Environmental Sustainability (Planet)
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals address the environmental sustainability attributes. Click on each icon below to learn more about them.
BlackRock Client Letter
The 2021 BlackRock client letter emphasizes sustainability as a core element in investment strategies, advocating for the integration of environmental factors into risk management and portfolio construction. Highlighting the urgent need for a net zero greenhouse gas emissions economy by 2050, it outlines BlackRock's commitment through the launch of new sustainable funds and the development of Aladdin Climate for enhanced climate data analysis.
Carbon Resources
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day (in 2020) Evolution Marketing and the WI Sustainable Business Council partnered with the Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin to offer a workshop for businesses who want to address carbon within their business. With the onset of coronavirus pandemic we moved our workshop online and the result was five one hour webinars addressing various topics within the carbon management space. Below you will find the recordings from each of the sessions along with the slides.
Explore the key terms, review case studies and learn about resources you need to know when beginning and advancing in your carbon journey. Explore the Resource Guide.
Businesses today are leading in actions to address climate and carbon concerns in ways that improve environmental performance, strengthen their business, and meet the expectations of the communities in which they operate and serve. In this session you will hear from two pioneering companies setting precedents for carbon actions and strategies taken globally.
Learn how you can reduce your carbon footprint starting with efficiency. This session also talks about free market tools available to support carbon tracking and overall sustainability programming for your business. View Carbon Reduction Slides.
This webinar builds on the recent Business Workshop on Carbon at the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day Conference. It's a deeper conversation about the information shared during the original four-part workshop, which included sessions on key terms, carbon reduction and management tools, carbon strategies, and leadership.
B Lab Resources
Final: How to get to Net Zero: A Simple Guide for SMEs
This resource outlines and guides the journey of becoming Net Zero.
B Corp Climate Justice Playbook
The B Corp Climate Collective released the new resource The Climate Justice Playbook for Business: How to centre climate action in Climate Justice, which helps equip their member businesses on the journey of centering climate action in Climate Justice.
B Climate Tools Base
The B Climate Tools Base is a free, open source, filterable, downloadable, curated library of tools to help businesses take climate action, including achieving Net Zero and centering climate justice! It includes toolkits, guides, case studies, webinars, reports, and more.
Additional Resources
Certifications matter more than ever – and brands should be promoting them
This article discusses how Americans manage their environmental concerns via their purchases.
Greencast discussion with Lisa about “Sustainable Certifications”
Have you ever seen a little bunny on your product's packaging? Or a little blue and green person waving? Or a capital letter "B"? Lisa Geason-Bauer joins us this week to explain all of the different Sustainable Certifications you might find on your products. From food, to clothing, to beauty products, the little symbol you see is just the end result of a usually long and laborious task of improving and proving processes to be more environmentally and/or socially responsible. We touch on what it takes to become certified, and the legitimacy of them.
The Purevant Living Podcast
In this podcast Lisa gives an overview of the different FREE sustainability resources that exist for business.