All tagged Diversity & Inclusion

Who Sets the Standard for Diversity and Inclusion?

Who Sets the Standard for Diversity and Inclusion?

Triple Pundit
Diversity

Standards abound in today’s world of sustainable business and social impact. Organic, Fair Trade, non-GMO, FSC, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, LEED, GRI, SASB, CDP. You get the picture. As we are learning, however, standards do not always prevent greenwashing nor unintended consequences. The same can be true when standards are placed on people.

Black Women Thriving, a recently published report from the diversity, equity and inclusion firm Every Level Leadership, repudiates traditional DEI efforts for not challenging the practices and beliefs that have been normalized by white-dominant culture and considered standard in workplaces across the United States.

Reflections on the State of Impact Convening

Reflections on the State of Impact Convening

Pioneers Post
Convening

Thirty years ago a group of young American business leaders began to convene values-driven entrepreneurs, investors, and capacity builders as a way to help catalyze a burgeoning impact movement. In the years to come others followed suit: dozens of conferences showcasing business innovations that were both financially sustainable and beneficial for society and the environment began to sprout — both as a response to Reagan-era consumerism and “Greed is Good” mentality, and as a declaration that business could be a force for good.

Founders of pioneering conferences, such as Social Venture Network (SVN) and Investors’ Circle, sparked a new way of thinking about the purpose of convening. They also incubated and inspired the creation of a new crop of impact-focused conferences and networks, including Net Impact and B Lab, that have spread innovative business ideas across the globe and emboldened a new generation of impact-focused business leaders over the past decades.