Business Practices That Build Resilience and Reduce Waste
B The Change Weekly: August 19, 2022
Delivered on Fridays, B The Change Weekly provides the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B The Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B The Change Weekly today. Now on to the good stuff:
The accelerating climate crisis has more people around the world calling on companies to take responsibility for their actions. Their voices are growing louder — and more business leaders are realizing the need to measure and mitigate their environmental impact and set goals for improvement. The B Impact Assessment, used for B Corp Certification, is one such third-party digital tool that helps companies ensure they take meaningful action to protect the planet as a crucial stakeholder.
Certified B Corporations, especially Best for the World environment honorees, seek to improve and verify their carbon reporting, work with local communities to promote reforestation, provide products and services to shape more resilient supply chains, and more. This week, learn how these companies are reducing the impact of their everyday operations to help protect the environment for the future, for all.
Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable, Regenerative Economy
B Corps on the Best for the World environment list are leaders in pursuing new practices and rethinking design to reduce waste and reuse materials. The five B Corps in the U.S. and Canada highlighted in this article keep their environmental impact at a minimum and help people tread a bit lighter on the Earth.
Using Measurements and Accountability to Address Climate Change
Investors, customers, and environmental advocates are increasingly calling on companies to reduce their carbon emissions. In this article from the Network for Business Sustainability, researcher Patrick Callery uncovers four reasons why corporate carbon reporting often is inaccurate then offers three recommendations to enhance these measurements.
Nurturing a Nature-Based Solution for Climate Resilience
Motivated by the idea of creating a better world for future generations, Vahid Fotuni is using the lessons and experiences from 25 years in the sustainable and renewable energy industry to create a nature-based solution to enhance climate adaptation. In these Grow Ensemble podcast highlights, he outlines deforestation challenges and misconceptions, and the vital role that local stakeholders can play in climate solutions.
Stay in the Know
Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:
- 2022 Best for the World Environment: B Corps Lead the Way Toward a Sustainable, Regenerative Economy: 5 Companies with Earth-Friendly Practices That Build Resilience and Reduce Waste
- Best for the World 2022: Impact Business Models in Action: How Four of This Year’s Honorees Are Centering Stakeholder Benefit in Their Work
- How (and Why) to Save the Mangroves: The Vital Role of Local Stakeholders in Reforestation Projects
- 4 Reasons Corporate Carbon Reporting Is Inaccurate: How Companies Can Best Address Climate Change Through Measurements and Accountability
- ‘Steal Our Approach to Sustainability’: Allbirds Co-CEO Joey Zwillinger on How the Company Responds to Copycats
- Do Your Company’s Reproductive Health Benefits Protect Your Most Vulnerable Co-Workers? 3 Questions About Access to Reproductive Health Care Services
B The Change gathers and shares the voices from within the movement of people using business as a force for good and the community of Certified B Corporations. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the nonprofit B Lab.
