Sustaining the Green Economy
Sustainability Jobs, Investing, Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Economies
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Sustainable Economics - What is it?
What is sustainability investing?
Sustainability investing considers environmental and social responsibility to maximize your money’s value to yourself and society.
Why some companies don’t want you to care about sustainability (e.g. fossil fuel companies):
Some companies make money by harming the environment and/or people and they don’t want you to stop investing in them, so they attack sustainability (ESG) investing. They focus on short-term profits and ignore the need for a sustainable future.
Actions:
Where your money goes matters (consumption and investing). Contact your Human Resources department and make sure they have sustainability (ESG) related investment options.
Teach others to consume and invest with sustainability in mind.
What is needed in today’s capitalism for a sustainable economy?
Hold polluters accountable to reduce pollution and to pay for clean up.
Give the younger generation more power to build a sustainable economy that is environmentally and socially responsible. Replace terrible metrics like GDP (Gross Domestic Product) when measuring societal success.
Green/Sustainability Jobs
3 Ways to Get a Green Job:
Apply for existing job openings related to the green economy and sustainability.
Bring a green lens to any job - intrapreneurship
Create the green jobs we need that do not exist yet, through innovation and entrepreneurship
Actions You Can Take
Find a green/sustainability job or bring green/sustainability to your job.
Push the company you work for towards sustainability.
Post on social media about how you don’t want to work for, buy products from or invest in unsustainable companies.
Push for fossil fuel divestment and/or shareholder resolution engagement.