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Five takeaways from BLD NW 2024, where attendees discussed doing business for good.

It's time to find a new word for "stakeholders," which causes generational trauma and harm to Indigenous peoples.

Eating less meat not only improves your health, but it can also protect our precious planet.

Claire Randall is CEO of Grand Central Bakery, a B-Corp certified artisan bakery in Oregon and Washington with a community-centered mission.

Marie Gettel-Gilmartin and Joel Makower, chair and co-founder of GreenBiz Group, discuss sustainable business.

Elisa Engel and I talked about her work in Africa, sustainability, ethics, and the challenges of being a woman in architecture.

Jon Roesser manages Weavers Way, a consumer-owned food co-op in Philadelphia with 3 stores, 2 farms, a non-profit, and community newspaper.

Ross Ching, cofounder of Mama & Hapa's Zero Waste Shop, is destroying the notion that ecofriendly has to be expensive.

Mallorie Dunn founded Smart Fashion in NYC, with ethical, sustainable, size-inclusive, and AFFORDABLE clothing for all!

Companies that Care highlights business leaders making a difference in the world, like Taylor Loewen, Portland general manager of Ridwell.

Acting Global Head of the Macquarie Group Foundation Erin Shakespeare shares about Macquarie’s generous philanthropic efforts

Ousman Touray is an ecopreneur who wants to improve quality of life in Africa through sustainable and eco-friendly design.

Ozzie Gonzalez with P3 Consulting speaks on the Companies That Care Podcast. An urban ecologist, he ran for mayor of Portland in 2020.

Interview with two of my CSR mentors: Elisa Speranza chaired the CH2M Foundation board, and Ellen Sandberg was the executive director.

Companies That Care podcast with Aroa Fernandez Alvarez, cofounder of Trace Collective in London, on a mission to make fashion regenerative

Companies That Care podcast interview with Narendra Varma, cofounder of Our Table Cooperative in Sherwood, OR

If you think about penguins, where they live, and what they go through to conduct their lives, it's pretty astonishing.

After experiencing profound trauma at a young age, Katrina discovered that nature is the best therapist.

I'm guessing that 25 to 50 percent of business travel is not necessary, as we are learning now.

One person has the power to improve the planet. Deborah asked one question in her workplace about why they were using so much bottled water.