Manta Consulting, Inc.

Manta Consulting helps businesses, philanthropic organizations and nonprofits scale social and environmental change initiatives. The firm turns ideas into initiatives, monitors implementation and evaluates results. Based in Carmel, California, Manta has worked with organizations across the United States, Latin America, Australasia, Africa and Europe. It designs and operates social responsibility programs with specific expertise in sustainable seafood and supply chain assessment. Other areas of focus include clean energy, economic and environmental development and social impact financing models.

The firm’s clean energy studies have analyzed the value of fuel incentives and renewable hydrogen credits in California, quantified the economic value of reduced oil dependence and assessed the merits of regulatory approaches and environmental markets for black carbon mitigation. Land conservation work has focused on metrics for investors seeking to achieve impact with their acquisitions. A current project, Fish 2.0, connects emerging sustainable seafood entrepreneurs with funders. Another maps the market potential of fisheries and aquaculture to document engagement drivers and build future funding networks.