ABOUT US

Our Story

Knowledgeable individuals

Eco-Coach offers a talented team with specialized experience and skills in diverse  sustainability issues. It can deploy the right people to provide clients with the support they need. 

A proven methodology

Eco-Coach's business methodology is comprehensive, yet modular, enabling customized and dynamic approaches to fit the scale and scope for clients’ priorities.  Engagements can start small and focus progressively and incrementally on the issues that are most important to clients. 

Sector experience 

Eco-Coach recognizes the distinctive features of clients' businesses and avoids formulaic responses.  Since 2006, Eco- Coach has served financial services, real estate, telecommunications, hospitality, training, food processing, management consulting, exempt, and other large and small organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.

Seeing the forest and the trees: framing key issues and analyzing data

Eco-Coach provides clients with short-term actionable guidance  towards sustainable policies and practices as well as recommendations for promoting quality growth and creating and preserving value over the long-term . Eco-Coach works with clients to  help analyze costs, benefits, and returns on investment, so that they can measure their results and align their dedication of resources for sustainability with their organizational mission and strategy. 

A focus on behavior as well as business operations and buildings

Eco-Coach focuses on the human dimension of sustainability by helping clients discern the alignment between their strategy and their operations; promoting engaged participation of stakeholders in evaluating, designing, and implementing sustainable policies and practices; and helping organizations to manage change in behaviors as well as modifications to business infrastructure.

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Our Values

Eco-Coach is dedicated to providing the best services and tools available to help our customers achieve lasting results that benefit them, the planet, and others involved. With this in mind, we commit to:

Integrity and Ethical Conduct

In all aspects of the business, our actions are ethical and consistent with our values. This translates to transparent business practices and honest, straightforward answers.

Positive Environmental Impact

Internally and when working with our clients, we strive to implement solutions that have a positive impact on the planet.

Client Focus and Commitment

We are committed to finding the best solutions for our clients and to offering them the tools to successfully reach their goal(s).

Quality

We are determined to deliver outstanding solutions so that our relationships with our clients will be close and long-lasting.

Our Origins

Eco-Coach was founded by Anca Novacovici in order to promote environmental awareness and provide businesses and individuals with services and tools that would make the transition to a more sustainable way of living and working easier.  Anca started Eco-Coach in early 2006 because of her passion for the environment and sustainability, her experience in management consulting, and her interest in green, healthy buildings and interior spaces. Anca is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional and sits on the Board of the Green Building Institute. She has co-authored two books, Sustainability 101: A Toolkit for Your Business and DC Metro Area Green Career and Jobs Guide.