FREE Sustainability Courses

This session is designed to unravel the essence of impact storytelling – a pivotal approach for companies to share their sustainability journey and goals in an easily digestible format with their stakeholders and clients. Impact storytelling is not just about presenting data; it's about weaving a narrative that clearly articulates your company's commitment to social and environmental impact.

In this session, we’ll unravel the concept of social sustainability and examine its critical role in the modern business landscape. What does social sustainability entail? Join us as we dive into this question, dissecting the various elements that form a socially sustainable business model and understanding its importance in today's corporate world.

The Wisconsin "Women in Sustainability Leadership Program" for International Women's Day 2021 featured a program titled "Social Sustainability: Unpacking the Intersectionality of Sexism”. We discussed strategies for creating a more inclusive workforce and addressing sexism in sustainable ways.

The second day of the Wisconsin "Women in Sustainability Leadership Program" for International Women's Day 2021 focused on "Empowerment of Women in Sustainability: Tools to Build a Gender Equitable Workplace". This session featured insightful discussions led by Maggie Beckley, Director in the Real Estate, Legal Department at Advocate Aurora Health, and Flory Wilson, Founder of Gender IDEAL. They shared valuable tools and strategies to foster gender equity in the workplace.

Our annual 2022 International Women's Day collaborative event with Evolution Marking, USGBC, Kohler CO, and Appvion.

In 2022 we focused on being effective female leaders and #changemakers in the green building and sustainability professions.

Our annual 2023 International Women's Day collaborative event.

Featuring Monica Nakielski, VP of Sustainability at Advocate Health

How can partnership help advance your workforce challenges and goals? This session focuses on partnerships and collaborations as a strategy for reaching your objectives. The panelists will discuss workforce development strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, upskilling to match your talent needs, and creating spaces that connect employees and facilitate innovation and collaboration.

This session is a continuation of the Leveraging Partnerships for a More Robust and Inclusive Workforce sessions, offering a broader and more interactive conversation about talent development and employee engagement. This session features experts working at the intersection of sustainability, HR, community engagement who are leaders implementing innovative solutions to address Wisconsin-based workforce issues and challenges.

Jessy Servi Ortiz interviews Lisa Geason-Bauer about workforce development culture and issues.

This video breaks down triple bottom line into People, Planet, Profit and shows it in action at Evolution Marketing. Video designed and narration by: Angelina Godinez - Sustainability Marketing & Communications 2021 Intern, Evolution Marketing

Businesses traditionally think about "bottom line" profits, but these often fail to measure external costs, like harm to people or the planet. Triple Bottom Lines take these into account. This is a 10-minute interview with Lisa Geason-Bauer of Evolution Marketing, and discusses companies adopting TBL's and Certified B-Corps with Dr. Patrick Hillberg from Oakland University.

Join Lisa Geason-Bauer for an inspiring exploration of sustainable living, where she shares the transformation of her 1972 home into an eco-friendly haven with a perfect Home Energy Score of 10/10. Discover their journey of green retrofitting and lifestyle changes, offering valuable insights for anyone interested in eco-friendly home improvements and living sustainably.

Check out these steps to save energy in your home.

B Locals are place-based communities of people using business as a force for good. At the core of every B Local are Certified B Corporations — for-profit companies using the power of business to transform the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. Led by passionate volunteers, B Locals are just one of several networks that exist to create connections, increase the positive impact of their B Corp community, and raise awareness of the B Corp Movement.

Dr. Ellonda L. Williams, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) at B Lab

Introduced by Keynote Sponsor:

Lindsey DeWitte, President PR and EVP of Purpose & Sustainability, Barkley

Leveraging Business Partnerships to Address Climate Change. This panel-style session will present an overview of actions businesses are taking to address climate justice. A focus will be on real world examples of projects or programs designed to respond to the climate emergency.

Midwest BLD 2022 Session Two- Centering Racial Equity and Justice within Midwest Cities. In this session, our distinguished panelists highlight the challenges their communities are facing, and then provide real-world examples of actions that they have championed in partnership with local government and nonprofit partners.

August M. Ball: CEO/Founder at Cream City Conservation

Introduced by Keynote Sponsor: Kirsten Green

Director of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Strategy, Global Prairie

We discuss the crucial role of Certified B Corporations in climate justice and sustainable economic policy advocacy. We explore how businesses can influence policy, focusing on moving away from extractive norms towards inclusive, equitable practices. Insights from a B Lab U.S. & Canada webinar shed light on the U.S. climate policy landscape, linking climate justice with racial equity and a stakeholder-focused economy.

Explore the key terms and resources you need to know when beginning and advancing in your carbon journey.

This webinar was part of the Business Workshop on Carbon, held during the Virtual 2020 Earth Day Conference, hosted by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison.

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.

This session will give you an overview of the journey that a business goes on to measure and address carbon, unpack the business case for climate, dive into carbon offset strategies, and explore how to communicate your strategy.

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.

This webinar builds on the recent Business Workshop on Carbon at the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day Conference. We invite you to join us for 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.

Event MC: Montre Moore, CUB Board of Directors Member & Public Involvement and Outreach Specialist - SWRP

Kyle Thomas, Outreach Manager I Commercial B&I Solutions - Focus on Energy

Lisa Geason-Bauer, President - Evolution Marketing

Gina Steward, State Energy Office Grants and Compliance Lead - Office of Energy Innovation | Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

In this episode, we explore the concept of stakeholder economics. We also discuss Certified B Corporations, their design, accreditation and ongoing impacts on people, profits and the planet.

In this episode, learn how to develop a completely different approach to business that balances people, planet, and profit.