Social Issues

BlocPower’s Civilian Climate Corps program provides training and job opportunities to New Yorkers in neighborhoods impacted by gun violence, while helping NYC tackle its largest source of GHG emissions: buildings.

New revenue-based loan programs from Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Enduring Planet offer alternatives.

Labor and environmentalists seek skill standards to ensure safety, high road jobs.

U.S. corporations have both a unique opportunity and a responsibility to reset their and the nation’s course on social and environmental justice.

The city’s Green Career Exploratory Program, launched in the early days of the pandemic, emphasizes the recruitment of people of color through partnerships with community institutions.

One risk that has become front and center throughout the pandemic is human capital management.