Posts tagged activists
Ask an Advocate Anything: Leila Salazar-López, Amazon Watch
Ask an Advocate Anything: Leila Salazar-López, Amazon Watch

Planning to pump oil out of the planet’s largest rainforest? Then you can count on a friendly visit from this seasoned activist organization.

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BlogJames GlaveJames, ask an advocate, ask an advocate anything, Amazon, forests, deforestation, climate crisis, climate justice, climate change, climate, climate activism, climate action, environmental issues, environment, environmental movement, environmental justice, advocacy, activists, activism, climate activist, advocates, Climate advocacy, ESG, investors, fossil fuels, oil and gas, oil, energy, mining, Indigenous Rights, EJ, UNDRIP, Forests, forestry, NGO, Stakeholder Engagement, BlackRock, rainforests, Covid-19, renewable energy, renewables
What Will It Take to Be a Leader?
What Will It Take to Be a Leader?

Stakeholder expectations are rapidly evolving. Here’s where corporate sustainability could be headed next.

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BlogEllen GriesemerEllen, CAN, Corporate Affiliates Network, Corporate Affinity Network, Stakeholder Engagement, supply chains, ESG, corporate sustainability, corporate leaders, corporate citizenship, corporations, transparency, advocates, activists, employees, investors, climate policy, supply chain advocacy, technology, leadership, leaders, business leaders, sustainability leaders, sustainability standards
Ask an Advocate Anything: Jennifer Krill, Earthworks
Ask an Advocate Anything: Jennifer Krill, Earthworks

To Earthworks executive director Jennifer Krill, ‘business as usual’ is driving the world straight into a climate catastrophe.

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BlogJames GlaveJames, ask an advocate, ask an advocate anything, activism, activists, campaigners, campaigns, fossil fuels, oil, gas, pollution, emissions, carbon, methane, mining, collaboration, accountability, advocacy, advocates, Corporate Social Responsibility, Clean energy, environment, environmental justice, Ecosystems, natural resources, climate justice, air pollution, climate action, climate activism, climate
What Went Down in Dallas
What Went Down in Dallas

Our annual Future 500 Summit at EarthX recently wrapped in Dallas, Texas. Here are 14 takeaways, observations, and things that made us go “hmmm….”

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BlogEllen GriesemerEllen, Dallas, Future 500 Summit, EarthX, Earth Day Texas, Stakeholder Engagement, odd bedfelows, Chatham House, leaders, leadership, NGOs, corporate leaders, activists, funders, ESG, environmental justice, social movements, carbon tax, stakeholders, stakeholder engagement, Engagement
Ask an Advocate Anything: Kendra Ulrich, Stand.earth
Ask an Advocate Anything: Kendra Ulrich, Stand.earth

Stand.earth targets companies like Carnival Corporation with high-profile, hard-hitting campaigns. Kendra Ulrich walks us through her group’s most recent action.

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BlogJames GlaveJames, ask an advocate, campaigns, campaigners, pollution, environment, environmental issues, health, air quality, air pollution, shipping, cruise sector, advocacy, advocates, activists, activism, dialogue, stakeholder engagement, fossil fuels, companies, corporations, CSR, transportation, leadership, corporate campaigns, NGOs, science based targets, collaboration, ask an advocate anything
Foes Turn Friends to Heal Oceans, Forests, and Climate
Foes Turn Friends to Heal Oceans, Forests, and Climate

Earth Day 50 Challenge Unites Strange Bedfellows using the “Greenpeace-Walmart Effect”

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Press ReleaseFuture 500Future 500, Editorial team, Oceans, Forests, Climate, climate change, climate action, environment, activists, corporations, Greenpeace-Walmart Effect, companies, advocates, collaboration, odd-bedfellows, odd bedfelows, EarthX, Earth Day 50, Earth Day, Earth Day Texas, corporate leaders, corporate, market solutions, Trammell, supply chains, supply chain advocacy, environmental challenges, innovation, force for good, systemic change, executives, environmentalists, environmental leaders, Dallas, Summit, Future 500 Summit
Environmental Activism Needs “Good Cops” and “Bad Cops”
Environmental Activism Needs “Good Cops” and “Bad Cops”

The ol’ good cop/bad cop shtick: it has stuck around because it’s melodramatic and it kind of works. 

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BlogFuture 500Marvin, Former staff, Environmental activism, environmental action, stakeholder engagement, campaigns, campaigners, Sustainability, bottom line, triple bottom line, greenpeace, activism, activists, cooperation, corporations, supply chain advocacy, supply chains, Nike, sustainable brands, sustainable
The New Retail Regulatory Norm, and What Business Needs to Do About It
The New Retail Regulatory Norm, and What Business Needs to Do About It

Increased globalization and U.S. political dysfunction have accelerated the establishment of a new norm of regulatory action—not regulation by law, but regulation by retail.

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BlogBrendon Steele Brendon, regulation by retail, corporations, corporate sustainability, NGOs, SRI, investors, Sustainability, consumer facing brands, supply chain advocacy, supply chains, retailers, Greenpeace, chemicals, ForestEthics, Sierra Club, advocates, zero deforestation, stakeholders, accountability, brand advocacy, globalization, Market Forces, market campaigns, carbon pricing, fossil fuels, environment, environmental impacts, environmentalists, reputation, upstream, upstream impacts, activists, activism, Environmental activism, corporate leaders, cycle of demonization, social impacts, social license, CSR, precompetitive collaboration, collaboration
10 Tips for Activists When Engaging Companies
10 Tips for Activists When Engaging Companies

We have often seen that activists achieve the highest outcomes with companies when they follow these key tips.

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BlogErik WohlgemuthErik, Danna Moore, Danna, activists, companies, stakeholders, stakeholder engagement, corporations, accountability, corporate, corporate sustainability, CSR, environment, environmental, common ground, force for good, systemic solutions, NGOs, humanization, cycle of demonization, executives, reputation, campaigns, campaigners, media, grassroots, c-suite, executive, business leaders, corporate leaders, respect, business case, engagement strategy, greenwashing, supply chains, supply chain advocacy, activism, transparency, collaboration, NGO, civil society, sustainability, allies
Guest Blog: The 4 Keys to Success when Partnering with NGOs
Guest Blog: The 4 Keys to Success when Partnering with NGOs

Businesses can improve their social and environmental performance and find new market opportunities through partnerships with NGOs.

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BlogGuest PostGuest post, partnerships, NGOs, NGO, stakeholders, Stakeholder, stakeholder engagement, Stakeholder Engagement, companies, relationships, collaboration, odd bedfelows, odd-bedfellows, bridge-building, Oxfam, advocates, activists, Climate, climate, climate risk, climate change, climate action, climate mitigation, environment, innovation, climate leaders, leadership, business leaders, food security, nonprofit, nonprofits, engagement strategy, trust, Engage, Engagement
10 Tips for Stakeholder Engagement with Activists
10 Tips for Stakeholder Engagement with Activists

Companies that are the most successful with stakeholder conflict are always looking at the bigger picture, getting down to the heart of the problem. 

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BlogFuture 500Former staff, Danna, stakeholder engagement, activists, activism, human rights, consumer facing brands, environment, environmental challenges, environmental issues, social issues, corporate campaigns, campaigns, campaigners, corporate, corporations, corporate leaders, engagement strategy, Bridge, bridge-building, humanization, relationships, odd bedfelows, odd-bedfellows, Engagement, companies, grassroots, NGOs, common ground, cycle of demonization, collaboration, Nike, systemic change, systemic solutions, precompetitive collaboration, transparency, internal stakeholders, employees
When Power Meets Purpose: 6 Ways Corporations and Activists Can Unite
When Power Meets Purpose: 6 Ways Corporations and Activists Can Unite

Over and over, I am bewildered by the anger and vitriol that often divides groups that love to hate and demonize each other.

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BlogBill ShiremanBill, power, purpose, power and purpose, corporations, activism, activists, collaboration, division, Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, companies, stakeholders, corporate, corporate leaders, corporate sustainability, common ground, bridge-building, Bridge, BridgeUSA, NGO, NGOs, alliance, allies, alliances, politics, odd bedfelows, odd-bedfellows, climate activism, climate, climate change, climate leaders, energy, energy policy, Clean energy, renewable energy, deforestation, RAN, rainforests, Sierra Club, human rights, social justice, civil society, business leaders, recycling, social impacts
Engage Radically
Engage Radically

New Mckinsey report confirms stakeholder engagement is an important factor in CSR.

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BlogBrendon Steele Brendon, engagement strategy, Engagement, Stakeholder Engagement, stakeholder engagement, stakeholders, Stakeholder, internal stakeholders, external stakeholders, Engage, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, corporations, corporate sustainability, companies, risk management, reputation, relationships, business leaders, business, advocacy, advocates, corporate citizenship, employees, activists, odd bedfelows, odd-bedfellows, trust, bridge-building, listening, Expertise, cooperation