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The NuWave crew has landed in San Diego for Sustainable Brands 2024. If you're a purpose-driven professional or brand leader at SB '24 or in San Diego, we'd love to meet you!    Message us and we'll make a plan to connect.    #sustainablebrands #sustainability #marketing #sandiego

Building a fulfilling, purpose-driven career isn't just about productivity--it's a personal journey. This World Mental Health Day remember that "your worth isn't tied to a number." This means:    🐢 Sometimes "slow is fast." Taking the time for breaks keeps you rested for the long haul.    🚞 Your career journey is unique to you. You don't need to compare your progress to anyone else.    💚 It's okay to ask for help if you're feeling overwhelmed.    #mentalhealth #worldhealthorganization #humanresourcesmanagement

Climate change is coming at us fast, but so are the opportunities to be a part of the solution. This newsletter, we reflect on Climate Week NYC '24 with three tips to help employers make "every job a climate job." The TLDR: 1️⃣ Engage all business units to make your climate strategy more cohesive and effective 2️⃣ Help employees upskill and take the lead to spread ownership and foster enthusiasm. 3️⃣ Hire equitably and create psychological safety to create a strong team who can focus on what matters Shoutout to Ellen Jackowski at Mastercard and Anna Celsing Klingberg at Alfa Laval for sharing insights that informed this piece!    #climatechange #climatejobs #upskilling #psychologicalsafety

Thinking about making the switch to climate work? Here's Tasheyia Thomas-Gardon with tips on supporting your emotional *and* practical needs during this process. Plus, several resources to help you get started! #mentalhealth #climatechange #careechange #climateweeknyc

It’s time to go *all in* for climate solutions. 💪    That’s the message all over Climate Week NYC 2024 🌃. This year’s conference is focused on how we can accelerate inclusive change and take sustainability solutions mainstream, while also creating a new culture of accountability.    Obviously, technical and communications innovations are getting plenty of (deserved) airtime this year, but as you know, sustainability isn’t just about installing more solar panels or running memorable ad campaigns. It’s about people. This week, we’re learning a lot about how organizations can be transparent with, and accountable to customers, employees, clients and partners, citizens, and other stakeholders about their organizational role in climate change.   1️⃣ We started the conference with a kickoff breakfast from Clean Creatives and Pace Public Relations.  They noted that advertising has been a big contributor to climate change and pollution thanks to the industry’s long standing alliances with fossil fuels companies to spread a pro-fossil fuel agenda.    And that’s where accountability comes in—individuals and a multitude of groups like Clean Creatives, Pace PR, and Ethical Agency Alliance are calling for agencies to disclose any fossil fuel polluters on their client lists.  When an agency makes campaigns for Shell while also accepting awards for their sustainability leadership, it erodes public trust while propping up bad actors for our planet.   2️⃣ The importance of accountability and justice also came up in a talk on Environmental Justice and Climate Tech moderated  by Audrey Serene A. from Our Climate with panelists Roishetta Sibley Ozane, M.S. of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Morgan King of West Virginia Citizen Action. Roishetta and Morgan shared their experiences as organizers in communities that have long been targeted by heavy polluters, earning these areas monikers like “Cancer Alley”. These same communities are now having untested climate tech facilities for projects like carbon removal foisted upon them.  While carbon removal has its potential, many of these projects are being sited without local input, adequate safeguards against negative consequences like harmful noise and water pollution, or any accountability for the history of wrongdoing by projects claiming the community benefits (which are often nowhere to be seen). If climate action is going to go mainstream, and more importantly, help others, we have to make sure folks who are living in the midst of experimental solutions have the opportunity to receive ongoing and transparent information and be taken seriously as stakeholders. Roishetta notes, “the people closest to the problem are the people closest to the solution.” As an organization that truly is in a “people business,” we love seeing this emphasis on accountability and justice. To all the speakers above, thank you for your time and insights! 👏   #climateweeknyc #climateaction #dei #environmentaljustice

It’s Bisexual Awareness Week now through Monday! Did you know that Millennial and Gen Z LGBTQ+ employees are more likely to identify as bisexual/ pansexual than any other queer identity? However, according to a UCLA study, these employees are also less likely than their gay and lesbian colleagues to be out at work. Erin Uritus of Out & Equal notes that this can be a real challenge for employers. While every employee is entitled to their privacy, employers should also make sure that they cultivate an environment where it’s safe to be openly bi. Without this safety, organizations may struggle to avoid internal-culture-related turnover. Being supportive of your bi/pan employees may look like: 1. “Ensuring bi+ representation in employee resource groups and creating resources and programming that reflect bi+ identities.” 2. “HR professionals should make sure that benefits and internal policies are inclusive of these folks and avoid assuming that someone is straight just because their partner is the opposite gender.” 3. “Companies should also carefully consider the message they're sending externally, whether by publicly celebrating BisexualVisibility Day in September and Pansexual Visibility Day in May or ensuring that bi+ identities are represented in the advertisements they create.” #lgbtq #humanresourcesmanagement #millennial #genz

We're headed to Climate Week NYC next week and would love to connect. If you'll be in town, drop us a line so we can say hello while you're here!   #climateweek24 #climateweeknyc

📢 Heads up, purpose-driven creators! Entries are *open now* for this year's Webbys. And in case you are wondering if you should apply...consider this your official dose of encouragement. The work you do helps make the world a brighter place and deserves to be recognized. ✨      #creative #creator #webbys

📰 Welcome to another roundup on creative and purpose-driven work. This week we've got anti-greenwashing guides from Vaayu and Project Drawdown, tips for managing your personal energy, and a new Paramount streaming platform for the folks in adland (it's AI-assisted, of course). Plus, a social impact podcast from Eric Ressler of Cosmic and a big dose of networking and professional development goodness, including Climate Week NYC resources. Enjoy! ✨   #adland #ai #greenwashing #climateweeknyc

Here's an encouraging reminder that it's okay to take a break and rest. Your mental health matters, at home and at work! #mentalhealth #humanresourcesmanagement #worklifebalance