GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

They are just now being videotaped and disseminated globally across social media platforms. It’s time to expand your social and professional circles. If you care — if you want to see justice, equity and restoration for my community, here are some actions you can take. Please know that these narratives are not new. Believe me.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2020

One is looking at Mexico, and the tension between climate change mitigation and justice for communities. Appelbaum: When you're looking at clean energy and social justice, what drives what? . We have to do more than lip service to procedural justice. The Institute for Energy Justice is designed to fill that gap.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Pronouncements on company social media accounts often take the form of graphics — white type against a black background seems to be de rigueur in the current environment. Consider the backlash already on social media. Joel Makower. Mon, 06/15/2020 - 02:11. It’s all a welcome sign but also treacherous territory.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Social Justice. To make sure you don't miss the newest episode of GreenBiz 350, subscribe on iTunes or Spotify. Have a question or suggestion for a future segment? E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com. Contributors. Joel Makower. Renewable Energy. Collective Insight. GreenBiz 350 Podcast.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And we have a website as well that aggregates a lot of educational resources that look at different topics and look at different communities for people who are interested in learning more about intersectional environmentalism. is more of a framework for one to achieve environmental justice. Is your environmentalism intersectional?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 11, 2021

Sustainability placement, similar to product placement, is a term used to describe the intentional addition of props, sets, scripts and other production elements that showcase some form of sustainability, whether it be in principle or practice, environmental or social. Movies and Television Series: Reaching A Vast Audience.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

This series explores how clean energy can deliver on finance and corporate social and governance goals alongside climate and environmental benefits. Do justice. Recognizing this, every decision maker leading an energy storage project can choose to do justice by understanding the value of resilience as encompassing more than the money.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Amid his personal struggles, Bond saw an opportunity to align his profession with his passion: I believe that in light of the empathy that exists at the core of our work, we as sustainability professionals must continue to be linked arm-in-arm with BIPOC communities, with the stakeholders at the front of the march advocating for equity and justice.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge. Systemic racism and climate change are not separate issues, and they will not abide separate solutions," said Lisa Jackson, vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives for Apple, in a statement. "We Social Justice. Racial Justice.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Companies are making progress in disclosing their environmental impact and governance standards, but social factors have not been given the same attention — until now. Social factors include how a company manages relationships with its workforce, the communities in which it operates and the geopolitical environment. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The roots of overconsumption — culture, values, worldviews, capitalism — are some of the most unpopular and uncomfortable topics of conversation at any company. Social Justice. Environmental Justice. We need to start looking at changing the ways that we apply value.". Pull Quote. Circular Economy. GreenBiz 21.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

The rise of social metrics in ESG reporting. For years, companies have focused voluntary social reporting on metrics that are, let’s say, comfortable: government-mandated data, such as occupational health and safety or certain hiring metrics, that has been measured and managed for years. Aman Singh. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 12:00.

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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. which will result in greater positive change on a global scale in both the environmental and social realms.".

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice. This new office would significantly strengthen the administration’s government-wide approach to tackling urgent social and environmental issues. Pull Quote. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

The management of environmental and social risks — as viewed through the lens of ESG metrics — "will likely emerge as the new standard of comprehensive corporate governance and underscore how non-financial E, S and G factors may affect long-term valuation," Brie P. Peeking around corners. That is a defining question of the decade.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor Resilience 544

GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

When the Business Roundtable updated its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation a year ago this week, its members surely didn’t anticipate a global pandemic, a recession of historic proportions and a movement for racial justice becoming mainstream. As I noted in a 2006 essay on the occasion of Friedman’s passing: We know better now.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

Employees, consumers and investors have shown that during times such as last summer’s racial justice protests, they grow impatient with performative corporate activism that relies heavily on symbolic gestures and empty promises as opposed to sustained action. Linking economic justice and smart investments. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This is a (sadly familiar) failure of social justice. Social Justice. We’re seeing a surge in new sales channels that allow relatively wealthy consumers to make healthy and sustainable choices, but nothing like the same momentum elsewhere in the market. It’s also a problem for sustainability. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations. Navajo Power is a social benefit corporation focused on utility-scale solar development and is committed to investing profits into local community development projects to "maximize the economic benefits of clean energy for tribal and affected communities.". Social Justice.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Education 542

GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

In other words, what environmental justice considerations should companies evaluate when investing in these opportunities? REDD+ social safeguards have had mixed results ; the impact of the safeguards sometimes have been difficult to monitor and interventions made based on the safeguards had mixed results, she noted. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2021

Within companies, the primary person responsible for understanding and defining how a company will respond to these pressing social and environmental issues is the chief sustainability officer. Who are these CSOs, what are they responsible for and which issues do they think will take hold as we look to the future of sustainable business?

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Sustainability Politics Climate change Government 382

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Social justice is really the new frontier of transparency," says Rochelle Routman, chief sustainability and quality officer of HMTX Industries, one company embracing the Just Label designation developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). Read the Q&A here. Is it just? A label helps answer that question (37:30).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This approach evaluates environmental, social and economic impacts on the community and helps local businesses to thrive, which in turn benefits the company’s clients. Such initiatives are part and parcel of recent efforts to measure the social contribution of business. Corporate Social Responsibility. Social Justice.

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Investment Ethics Education Sustainability 397

GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

As people across the United States and the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for racial justice, the business community has an integral role to play in both the dialogue and the solutions to these social issues. Our social model is broken. Social Justice. Corporate Social Responsibility.

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GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2021

We hear from Saul Griffith, founder of Rewiring America; Mary Nichols, co-chair of the Commission on the Future of Mobility; Michel Forissier, chief engineering and marketing officer at Valeo; and Jacqueline Patterson, senior director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Meet more of the GreenBiz 30 Under 30 (39:50).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Black Lives Matter movement has cast a bright light on what we’ve all known for a long time: We cannot do this work effectively without fighting against white supremacy and putting racial justice at the center of sustainability. . Putting racial justice at the center of our conversations on climate solutions and design is essential. .

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Sustainability Global warming Resilience Health 512

GreenBiz

MAY 21, 2021

During this week’s ceremony, she read from two of her powerful poems, which touched on issues of social justice and climate change. Despite her dystopian themes, she remains "obnoxiously optimistic, defiantly hopeful" that everyone — "all shades of human" — has a role to play in addressing climate change. . Sponsored Article.

Sustainability 543

Sustainability Organic Climate change Startups 543

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. So, what are some ESG issues rising to the top for investors this year? Stand by for more. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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Climate change Investment Global warming Demand 529

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Social Justice. With buying power of more than $140 billion, Gen Z is the fastest-growing consumer segment with unique purchasing values in mind and the willingness to act upon them. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Shutterstock.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Major disruptions such as the COVID-19 crisis generate upheaval and social pain, but they also can be a catalyst for change that, Phoenix-like, paves the way for new thinking and approaches to rise from the ashes. A new social contract. A new type of humanism . Pull Quote. Leadership. Sponsored Article. Shutterstock.

Sustainability 384

Sustainability Biodiversity Resilience Health 384

GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2021

And to understand that human rights, racial equity and environmental justice are now squarely business issues. But companies that refuse to embrace environmental justice, to advance equity of economic opportunity and to dismantle the systems that perpetuate systemic racism do so at their own risk. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Sitting on both sides of the table, I’d like to share what you need to pay attention to in order to be part of the solution on the interconnected fronts of energy efficiency and social justice. We are seeing on social media people of color — specifically, Black people — murdered time and time again. Social Responsibility.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 517

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leaf’d aims for transparency of its values and environmental and social justice. Sustainability is often looked at as an environment-only problem, when in reality it has deep roots in social responsibility and social justice. An Outlook on Eco-friendly Products and the Greening Economy.

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Ethics Sustainability Climate change Education 148

GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

When you think about who makes the greatest social and environmental impact with corporate dollars, you probably think of the head of ESG or the chief investment officer, not the treasurer. How treasurers can lead their company’s impact investing. Catherine Berman. Mon, 04/26/2021 - 00:05. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Companies often struggle with building community trust as they navigate between profit-making and authentically engaging on climate change and environmental justice matters. Social Justice. Fri, 11/06/2020 - 01:00. Yeampierre cited two successful partnerships. Corporate Strategy. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

The hard truth is that our failure to create a more socially just world has worsened the current crisis and could hamper our ability to recover faster. Even before the pandemic, social inequalities were widening for more than 70 percent of the global population. Let’s choose to be social activists. Environmental Justice.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

And while social, human and natural capital are all critical, financial capital is the one form that systemically fails the companies and leaders working on the most impactful solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. Social Justice. When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative. GreenFin 21.

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