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Beyond the Paycheck

3BL Media

And while we may be living in a time of global anxiety about inflation and a potential recession, we – as individuals and companies – have the power to change the current status quo on issues like employment and wages. for women and a slightly higher 5.5% Additionally, “Black women and Hispanic women had higher jobless rates (8.0%

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Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation

Yet, despite this consensus, the Rainforest Foundation Norway showed, in 2021 , that efforts to recognize Indigenous land rights and support their forest conservation were getting less than 1 percent of all climate financing, with the vast majority of funding going to international organizations or development contractors.

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The Urgent Need to Address Climate Impacts on MSMEs: Recommendations for Designing Right-Fit Tools and Solutions

James Militzer

In emerging markets – and particularly in rural and underserved communities within these countries – MSMEs are a critical link to basic goods and services, and a major driver of employment, providing over 50% of jobs and generating income for millions of households around the world. FOR MSMES, CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE AND HAPPENING NOW.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. Did that experience influence the final shape of the climate goals? Andrew, an avid scuba diver who joined PepsiCo about 4.5 Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. CrossBoundary focuses on clean energy, cleantech, climate change and education.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many "firsts" are on the list, especially in terms of the number of women cracking the glass ceiling in their roles. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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These are Canada’s 50 fastest-growing green companies of 2023

Corporate Knights

Sounds like a climate activist’s wish list. This is the Future 50, Corporate Knights’ second annual ranking of ambitious entrepreneurs who are trying to solve big problems in climate, energy, the environment, transportation, healthcare, waste disposal – even the Canadian diet. New to the Future 50 this year, ElectraMeccanica, a B.C.-based

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