GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Meanwhile, COVID-19, just like other structural inequalities, has had the most profound impact on communities of color. How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era. Daphany Rose Sanchez. Mon, 07/06/2020 - 02:01. At night, I go back into my neighborhood, one thriving with diverse residents. More than 122,000 U.S.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Race, Gentrification, and Urban Agriculture in Kansas City & Other Midwestern Cities: What the Research Tells Us. Chhaya Kolavilli’s ethnographic research in Kansas City, MO explores urban agriculture policy, food insecurity and the experiences of urban farmers looking at how race, gender and class impact the urban food system.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2021

The POWERful Women group and consultancy giant PwC UK this week published their latest 'State of the Nation' report on gender balance in the top rungs of the UK's energy industry, and it makes for sobering reading. This doesn't bode well in the race to Net Zero.". Many women on Twitter expressed dismay at the findings.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 1, 2022

For women of color, the climb to be equally represented in leadership roles has been painfully slow, and there is a lot of work to be done to reduce this gender and race disparity. The workshop will focus on providing information and understanding of why women have faced inequalities and barriers to advancement in the workforce.

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Business Green

JULY 4, 2021

The report, dubbed Qualifying the race to net zero , warns the UK's labour market is currently chronically underprepared for the challenges and the opportunities presented by the decarbonisation of the economy. But the UK's pool of workers in both categories is limited, it says.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 6, 2021

While this shift is promising, we are at a critical point where there is beginning to be slower growth, widening inequalities due to climate change, and not enough quality jobs to meet the demand. Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth . What is SDG 8? . The period of 2010-2018 saw a 2.0% in 2019 pre pandemic.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 2, 2020

But the extreme focus of corporations on profit at any cost has also led to horrifying inequalities in wealth, poor treatment of people, abuse of power and damage to our planet and its resources that may soon be irreversible. Bigotry, racism, gender bias and sweat shops are no longer tolerated. Shareholder Value. Employees Come First.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Despite the unprecedented action, inequality is not a new or unrecognized problem in the renewables industry. Despite the unprecedented action, inequality is not a new or unrecognized problem in the renewables industry. “When I have those conversations and send information, there’s no action. [.]

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The SDGs are all-encompassing, going beyond addressing tangible environmental issues to social issues that are difficult to measure and define such as no poverty, gender equality, and peace and justice. Business leaders should understand the goals that the UN have established and align their sustainability initiatives accordingly.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That advocacy includes a specific call to support gender parity within the workforce by the end of this decade as well as authentic attention to the “intersectional” diversity of the communities in which businesses operate. But corporations need to think far more about the human impact of their business decisions.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 29, 2021

However, social inequities to do with race, gender, and income can greatly impact the degree to which it affects us as individuals, leading to communities of color and women facing disproportionate impacts. The challenges are further exacerbated by their race, income, literacy and access to resources.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

help communities address their challenges by providing access to design resources, ensuring access to design education, and empowering neighborhoods by visualizing design solutions to address inequities and injustice, and the effects of climate change. The BSA Foundation uses the fundamental blocks of architecture and design to.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

But this particular flavor of PR smoke and mirrors by the fossil fuel industry is especially questionable, since the evidence is growing that endemic sex discrimination is making climate change harder on women and girls than on men, particularly in countries with high levels of gender inequality.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

Communities in the crosshairs Meanwhile, COVID-19, just like other structural inequalities, has had the most profound impact on communities of color. At night, I go back into my neighborhood, one thriving with diverse residents. More than 122,000 U.S. residents — our neighbors, friends and family members — have died from COVID-19.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. ” Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.” ” by Ashanté M.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission? Trisa Thompson. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 00:10. Much has been said, and will be said, about 2020. The word "unprecedented" has been used an unprecedented number of times. We are constantly bombarded by the media, whether it be about politics, COVID-19 or the state of the economy.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. With over 6,000 certified B Corps, this has become a globally recognized certification body. Is Green Certification Right For Your Business?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Vice President, Sustainability & ESG is part of McKesson’s Global Impact Organization, which is committed to serving the needs of a broad range of stakeholders to create positive change in the communities where we live, work, and operate and to influence change that enhances the world.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2020

How do you avoid getting distracted and stay focused on the mission? Trisa Thompson Mon, 12/07/2020 – 00:10 Much has been said, and will be said, about 2020. The word “unprecedented” has been used an unprecedented number of times. The media barely lets an hour pass without reporting another late-breaking story.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 10, 2020

How you’re impacted is a factor of both 1) exposure, whether to the virus or the economic fallout, and 2) pre-exisitng vulnerablitilies like healthcare access, existing health conditions, race and language discrimination, and lack of employment or savings. COVID-19 can be understood through lens of climate and environmental injustice.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Social, racial and gender-based justice must be at the heart of environmental planning, argue Maeve Cohen and Anna Johnston from Women's Budget Group. Many of the social, racial, gendered and environmental injustices largely ignored by the mainstream in our busy, individualised capitalism, have now been given the spotlight.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Diversity is expressed through a variety of identities such as age, race, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Diversity, equity and inclusion: Incremental reform or systemic change? Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:11. Unresolved debates about the past frame choices about who owns the future. Evaluating DEI practices and performance.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Diversity is expressed through a variety of identities such as age, race, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Diversity, equity and inclusion: Incremental reform or systemic change? Yosie Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:11 Unresolved debates about the past frame choices about who owns the future.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Diversity is expressed through a variety of identities such as age, race, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Diversity, equity and inclusion: Incremental reform or systemic change? Yosie Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:11 Unresolved debates about the past frame choices about who owns the future.

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