About

Building Value Through Sustainability Since 2002

We are driven by having impact.

We are focused on deploying sustainability solutions at scale.

A socially responsible, net zero economy will be achieved by integrating the big picture demands of sustainability, innovation, and industrialization. By working at this intersection firms can position themselves for success.

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Our Values

We are driven by impact. It is our purpose. We are in business to create a better society and better world. Our values guide our work and our pursuit of quality.

Integrity

Speak our opinions and do what we say.

Collaboration

Work openly with partners, striving to delivery a culture of knowledge and idea-sharing.

Excellence

Pursuit of knowledge, efficiency, and best-in-class performance.

Respect

Respect for people and the environment.

Responsibility

Ownership of our work and our actions.

Energy

Bring high energy to everything we do.

SGC combines sustainability and innovation expertise with ROI-focused business strategy.

How We Work

We operate as your impact partner, helping to solve the world’s challenges. We take a big picture view and work to define a path to impact.

We deliver solutions powered by business principles to ensure long-term success. We often say that a project is not sustainable until it is economically sustainable.

Our Impact

As we work to achieve tangible and scalable impact against the world’s big challenges we use the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations as our guide.

We are currently actively engaged on the following goals:

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About Eric Beynon

Eric is dedicated to advancing purpose-driven innovation to affect positive impact. He has worked across major industry sectors, advising CEOs and senior executives on innovation to advancing sustainability objectives.

For over 20 years Eric has operated at the nexus of industry, government, and NGO interaction with a track record of leading diverse players to collaborate on transformative projects.

Eric was a principal architect of the global NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition, focused on reimagining carbon and catalyzing a new CO2 use industry. Having worked closely with the XPRIZE Foundation’s Board, Eric brought together nine energy multinationals and three governments to sponsor and support the competition with over US$80 million deployed.

Since 2012 Eric has worked to achieve impact through innovation by deploying incentive prize competitions and by utilizing collaboration processes such as the Challenge Dialogue System®. In conjunction, Eric has advanced novel early-stage financing and commercialization opportunities.

Previously Eric worked as the central organizer of global business’ engagement with the United Nations on all aspects of sustainable development – from climate change to development to food. Eric also spent several years in international finance with Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland and Paris, France.

Eric is a 2018 Clean 50 honoree in the category of Angels: Investors & Eco System Support. He has an undergraduate business degree from Canada’s Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business at York University. He has lived and worked in five countries and independently traveled to over 60.