Our Team

At Greenscale, we understand the importance of enabling experts across a range of disciplines to help answer some of sustainability’s hardest questions. We regularly partner with leading researchers, academics, and organizations in order to deliver the highest quality product for our clients so you can be assured that in addition to our skilled team of experts, you will receive support and guidance from our extensive network. This network strengthens our credibility and enables us to stay connected within the sustainability field.

Nathan Manion is the Founder, Director, and Senior Consultant at Greenscale Inc., a sustainability consulting company he founded in January 2021. He received his Ph.D. from Queen’s University in the Renewable Energy Development and Implementation (REDi) lab in the Department of Geography and Urban Planning, where he specialized in life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and focused on the sustainability of bioenergy feedstock production in Ontario.

Nathan’s research and work specialize in using life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to evaluate the whole environmental impact of emerging projects, products, technologies, and services across a range of sectors. He has worked with a range of clients including federal and provincial ministries, post-secondary research and education, private industry, not-for-profits, and international development organizations. Over the last 20 years, his research and consulting work with those clients has included:

• Environmental remediation in the Canadian Arctic
• Brownfield contamination in urban environments
• Bioenergy for industry
• Sustainable forestry and forest management
• Ecosystem service valuation
• Green building designs
• Climate change planning for communities and businesses

When Nathan is not working, he usually spends the majority of his time with his two young children and sometimes finds time to garden and cook. A link to Nathan’s full C.V. is provided below.