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Press Release: Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2015 Contact: Erika West, ewest@rabengroup.com, (202) 930-6808 Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green 2.0 announced that one year from their initial call for transparent diversity data – and months after the Presidents of the Bullitt,…
Read MorePress Release: Green 2.0 Congratulates Aaron Mair, First African American Elected as President of the Sierra Club
Green 2.0 Congratulates Aaron Mair, First African American Elected as President of the Sierra Club  Washington, D.C. – Green 2.0, which works to advance diversity in the mainstream environmental movement, congratulates Aaron Mair on his election as president of the Sierra Club, one of the nation’s largest and oldest environmental organizations. Mair will be…
Read MoreOVER 25 TOP ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY NONPROFITS AND 8 TOP FOUNDATIONS SUBMIT DIVERSITY DATA TO GUIDESTAR; GREEN 2.0 ANNOUNCES ON EARTH DAY
in collaboration with **Since Earth Day, we are pleased to share that the ClimateWorks Foundation has pledged to submit their diversity data to GuideStar.** PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2015 OVER 25 TOP ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY NONPROFITS AND 9Â TOP FOUNDATIONS SUBMIT DIVERSITY DATA TO GUIDESTAR;Â GREEN 2.0 ANNOUNCES ON EARTH DAY Â Â Ford Foundation joins foundations sharing…
Read MoreAdvisory: Green 2.0 to reveal which environmental organizations have shared or declined to disclose diversity data
in collaboration with MEDIA ADVISORY April 16, 2015 GREEN 2.0 TO REVEAL WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SHARED OR DECLINED TO DISCLOSE DIVERSITY DATA Â National Organizer of First Earth Day & Bullitt Foundation President Denis Hayes Will Join Press Call to Discuss the Need for Green Organizations, Including Foundations, to Submit their Diversity Numbers to…
Read MorePress Release: Leading environmental funders join diversity data gathering initiative, Tom Steyer applauds Green 2.0
In collaboration with LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS JOIN LANDMARK DIVERSITY DATA GATHERING INITIATIVE, INCREASING CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY Bullitt Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust and Rockefeller Brothers Fund to share diversity data on GuideStar Exchange by April, Green 2.0 announces SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Five of the nation’s top environmental funders have formally pledged to submit or have…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: TOP ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PLEDGE TO REVEAL DIVERSITY DATA
TOP ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PLEDGE TO REVEAL DIVERSITY DATA Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund, Resource Media & Earthjustice promise to submit organizational diversity numbers by February 2015, Green 2.0 announced at event. WASHINGTON D.C. – Six of the nation’s top environmental organizations have formally pledged to submit their diversity…
Read MorePress Release: GuideStar Launches First-of-Its-Kind Program to Collect Diversity Data from Nonprofits at Scale, Green 2.0 Partners to Highlight Participation of Environmental Organizations; Foundation and Nonprofit Leaders Voice Support
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, GuideStar launched a new way to help set standards for how data about diversity within the nonprofit sector is collected. GuideStar worked in collaboration with the D5 Coalition, which developed the data standards with a wide range of partners to advance transparent and uniform data collection about staff, board, and volunteer demographics in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors,…
Read MoreDiversity Among Mainstream Environmental Leaders Just Took A Step Forward!
“Green 2.0 takes pleasure in congratulating Rhea Suh on breaking the “green ceiling” with her appointment as President of the Natural Resources Defense Council. The Diversity in Environmental Institutions report commissioned by Green 2.0 highlighted the deep diversity challenges, especially within the executive leadership, of the mainstream environmental movement. Today, we celebrate NRDC’s decision to hire a leader…
Read MoreSpanish Press Release: UN NUEVO INFORME MUESTRA QUE LAS ONGs AMBIENTALES CONVENCIONALES Y LAS FUNDACIONES HAN HECHO POCO PROGRESO EN DIVERSIFICAR EL CLUB “EXCLUSIVO ECOLOGISTA”
UN NUEVO INFORME MUESTRA QUE LAS ONGs AMBIENTALES CONVENCIONALES Y LAS FUNDACIONES HAN HECHO POCO PROGRESO EN DIVERSIFICAR EL CLUB “EXCLUSIVO ECOLOGISTA”  Un Informe Completo Examina El Por Qué No Se Han Cumplido las Promesas Desde Hace Décadas en el Movimiento Ambientalista Convencional  Washington, DC – Un nuevo informe muestra que aunque la…
Read MorePress Release: NEW REPORT SHOWS MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs AND FOUNDATIONS HAVE MADE LITTLE PROGRESS IN DIVERSIFYING THE “GREEN INSIDERS’’ CLUB
NEW REPORT SHOWS MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs AND FOUNDATIONS HAVE MADE LITTLE PROGRESS IN DIVERSIFYING THE “GREEN INSIDERS’’ CLUB Comprehensive Report Examines Why Decades of Promises to Diversify are Falling Short in the Mainstream Environmental Movement; Green Leaders Respond Washington, DC – A new report finds that although people of color now account for more…
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