B the Change

JANUARY 4, 2023

Purpose-Driven Businesses Find Strength and Motivation in Community (Photo by Gia Oris on Unsplash ) The Certified B Corporation movement is a global movement of people using business as a force for good. Discover how B Corps are using business as a force for good by prioritizing people and planet in everything they do.

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James Militzer

APRIL 4, 2022

Among these channels, direct sales forces can be uniquely placed to trigger consumption frequency given the frequent, direct interactions they enable with customers. But what are direct sales forces’ true benefits? The Benefits of Direct Sales Forces for Selling Nutritious Products.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 17, 2022

Egypt boasts the largest labor force in the region, and it is a youthful labor force too, with those in the 20 to 24 year-old age bracket representing more than half the labor force. A: NTI has different capacity training programs that were established based on market needs and profiles of new jobs.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESG-focused investors have become an increasingly influential force for change that most companies can no longer ignore. One good place to start is by learning from companies that provide good examples. So how can companies communicate their ESG practices using the proxy statement as a disclosure medium?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

Fortier said the procurement measure is part of a greening-government initiative, noting that Ottawa is one of the largest customers for goods and services in the country, with more than 30,000 buildings and 40,000 vehicles. We have to be able to move through a transition that makes sense,” Bardswick said at the GLOBExCHANGE conference.

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3BL Media

APRIL 13, 2022

British building materials company Tarmac has joined forces with Align to develop a new low-carbon concrete solution for HS2 Phase One, to help mitigate the climate crisis. Together we’ve shown this new concrete is fit for purpose in slabs and walls, with good repeatability and works with standard production and construction methods.

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3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2022

Equity and fixed-income investors agree that good governance includes fair treatment of stakeholders, accurate and transparent reporting with appropriate disclosures, and minimal conflicts of interest between management and the company. Even when governance is good for equity investors, it isn’t always good enough for credit investors.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

Reporting is conducted based on the recommendations of the framework of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Higher costs for goods sold due to price increases on raw materials, rising energy prices, higher distribution costs as well as higher carbon taxes and restrictions on carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

LinkedIn | Company profile. LinkedIn | Company profile. In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Company profile. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Analyses of lacklustre efforts from industries comes as EU deforestation regulation is set to come into force. It found that of 700 financial institutions with high profile climate and net zero commitments only 21% recognise deforestation as a business risk. EUDR is a good thing and we need it,” she stressed.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Lockdown forced the population to change their lifestyle and, as a result, consumption and waste habits changed too. Other firms pivoted towards different business models, recognising that much of the waste that had disappeared had not gone for good but been displaced. Waste changed – that’s a challenge and an opportunity.

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B the Change

JULY 26, 2022

Discover how B Corps are using business as a force for good by prioritizing people and planet in everything they do. When the profile for this role as Lead Executive at B Lab came across my inbox, I thought, this is it! Our Theory of Change is a good guide. Business as a force for good is one of them.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 26, 2024

This can unlock their ability to scale, which for social enterprises can create more opportunities to transform lives and act as a force for good. Our success in using securitization should encourage businesses in similar sectors with similar profiles to explore the same route.

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Learn more about this growing movement of Certified B Corporations using business as a force for good, and sign up to receive the B The Change Weekly newsletter for more stories like this one, delivered straight to your inbox once a week. all with low profiles and easy-carry swivel loops?—?TKWides

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Green Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Shipping is cheap: Cargo ships carry goods from China to Western countries and carry scrap back, a process known as reverse haulage. In a 2013 initiative called Operation Green Fence , China sharply increased inspections of imported bales, shipping back substandard scrap at exporters’ expense and forcing them to pay more attention to quality.

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3BL Media

MAY 26, 2022

The following are brief company profiles of the businesses recognized: SB Transportation Service, Inc. In the community, Rodriguez and her family volunteer their time and resources to a local food harvest organization, including distributing canned goods to people in need and helping local farmers harvest crops. Orlando, Fla.

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Just Capital

MARCH 2, 2023

And knowing that these large companies are conscious of their place in the world and responsibility for the greater good, makes the JUST Capital 100 a great starting point to apply our criteria,” said USA Financial CEO Mike Walters. After his appointment, Womack will be one of four Black CEOs in charge of S&P 500 companies.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

How did the high-profile World Economic Forum event prioritise nature? Such actions make good, economic sense. Sobering statistics beg the question – how can the pursuit of nature-based solutions and nature positive strategies compete with these forces? trillion in annual business value and create 395 million jobs by 2030.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The outline above scratches the surface, but it gives a good glimpse into both the variety of tasks that need to be accomplished and the depth of the work each task requires. Building an Internal Solution.

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Stanford Social Innovation

APRIL 25, 2022

This framework absolutely must harness the ever-growing power of technology to best advance the social good. Technology implies code and data, but also relies on humans to create it, engage with it, govern it, and face the consequences—good and bad—that it creates. In the Physical Dimension, We Need People.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 27, 2019

They have learned from a large list of high-profile Fortune 100 companies that were great at both agility and execution but experienced dramatic downturns. Reacting to problems and digital disruptions, no matter how agile you and your organization are, is no longer good enough. They know there is no longer a middle ground.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Fineberg of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, lamenting philanthropy’s inability to join forces to amplify and expedite impact. But there has never been a sustained system for institutional or individual funders to organize at scale for the greater good, during a crisis or otherwise.

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

When folks typically use the term “ESG,” I think they’re really thinking more about the “E” and the “S,” and the conversation seems to have really forced a broader group of people to really focus more on the externalities – really, how does a company behave in the business environment in the face of all of these risks (and opportunities).

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Jon Hale

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But ESG value funds can help companies improve their sustainability profile through active ownership. And the decision to invest sustainably makes investors feel good about themselves and their decisions, conferring an emotional benefit. And if that’s the case, sustainable investing “will be performing a valuable social good?—?helping

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

The good news is Americans of all ages have exceptionally high trust in science (89% younger generations, 88% older generations 1 ) and most say science is very important to their everyday lives (58% younger, 56% older).

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B the Change

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Learn more about this growing movement of Certified B Corporations using business as a force for good, and sign up to receive the B The Change Weekly newsletter for more stories like this one, delivered straight to your inbox once a week. 1) What percentage of the B Corp community are multinational companies? .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Meanwhile, the UK pursued its climate-first approach, rolling out disclosure rules for financial institutions and corporates in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Fast-moving consumer goods companies traditionally focus their marketing and distribution efforts on maximizing the penetration of their products – i.e., the share of their target consumers who have purchased a product in a given timeframe. The implicit assumption is that increasing penetration is key to driving sales growth.

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Stanford Social Innovation

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, rather than forcing a completely standardized grant application process, we can identify smaller aspects of grant applications that can be standardized. Another good example is the public definitions in the NTEE IRS Activity Codes , a part of the taxonomy system the IRS and NCCS uses to classify nonprofit organizations.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Last week, for example, the UK government proposed mandatory climate risk-related governance by large pension plans, to be disclosed in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures , or TCFD. Disclosure is good: Sunlight is the best disinfectant, as the saying goes.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

That’s been great to see because it mobilised quite quickly – but nature is such a huge crisis. Carbon offset projects that protect trees or mangroves also conserve their important roles as carbon sinks. But the carbon offset space has long been plagued by criticism, controversy and aversion.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For me, one source of hope and inspiration are the entrepreneurs we support at Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship , whose innovative solutions to these challenges demonstrate that business really can be a force for social good. But for social entrepreneurs to flourish, they must learn from each other.

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B the Change

AUGUST 15, 2022

(Photo by Jordan McDonald on Unsplash ) How Four of This Year’s Honorees Are Centering Stakeholder Benefit in Their Work If you spend some time perusing the company profiles of the 2022 Best for the World Certified B Corporations, you might notice one thing a lot of them have in common: an Impact Business Model. La Laiterie du Berger?—?Based

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

He called for measures to be adopted that protect consumers from the extreme impacts of shifting market and geopolitical forces in a way that “helps keep us on track to carbon neutrality as well as ensuring energy security and affordability.”. That does not mean divesting to ensure the portfolio looks good in the quarterly report.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2023

In October 2021, the UK government made it mandatory for large businesses to disclose their climate-related risks and opportunities in line with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. However, active funds continue to dominate new launches in the US, the report noted.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As world leaders, negotiators, and thousands of representatives from NGOs, public and private organizations, youth movements, artists, and the media head home from Glasgow at the end of COP26, many will reflect on the outcomes of this 26th United Nations climate conference—the first big milestone since the 2015 Paris Agreement came into force.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are a near-universal reference point, but there are many hard yards on top, whether using frameworks developed collaboratively by investors or proprietary approaches. We build tools to better equip the investment team to think about risks and opportunities.

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