GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2021

From how businesses chose to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to the escalating outcry over racial justice to the increasing urgency around climate change, there is much for companies to answer for this year. Diversity and inclusion: From commitments to accountability. Here’s what I found: Demand for climate disclosure is up — and up.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The organization's mission aligns well with GreenBiz’s values of championing corporate climate action that is informed by diverse communities and recognizes the intersection between climate change and racial justice. I'm honored to say that I'll be personally serving on the WSLA Alumnae Group board of directors.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

And while gender diversity has improved significantly over the past few years — according to Institutional Shareholder Services , 45 percent of new board positions among the Russell 3000, representing 3,000 of the largest U.S. traded stocks, were filled by women in 2019, up from just 12 percent in 2008 — racial diversity has not. .

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. In honor of International Women’s Month (March) International Women’s Day (March 8) and Trans Day of Visibility (March 31), GBB would like to recognize SDG 5: Gender Equality and acknowledge the progress towards this goal and continued need for improvement. What is SDG 5?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

If we want a more just economic system, we have two levers, voting and shopping: Vote for local, state and national leaders and policies that support minority-owned businesses and require fair and safe labor standards. It’s urgent to reshape our economy towards justice and sustainability. Diane Osgood. Mon, 06/15/2020 - 00:30.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

. • Trade association calls for “a sector where everyone can succeed” • Pledge made to ensure equality within its own workforce. Chief executive Lila Thompson said that by acknowledging and addressing the gender disparity, she hoped other leaders would take action to tackle the lack of diversity elsewhere in the UK water industry.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. In honor of International Women’s Month (March) International Women’s Day (March 8) and Trans Day of Visibility (March 31), GBB would like to recognize SDG 5: Gender Equality and acknowledge the progress towards this goal and continued need for improvement. What is SDG 5?

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

The key to becoming a sustainable business is to have a sustainability scorecard that tracks progress and measures results. To be successful on the sustainability front, you need to have a framework that lets you assess how sustainable your business is so you can measure progress and report on your results.

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Fairsnape

JUNE 11, 2020

Within the closing pages of FutuREstorative I made the plea for a just sustainability … (None of our) innovation, technology, biomimicry, biophilia or digital thinking will progress our sustainability performance if we do not have a matched and parallel improvement in equality, equity, diversity and justice.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As concerns continue to grow about the sustainability of some business practices, some groups prioritize the environment’s well-being vis-à-vis profit when investing. Do you prefer diversity, safety, and health to always be at the forefront of any workplace? What environmental practices do you need to see in a business?

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GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

Corporate finance departments haven’t historically been positioned to create impact within their organizations, but an ever-increasing amount of attention on ESG ; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and racial justice initiatives has led C-suite executives to look holistically at their business practices for opportunities to innovate.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

It’s been three years since writing my first article for GreenBiz, " Why diversity is the key to unlocking sustainability." I provided a quick glimpse of the anxiety and pain that the black community feels daily and actionable steps that the sustainability community could take to advocate for diversity and stimulate unprecedented change.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Corporations have used that to their advantage to become an important part of the tree planting business. Funding tree planting in rural areas across the globe was an easy way for businesses to invest in green initiatives and to win points with the general public. . But urban forestry has a different history.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Ensuring that the water sector is at least equally as attractive to the supply chain and investors as competing infrastructure sectors will be critical. It is no secret that the industry has limited diversity. What does ‘sustainable water sector’ actually mean?

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2024

For the BusinessGreen newsroom, it also brings a wave of invites to interview women in green business who can speak to the barriers they have surmounted to advance their careers, and the example they are hoping to set for women engaged in the net zero transition. There is, of course, a link between these two trends.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

ACCEL Year 1 featured six startups working on innovations as diverse as sneakers made from food waste, ultracapacitors built with hemp sourced from Black and Indigenous farmers, and ultra-light solar panels. and Houston, Texas, Nov. and Houston, Texas, Nov. Further results from Year 1 of ACCEL can be found here.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Report from PwC warns business and government must embed gender equality into their green growth plans, noting that current levels of understanding about green jobs remains limited among women. Women were also more likely to report that their mental and physical wellbeing had worsened during the pandemic.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All companies have received funding from Innovate UKs Sustainable Innovation Fund and are now seeking venture capital to scale their business and impact. Greener – A platform to make it easier, quicker and smarter for food businesses to connect with supply chain partners who share sustainability values.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Energy storage's value lends itself to a much more diverse range of geographies," Finn-Foley said in an interview after the talk. Energy storage's value lends itself to a much more diverse range of geographies," Finn-Foley said in an interview after the talk. "It's

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Corporate support equals path to commercialization. Their mission: create a network of financial, technical and market development resources — including credible and powerful corporate connections — that gets these critically important solutions to commercial scale more quickly. We went out to meet them where they are," he said.

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Michael Grossman

JUNE 24, 2020

Dear Michael's Marc: I've always considered myself an ally for equality, regardless of a person's color, religion, gender, etc. Still, our premium price point, while underlining our commitment to sustainable sourcing, has made it harder to attract a more diverse audience. Signed, Colorblind. Guess what? So does everyone else.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Given that “environmental” is a central pillar of ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance), reporting on climate and integrating it into business and investment decisions has had a lot of attention in recent years. Applying a climate lens to investing is, today, not an unfamiliar notion.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Green Business Bureau’s ESG image infographic. The Green Business Bureau has created the below ESG image infographic to help you understand Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria, and how this criteria relates to corporate sustainability. What is ESG and why is it important for your business?

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Bidgely

JUNE 15, 2022

An important part of what we do with that information is considering the question of equity versus equality. When we built our system, we built it for equality. We wanted to make sure that all of our customers were treated equally. Watch the full Engage+ episode on demand. But equity tells a different story.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2021

The project made it through a major hurdle of the approval process on March 5 when the Army Corps released a draft environmental impact statement that assessed the pros and cons of the diversion. The mid-Barataria diversion is shaping up to be one of the largest ecosystem re-engineering projects in U.S. that looks like a giant boot.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

When we take action to confront climate change, in our communities, countries and organisations, we should, of course, be mindful of the ways in which climate change affects men and women differently, and we should work to actively promote gender equality and empower women and girls. We must do all we can to amplify their voices.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG goals are company-wide objectives that help an organization meet environmental, social, and governance business needs as per the standards set in the ESG framework. In this Green Business Bureau article, we introduce the concept of ESG goals. How to set ESG goals guide. What is ESG and why is it important? What are ESG goals?

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The ‘S’ in ESG gains currency Manjit Jus Mon, 02/08/2021 – 01:00 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. There are a lot of nuances with data on social issues, such as gender equality, human rights and labor standards. Two important areas are gender equality and human rights.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2022

Let me introduce you to just a few of the rockstar women entrepreneurs in our member and alumni community: SaLisa Berrien , CEO of COI Energy , works with businesses to reduce and monetize their buildings’ energy use. According to the Harvard Business Review, only 2.3 government. We have all heard the statistics.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 9, 2022

Companies that adopt ESG principles will define a vision, mission, strategy, tactics and values that consider, measure, and report the environmental, social, and governance aspects of their business. ESG vs. Sustainability. The meanings of the terms “ESG” and “Sustainability” are evolving and it’s important to understand the difference.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2020

SDG Ambition is the latest programme from the UN Global Compact, a UN body working with businesses around the world to help them align their activities with the SDGs. We hope that SDG Ambition will establish a new normal for the global business community that is both bolder and more strategic in efforts to achieve the world we want.".

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

More investment equals more growth. Clean energy jobs accounted for half of all new jobs in the U.S. in 2018 and 2019. Even during the pandemic, there was still a 3 percent growth in clean energy manufacturing jobs as automakers shifted increasingly to cleaner and more efficient cars, trucks and buses ( Clean Jobs America 2021 | E2).

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38 North Solutions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

About 38 North 38 North is a bipartisan consulting firm that provides business development and public policy services to innovative companies and organizations. Business Development: The VP will manage client relationships from proposal generation through execution of government affairs strategy, becoming a go-to-trusted resource for clients.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 30, 2020

That manifests itself in our majority female-led team; gender, racial, and ethnic diversity in our portfolio companies; and our program for startups designed to increase Equity & Access climate technology in frontline communities. As an entrepreneur herself, Dawn knows that the best solutions to climate change are also the most inclusive.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New Energy Risk is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity, equity & inclusion are values we uphold as a team. Vice President, Business Development, [link] vice-president-business- development. We transfer specific and carefully calibrated technology and financial risks to the insurance markets.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The business world is becoming more environmentally and socially responsible. For instance, 73% of investors are looking for environmental and social responsibility and sustainability in business. For instance, 73% of investors are looking for environmental and social responsibility and sustainability in business.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

New York sustainability: Urban sustainability that supports the green business. For the purpose-driven business operating within the New York district, this Green Business Bureau article looks at the New York sustainability agenda to detail the developments this city is championing to achieve urban sustainability.

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