![]() ![]() “When you care for your people and your community, you operate With a number of examples of progress in companies addressing inequality within Stephanie Ryan, Growth Catalyst at B Lab, gave balance to the session Merely transported the old ways of doing things into our new reality, and wealth “The pandemicĬould be seen as a portal, an opportunity for change. As COVID-19 hit, and ‘normal’ was no longer normal, we had aĬhance to break away from the way things had always been, he said. Two years ago, eight people controlled 50 percent of the wealth InfluencerCon, suggested such breakthroughs might Philip McKenzie, a cultural anthropologist and strategist with That’s what’s needed to make a breakthrough,” Casey “We have to ensure that what we offer to the community is equallyĪccessible for everybody. Within schools and churches, and close to where people were used to going Was countered by CVS and the launch of its community-based testing sites, set up “When mass testing came, the primary way to access it was to get a prescriptionįrom a physician, and you had to have a vehicle to get to a testing site.”Ĭlearly, the system did not work for the most disadvantaged. Interconnectedness between wealth and health was there for all to see. Roll out reinforced what many of us already knew. ![]() But that’s not what we got.ĭavid Casey’s personal testimony of the handling of the US COVID-19 testing One could be forgiven for expecting similar doom and gloom in the session thatįollowed, which highlighted the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on the This was a common theme of comments posted in the aftermath of White’s session. “There’s an opportunity forīusinesses to seize that and accelerate cultural change,” she says. More likely, White encourages brands to do more. These days, brands are more trusted than governments. Paradigm they are celebrating minorities, with a lot of hope and optimism.” LONG BUMPY ROAD FREEI love is that it breaks free completely from the philanthropic / give-back Into its business - empowering consumers to support in simple, easy ways. However, structural change is possible, with leadership actions seen fromĬanada, Colombia, Morocco, Guatemala and Egypt.Īrgentina has rolled out a more gender-sensitive COVID response measure than White asks, “If this is how we react in a ‘mini’Ĭrisis, what will happen to gender equality and equity as the larger climate “Let’s get these women back to work,” saysĮtienne White, VP of Sustainable Brands’ Brands forĪlong with the disparity arising from the pandemic, women are disproportionatelyĪffected by climate change - and data continually points to the intersectionīetween gender and climate. Left the workforce in September 2020 as ‘schooling’ began, and mothers out of Inequity is set to continue even as the bounce-back begins, with Black womenĬurrently having the lowest share of returning jobs. Pandemic, unemployment, gun violence, domestic violence, homelessness and the In the last year, women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID “Companies can be the engine forĬhange as it relates to social justice,” he exhorts, setting the stage for theĪddressing gender, community inequality in a post-pandemic world Merriweather concludes with a mantra for moving from awareness to action: Actĭifferent, think different, make a difference. That companies address DEIJ in four components of their brand - Community, To match employee and consumer expectations, the Diversity Movement recommends ![]() There is a cost of making those decisions,” states Merriweather, referring to “A third of both companies decided that they wanted to opt out, as well so, Which stated conversations around social justice have no place in the workplace. In fact, he said, some companies have opted out of the DEIJ conversation Merriweather points to an inconsistency between external commitments and On racial justice commitments from top US companies from May to October 2020, To $8bn in 2020 alone, outpacing donations from non-profit entities. Corporateĭonations to racial justice initiatives increased from $3.38bn during 2011-2019 Since then, there has been a notable engagement from business. The 2020 catalysts which led to increased interest in social and racial justice: Kurt Merriweather - VP of Innovation at The Diversityĭiversity, equity, inclusion and justice ( DEIJ) in business. At Sustainable Brands’ latest Just Brands event, experts from across the spectrum of business discussed corporate efforts to support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) issues - and how stakeholders will no longer tolerate a gap between commitments and actions. ![]()
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