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✍ A new report providing guidance to businesses on the critical topic of advancing #climatejustice has just been published by my Forum for the Future colleagues across the pond, in partnership with B Lab U.S. & Canada. Do read and share!

How can businesses best support frontline and underserved communities in the face of intensifying climate impacts? Check out this practical business guide to advancing #climatejustice from Forum for the Future and B Lab…

Driving meaningful progress in advancing climate justice requires every business to take responsibility in leveraging their influence and resources towards an economy in which people and the planet take priority.

🗞 New blog alert Climate change is considered a “threat multiplier,” meaning that issues that already exist due to systemic injustice — such as economic inequality, a lack of resources, historically redlined neighborhoods — are worsened by climate change. More than ever we need urgent action on climate and environmental justice, and champion long-term, sustainable solutions developed in partnership with frontline communities.  Advancing climate justice demands a new approach to leadership, prompting internal reflection and dialogues around industry harm to communities and its responsibility to address them.  Critical principles include: ✅ Embracing a long-term view on value creation ✅Prioritizing deep listening to diverse perspectives ✅Creating a clear vision that integrates climate justice into the broader mission ✅Fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability  Take a look at insights on why visionary leadership is essential for climate justice progress, and let me know what resonates, what seems challenging, and if there is anything missing here! Forum for the Future B Lab U.S. & Canada

“I think about climate justice in terms of uplifting and supporting community-driven climate solutions. There needs to be a significant paradigm shift, moving from climate progress and action to justice, by empowering frontline communities.” - Adriana Espinoza, Deputy Commissioner for Equity & Justice, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Trust and partnership is essential to creating climate solutions that center equity and justice. American Climate Futures has been working to amplify and support the stories, voices and frontline community efforts that have long been excluded from mainstream discussions on climate solutions. In partnership with B Lab U.S. & Canada, we have co-published the Business Guide for Advancing Climate Justice to provide practical guidance to inform private sector action in alignment with principles of climate justice and equitable partnerships. 💡 Read more about the guide from the American Climate Futures Program Director, Ksenia Benifand: https://lnkd.in/eTgcGYkk 📩 Download the co-published Business Guide to Advancing Climate Justice: https://lnkd.in/gmdc6pdt #AmericanClimateFutures #ClimateJustice #Report #Business #Guide #EarthMonth #SustainableBusiness #JustandRegenerative #JustTransition

If you haven’t yet had a chance to download our Business Guide for Climate Justice, there is no time like now. Forum worked with B Lab U.S. and Canada, in consultation with frontline communities, to produce this practical guidance for the private sector to take concrete climate justice action in partnership with communities. It highlights how to: ✅ Prioritise building trust with frontline communities ✅ Adopt a justice and equity mindset ✅ Support frontline community needs ✅ Consider your spheres of control and influence Still wondering if this guide is for you? Watch our launch event for more information on the guide and to hear interviews with some of the community members that made this guide possible: https://ow.ly/zmrg50S0ctl Download the guide: https://ow.ly/AIvF50S0ctk. #ClimateJustice #SustainableBusiness

Underserved and overburdened: the voices of those living at the frontlines of the climate crisis must be heard if we are to achieve a just and regenerative future. So writes Forum’s Senior Principal Change Designer Ksenia Benifand for BusinessGreen, calling for businesses to adopt a new mindset grounded in long-term thinking, humility and collaboration in order to protect lives and livelihoods. “We must forge ahead with determination, empathy, and a commitment to collective wellbeing.” Read the article (paywall): https://ow.ly/zjfw50SqjwC Download the Business Guide to Advancing Climate Justice, co-published by Forum and B Lab US and Canada: https://ow.ly/1BRn50SqjwF

Business can be and needs to be a force for good in tackling the climate and nature crises. Many businesses are taking leading and inspirational climate and nature action. However, in my experience businesses are usually focused on a few key metrics, often set in isolation rather than viewed systemically or through the lens of climate justice. They drive to “net zero”, strive for zero waste to landfill, hope to reduce their use of plastics, become a bit more circular, fly a little less and perhaps even seek to reduce their negative impact on nature. All laudable aims and goals but few businesses look at the issue from a holistic climate justice perspective. Charlotte Sewell ⚡🔶🌿 shared news about “The Business Guide to Advancing Climate Justice”  earlier this week and I took the time to read it properly. I recommend it to all thoughtful CEOs, CSOs and board directors. Putting climate justice at the heart of a new business model could be viewed by many as radical, but what a difference it could make. Climate justice emphasizes learning from communities most affected by climate change to make climate action more effective and efficient. As the Guide says in a just future, business would ⚖ pay their fair share of taxes ⚖ proactively seek ways to become more environmentally active, even without the pressure of regulation ⚖ run their business truly against the triple bottom line of people, planet & profit ⚖ would be responsive to the needs of the community ⚖ recognize their role and responsibilities to the communities as a result of the global climate crisis ⚖ embrace a long-term view on value creation ⚖ enter into community partnerships that demand long term commitment and long term sustainability ⚖ take part in deep listening to diverse perspectives, both within their own business but with their key stakeholders and communities. The Guide says many businesses are hesitant to take action toward climate justice because they will be  afraid of "failing or getting it wrong”. I suspect most businesses have never even considered climate justice as a topic worthy of discussion at Executive or Board level. So let’s encourage businesses to begin with a conversation and some education. Reading this Guide and using it as a basis for a first conversation would be a great place to start. Do you consider and discuss climate justice in your business? #climatecrisis #climateactionnow #climateleadership #climatejustice #community #triplebottomline

Did you know that despite the billions invested annually in climate solutions, only a fraction reaches the frontline communities most affected by its consequences? Our friends at B Lab and Forum for the Future have joined forces to release a new resource for businesses looking to reshape their climate action to align with the principles of equity and justice. Whether you’re a CEO, entrepreneur, or changemaker, this guide is a roadmap of actionable steps and ideas that can lead to meaningful change. https://lnkd.in/eMjvyqRQ #EarthMonth2024 #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice

"The climate crisis is the most pressing challenge we are facing, but a narrow focus on decarbonisation risks fast-tracking us into an even greater inequality crisis, which will slow progress. While populist narratives are increasingly pitching climate action and social justice against each other, success lies in tackling both in harmony" Giulio Ferrini, IHRB's Head of Built Environment, writes for The Developer on how 'greenlash' in the built environment can be minimised by grounding climate action in international human rights standards. Giulio draws on insights and recommendations from IHRB's research on the human rights impacts and opportunities arising from climate action in eight cities around the world - the findings from this research will be published as a single report in June. ➡ https://lnkd.in/emwPwger