LIFT Economy: A Visionary Impact Consulting Firm

LIFT Economy is a worker-owned cooperative and impact consulting firm that aims to create, model, and share a racially just, regenerative, and locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life. Founded in 2014, LIFT Economy has been a certified B Corporation since 2015, and has received the Best for the World award for its positive impact on workers, customers, community, and environment.

LIFT Economy offers a range of services to help businesses, nonprofits, and communities achieve their social and environmental goals, such as:

• Impact Strategy and Assessment: LIFT Economy helps clients design and implement strategies to maximize their positive impact on people and planet, using tools such as the B Impact Assessment, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Drawdown Framework.
• Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems: LIFT Economy supports farmers, ranchers, and food entrepreneurs to adopt practices that enhance soil health, water quality, biodiversity, and climate resilience, while also increasing profitability and social equity.
• Restorative Ocean Economies: LIFT Economy works with coastal and marine stakeholders to develop solutions that restore ocean health, sequester carbon, and provide livelihoods for local communities, such as seaweed farming, regenerative aquaculture, and blue carbon projects.
• Next Economy Education and Media: LIFT Economy produces and curates educational content and media that showcase the leaders and innovations of the next economy, such as the Next Economy MBA, the Next Economy Now podcast, and the B Corp Handbook.

LIFT Economy also operates as a social enterprise itself, reinvesting its profits into its own impact initiatives, such as:

• Force for Good Fund: The first crowdfunded accelerator and development fund supporting a more diverse and inclusive economy through social enterprise, providing mentorship, capital, and technical assistance to underrepresented entrepreneurs.
• The Next Egg: A collaborative project to support citizens to move the $32 trillion in US retirement savings away from Wall Street and onto Main Street, by creating accessible and affordable self-directed retirement plans that can invest in local and regenerative businesses.
• Regenerative Agriculture Investor Network (RAIN): A network of investors, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who are interested in funding and scaling regenerative agriculture and food systems, by sharing knowledge, best practices, and deal flow.

LIFT Economy is driven by a vision of a world where all beings thrive together in harmony with nature. By working with clients and partners who share this vision, LIFT Economy is catalyzing the transition to a more just and sustainable economy for the benefit of all life.