiasm in the workplace.
Strategy Development
We facilitate strategy development, planning from a perspective of success to build a practical path towards sustainability. Through a series of engaging workshops, we help you craft a compelling vision of your sustainable organization and identify the foundation of current success practices to build on. We monitor the latest developments in sustainable practices and technologies, providing you with suggestions for innovative measures for improvement. We guide priority-setting and advise on appropriate indicators and auditing criteria to measure progress.
Our Team
Greenland Enterprises grew out of the successful partnership between Michelle McKay and Georges Dyer in their thesis work during their graduate studies at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. This experience, in conjunction with their mutual interest in innovative project-based sustainable business, prompted them to create Greenland Enterprises.
Georges Dyer, Partner
Georges holds a Master’s in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, and a B.A. in History and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College. He has worked on residential Green Building projects, using ecological design and building practices. He also has experience working on private equity and commercial real estate projects. Most recently, he has been working as the Head of Market Intelligence on an institutional equities trading desk on Wall Street. He strives to use concepts of strategic sustainable development to promote a socially and ecologically sustainable world.
Michelle McKay, Partner
Michelle holds a Master’s in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, and a B.A. in Art and Culture Studies with a minor in Visual Art from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. She is a Management Consultant with experience in change management, project management and outsourcing. Her most recent contracts were in the energy sector; however, she also has worked in entertainment (film, television and music production), sales and marketing, and the health insurance industry. Michelle’s strengths are project management, strategy development, communication and public relations, and facilitation. Her interests are sustainable energy, policy-making and energy poverty reduction.
