This is the kickoff of our mini series on the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals. We're welcoming in the New Year with some goals all of us can work towards to build a more equitable future for all and a healthier planet.  These episodes are by no means exhaustive, think of them more as a launch pad for your journey with the UN SDGs. Explore the links below to continue learning about the SDGs and some of the guests you'll be hearing from more in future episodes.

Helpful Links from the United Nations
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

UN SDGs Latest News & Updates

Support Sustainable Development & Climate Action

Be the Change Toolkit & Lazy Person's Guide to Saving the World

SDG Moment 2022


Links to the Businesses Highlighted in this Episode
&Sisters
A certified B Corp based in London on a mission to bridge the gender health gap and improve the mentrual health of people worldwide with a user-centric menstrual health eco-system.

Alterfin
A certified B Corp headquartered in Belgium with a global footprint, Alterfin is a cooperative founded in '94 that raises capital and invests in developing countries through the financing of smallholder producer organizations and sustainable agriculture.

Resilience Planning & Design LLC
Based in New Hampshire, USA, Resilience Planning and Design LLC works with municipalities, state agencies, developers, property owners, and non-profit organizations to craft place based solutions grounded in local knowledge and systems that reinforce community character, support regenerative development, and promote ecological integrity.

SucSeed Social Enterprises
A certified B Corp that is Canada's leading socially driven hydroponics company empowering people to grow their own food in their homes. Over the past 5 years SucSeed in the classroom has educated over 20,000 students on healthy eating, waste reduction, and sustainable agriculture.

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Brittany and Benn share their initial reflections on their experience at Champion’s Retreat. Champion’s Retreat is best described by B Lab as the marquee gathering of the community of Certified B Corporations in the U.S. & Canada, partners, and values-aligned people using business as a force for good to deliver on the vision of an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all people and the planet. This year’s theme, Humanity @ Work, celebrates the human values that fuel our business values and allow us to build community and connection.

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Sea Bags has saved over 10,000 sails from hitting the landfill by their upcycling and turning them into high quality tote bags and other accessories. While not a certified B Corp yet, they are certainly having a positive impact on people and planet.  Tune in, to hear our conversation with the President of Sea Bags, Beth Greenlaw.

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In this episode of Curious coworkers, Brittany and Benn take a moment to think deeply about modes of transportation. Oftentimes we just take the easy or fastest way to travel but with thought and planning, these two coworkers want to break down the three major ways to travel, plane, train, and car. Tune in to this episode to learn more about the environmental footprint of railway and aviation for your next planned trip. 

Champions Retreat is the marquee gathering of the community of Certified B Corporations in the U.S. & Canada, partners, and values-aligned people using business as a force for good to deliver on our vision of an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all people and the planet. This year’s theme, Humanity at Work, celebrates the human values that fuel our business values and allow us to build community and connection. The first time our B Corp community will gather in person in three years, Champions Retreat 2022 will be an important forum for mobilizing toward collective action around racial equity, climate justice, and a stakeholder-driven economic system.

B Lab is excited to bring our community together in-person for the first time since 2019 to connect, celebrate, and collaborate at the 2022 Champions Retreat.

When: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 to Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022

Where: Loews Hotel, Philadelphia

Additional Reading / Sources

• Carbon Footprint of Trains vs Planes
• How Train Travel can be good for the Environment
• Environmental Impact of Plaines
• Plane Travel Really IS Bad for the Environment

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Evrnu® is a textile innovations company creating a circular ecosystem. A certified B Corp since 2018, Evrnu is already having a huge impact. They have been recognized by Time magazine as one of the top inventions of 2022, Stacy was listed as one of Worth’s Worthy 100 in 2021, and Forbes has shared that Evrnu’s recycled waste fiber could outperform 90% of existing textiles. In our conversation Stacy shares a peek behind the curtain, to the struggles that innovative entrepreneurs face and how she has navigated the pursuit of her personal mission.

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The idea of Black Friday is hard to support, from people needing to go to work when they should be home with friends and family, to the blind spending that it promotes.

In this episode, we want to unpack, what is the role of a Conscious Consumer on Black Friday if there is a new way to live out our values on this holiday with Blue Friday, making Blue the new Black. 

Blue Friday Website

United By Blue on Responsibly Different™

REI Co-op continues #OptOutside tradition, closing on Thanksgiving and Black Friday

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Do you struggle to write impact reports? Or track your impact over time? Unit of Impact was founded by the founders of 3 certified B Corps and they know those challenges intimately so they developed a tool to solve for them.  Visit our full show notes below for a discount code and links to Unit of Impact.

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Brittany and Benn share some of their secrets about gift buying for us. They navigate how thoughtful gift buying is great but last minute shopping might lead to less meaningful gifts that end up in a landfill. And by the end, they share four helpful tips to keep in mind as you buy gifts this season. Maybe you can become a great gift buyer and have your gift receivers share that feedback with you. 

Blueland Cleaning Kits 

Stasher Reusable Bags 

Report: Many Returned Products Thrown Out Instead of Resold. By NPR in 2019. 

Prosperity Candles

Donegood Website to fabric wraps 

After we shared this episode, B Lab put out their first two Holiday Gift Guides “Give Something Greater” - so we figured we would share them with you! Here are those links:

15 Gifts for Nature Lovers

15 Gifts for Self-Care

14 Gifts for a Cozy Home

16 Gifts for a Conscientious Host

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Jorge Fontanez shares with us his journey to B Lab, the amazing work he is doing with students, and shares how B Lab is building more than just a certification, they are building a movement. We talk voting, B Impact Assessment, and so much more.

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In this episode Brittany and I discuss donating clothes, and how the true culprit behind our packed closets is over consumption of clothing. Below is the link Brittany mentioned in this episode and a link to Responsibly Different™. Thanks for tuning in!

How to Buy Less, Buy Better, and End Consumer Culture

Responsibly Different™ Website

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