Stop Guessing. Start Knowing. -----------------Then Start Improving.
Sustainability isn't about checking boxes. It's about understanding how environmental, operational, and financial systems work together to create measurable improvements.
EcoScapes helps organizations build practical sustainability programs through environmental baselines, greenhouse gas accounting, policy development, implementation planning, and climate resilience strategies.
We design the systems organizations use to implement sustainability.
Our Approach
The Five-Dimensional Sustainability Approach
The traditional Triple Bottom Line asks organizations to consider people, planet, and profit. While those perspectives remain important, they are often too broad to guide practical sustainability decisions.
EcoScapes Sustainability Solutions uses the Five-Dimensional Sustainability Model to evaluate sustainability opportunities through five interconnected dimensions:
Environmental Impact
How does the organization, decision, or initiative affect natural resources, emissions, waste, ecosystems, and the built environment?
Stakeholder Impact
How are employees, customers, suppliers, communities, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders affected?
Financial Impact
What are the potential costs, savings, revenue opportunities, liabilities, and long-term financial implications?
Organizational Priority
How closely does the issue align with the organization’s strategy, risks, values, customer expectations, and business goals?
Ease of Implementation
What can be accomplished using existing resources and systems, and what will require additional time, investment, infrastructure, or organizational change?
Together, these five dimensions help organizations move beyond simply identifying sustainability impacts. They provide a practical method for comparing opportunities, establishing priorities, and deciding what to do next.
From Impact to Action
Sustainability initiatives should not be selected based on environmental impact alone. The most effective strategies also consider the people affected, the financial implications, the priorities of the organization, and its ability to implement meaningful change.
The Five-Dimensional Sustainability Model is used throughout EcoScapes’ consulting process to help clients build sustainability strategies that are credible, manageable, and designed for implementation.
Put the Model into Practice
Turn sustainability priorities into practical action with consulting services designed around your organization’s goals, risks, resources, and readiness.
Our Services
Assess and Measure
"What is our environmental impact?"
- Sustainability Assessments (products, buildings, organizations)
- Environmental Baselines
- Carbon Footprints
- Carbon Emissions Calculations
- GHG Protocol LCI
- Life Cycle Assessments (where applicable)
- Third-Party Data Verification
- Benchmarking
Third-Party Verification and Assurance
"Can our data be trusted?"
- Independent third-party verification
- AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS)
- Sustainability data verification
- Greenhouse gas data verification
- Assurance readiness
- Verification process development
Report and Disclose
Report and Disclose
"How do we communicate it?"
- Annual Sustainability Reports
- GRI Reporting
- CDP/EcoVadis Reporting
- ESG Reporting
- Climate disclosures
Improve Performance
Report and Disclose
"How do we reduce our impacts?"
- Waste Reduction
- VOC Reduction
- Carbon Reduction
- Building Efficiency
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Packaging
- Designing for Product End-of-Life
- Product End-of-Life Strategies
Strategy and Implementation
"Where do we go from here?"
- Sustainability Strategy
- Climate Resilience Planning
- Sustainability Roadmaps
- Environmental Management Systems
- Sustainability Targets
- SDGs
- Science-Based Targets (SBTs)
Develop Sustainability Solutions
"How do we turn sustainability into a practical program?"
- Sustainability program development
- Sustainability frameworks and methodologies
- Sustainability software and tools
- Data collection systems
- Carbon accounting methodologies
- Policy and procedure development
- Sustainability implementation programs
- Program documentation and technical writing
Education and Training
Build the knowledge and confidence teams need to understand, implement, and communicate sustainability effectively.
- Executive and leadership education
- Employee sustainability training
- Role-specific training for operations, design, sales, and marketing teams
- Sustainability workshops and facilitated working sessions
- Greenhouse gas accounting and carbon literacy training
- Reporting and disclosure training, including GRI and CDP
- Training on sustainability targets, SDGs, and SBTs
- Sustainable design and product development education
- Waste, VOC, packaging, and end-of-life training
- Custom webinars, presentations, and educational series
- Training materials, guides, and implementation resources
- Ongoing coaching to support program adoption and continuous improvement
Sustainability Marketing Strategy
Turn credible sustainability performance into clear, defensible market value.
- Sustainability-focused marketing strategy
- Positioning and messaging development
- Sustainability claims review and substantiation
- Sales and marketing team support
- Client-facing sustainability presentations
- Sustainable RFI and RFP responses
- Thought leadership content development
- Articles, webinars, and educational campaigns
- Product and program launch support
- Translating technical sustainability data into customer-ready communications
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Design
"How do we integrate sustainability into the built environment?
- Retail
- Healthcare
- Stadiums
- Higher Education
- Schools
- Laboratories
- Data Centers
- Hospitality
- Banking
- Commercial
- Residential
Featured Case Study: Path Zero
Creating Frameworks to Simply meet an Industry's Sustainability Needs
Developed by EcoScapes Sustainability Solutions in partnership with SmartWork Media, Path Zero is a comprehensive sustainability implementation framework created specifically for the Customer Environments Industry, including retail, hospitality, restaurants, retail banking, convenience stores, and other customer-facing environments.
Path Zero bridges the gap between sustainability reporting and meaningful action. Rather than treating sustainability as a series of disconnected initiatives, it provides organizations with a practical framework to understand environmental impacts, establish credible baselines, prioritize improvements, implement measurable solutions, and continuously improve performance.
Sustainability Solutions in Practice
Learn more about the Path Zero framework and how it helps organizations implement practical sustainability strategies.
Featured Case Study: Hidden Acres Homestead
Climate Resilience by Design
Sustainability is most effective when architecture, infrastructure, land management, and operations are planned as interconnected systems rather than isolated projects.
Hidden Acres Homestead demonstrates this systems-based approach through renewable energy, resilient infrastructure, ecological restoration, water management, historic preservation, and integrated land management across a 103-acre property.
While every client and project is unique, the same systems-thinking approach used for commercial sustainability consulting is applied throughout the Hidden Acres Homestead Master Plan.
About Lisa Wynne
Lisa Wynne, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, ACSAP
Lisa Wynne is the Founder and Principal of EcoScapes Sustainability Solutions, where she helps organizations move beyond sustainability compliance to create practical, measurable environmental improvements.
With nearly two decades of experience spanning architecture, sustainability consulting, greenhouse gas accounting, environmental reporting, and climate resilience, Lisa develops systems that help organizations understand their impacts, prioritize meaningful actions, and implement long-term sustainability strategies.
Her experience includes sustainability assessments, carbon accounting, GRI and CDP reporting, third-party assurance, sustainable design, environmental management systems, climate resilience planning, and sustainability communications. She is also the developer of the Path Zero sustainability implementation framework and the author of the monthly sustainability series From Baseline to Action.
Lisa has supported projects across retail, healthcare, higher education, laboratories, stadiums, hospitality, banking, data centers, commercial workplaces, and residential design. Her work combines technical expertise with practical implementation, helping organizations transform sustainability from a reporting requirement into a strategic business advantage.
Credentials
- Master of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- AA1000AS Licensed Assurance Provider
- LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
- WELL AP Candidate
- ARE Final Examination in Progress
