Green Matters – October 5, 2020

Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility: It’s time to step up. 

• New survey shows 87% of Americans believe people can be effective when they act together to change companies’ behavior (fortune)

• 50 of the 100 companies most systemically responsible for global industrial emissions have set targets for net-zero (triple pundit)

• New SEC rule blocks advocacy proposals from most small & medium shareholders (ceres)

• New report from Test of Corporate Purpose shows companies signing pledges aren’t walking their talk (valuewalk)

• Video: is this the great reset of capitalism? (yahoofinance)

Carbon, Climate, and the Environment: The not so silent crisis. 

• Companies with lowest carbon intensity outperform their peers (just)

• Most partisan polling group ever assembled says climate change not a partisan issue (wattsupwiththat)

• How much will the planet warm if carbon dioxide levels double? (nyt)

• Maybe it’s not all the fault of the individual after all (grist)

Small Business: The life blood of our economy. 

• Applications for new businesses rising at the fastest rate since 2007 (wsj)

• Almost 40% of furloughed employees have returned to work, but 29% have come back to fewer hours or lower wage (usatoday)

• New York bankruptcies reportedly surge 40% during pandemic (CNBC)

Social Justice, Diversity, & Ethics: No more tradeoffs.

• More than 250 companies take action to advance women’s leadership and equality (unglobalcompact)

• Five common misconceptions about workplace diversity (forbes)

• Key factors driving diverse and inclusive workplace (refinitiv) 

Odd Lots: A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a little bit of oh that’s interesting… 

• Are your takeout containers recyclable? (3blmedia)

• Honing the ability to withstand fear and uncertainty (forbes)

• Food wrappers just passed cigarette butts as most common beach trash (fast company)

• Forgive and be free (aeon)