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117 06 Food Image: iced frappucino in a cup that says What the Starbucks?

What the Starbucks?

On a daily basis Starbucks serves more milk than coffee. It is time Starbucks address the negative environmental impacts of the conventional dairy it sources. Milk is an environmental issue.  

18867 28 Finance, Finance Bank stories

We Switched Banks for People and the Planet

Better Banking Starts Here
19343 30 Finance, Finance Socially Responsible Investing

Types of Responsible Investing

Just as with conventional investing, for responsible investing you can choose between several types of investments, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, or impact investing. Any of these can be used to build a better world.

Invest In My Future
122 22 Finance Image: hand holding several credit cards. Topic: Green America credit card.

The Green America Credit Card

9857 11 Food plain cover image, shopping card with labels inside

The ABCs of Food Labels

The multitude of food labels & certifications can be confusing. Corporations know that concerned consumers want assurance that their food is sourced ethically and sustainably. Unfortunately, not all labels are created equal.

6311 05 Climate hang up on fossil fuels

Tell the communications industry to act on energy justice and clean energy

Push Comms Companies to Clean Energy and Equity
5468 09 Labor Image: child laborers in cocoa field. Topic: Tell Godiva: End Child Labor

Tell Godiva: End Child Labor

As one of the world's leading brands of luxury chocolates, Godiva needs to take action to get child labor out of cocoa.

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Stop GE Wheat

For 8,000 years, wheat has served as a staple crop for humankind. Now it's at risk.

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Stacking Financial Incentives to Reward Farmers for Regeneration

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Soil SuperHeroes

Meet the superheroes who don’t need to wear capes!  These Soil SuperHeroes are farmers and food companies that are saving our soils to bring us healthier food and reverse climate change.

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Soil Carbon Index (SCI)

 

19338 11 Finance, Finance Socially Responsible Investing

Socially Responsible Investing

One of the most powerful ways you can make change is to use the financial tools you already have – such as your retirement plan or college savings plan -- to invest in socially and environmentally responsible funds.

Invest In My Future
125 10 Cut Down Trees

Smithsonian: Practice What You Print

We are calling on Smithsonian to practice what it prints by using recycled paper.

6258 06 Climate Image: woman holding paper receipt Topic: Skip the Slip to reduce store receipts

Skip the Slip to Reduce Paper Receipts

19354 30 Finance, Finance Shareholder Advocacy

Shareholder Advocacy

How can you use your investments to create a greener world? If you own stock in a company, you’re a shareholder, and you can use that power to push for greater corporate responsibility. 

Own Stocks? Vote your Values!
126 01 Labor workers and activists protesting Samsung

Samsung: End Smartphone Sweatshops

Samsung makes billions of dollars off of its smartphones and other electronics.  But, while the company prospers, workers suffer.

 

19459 30 Finance, Finance Retirement and College Plans

Retirement and College Plans

Many people who don't think of themselves as investors have employer-sponsored or individual retirement plans, or college savings plans. Learn how to align these investments with your values.

Plan For a Better Future
19339 11 Finance, Finance Socially Responsible Investing

Responsible Investing Basics

If you own stocks, bonds, or mutual funds -- even if all you have is a pension or retirement plan or a college savings plan -- you are an investor. Learn how to use your investments to build a more sustainable and equitable world.  

Sustainable Investing Guide
19358 24 Finance, Finance Action Center

Responsible Finance Action Center

The time is now to align our money with our values in all aspects of finance: banking, credit cards, insurance, and investments. Fortunately, you don’t have to do this alone. We have lots of resources to help.

Invest In My Future
7382 10 Food, Climate Image: wheat field. Regenerative agriculture.

Re(Store) It!

Regenerative agriculture is a biological solution to the twin issues of the climate crisis and our failing food system. It uses practices that pull carbon out of the air and put it back into agricultural soils, storing carbon to re(store) farmlands.

119 12 Image: Miracle Whip frown on bread next to a jar of Kraft Miracle Whip

Miracle Whip

19327 25 Finance, Finance Insurance

Find Responsible Insurance

Insurance is on the front lines of the climate crisis – yet the largest companies are insuring fossil fuel projects and investing in fossil fuel companies, even as they raise rates and drop policy holders in climate-vulnerable areas. 

 
Find Climate Smart Insurance
4602 12 Climate Image: parallel pipelines.

Fighting Pipelines

Oil and natural gas pipelines across the United States threaten local communities, ruin livelihoods, contaminate water supplies, and contribute to the expansion of fracking nationwide. We must resist the drive to build pipelines.

19210 20 Labor END US CHILD LABOR

End U.S. Child Labor

In the United States, a rise in child labor violations and exploitation of unaccompanied migrant children has sparked concern. This agenda aims to eradicate child labor and ensure a safer, fairer future for all children.

18341 03 Climate, Labor Image: couple in a supermarket. Topic: Don't Discount Our Future, Trader Joe's

Don't Discount Our Future, Trader Joe's

Don’t Discount Our Future, Trader Joe’s
120 07 Labor, Finance Image: person holding American currency. Title: Divest & Reinvest

Divest & Reinvest

With the climate crisis intensifying, we all need to take a stand to oppose dirty energy and support clean energy alternatives. One of the most powerful actions we can take is divesting from fossil fuels and reinvesting those funds in renewable and clean.

19490 24 Climate Polluting Power Plant

Dirty Data: Stop Big AI from polluting our climate & communities

Dirty Data: Stop Big AI from Polluting our Climate & Communities
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Dean Foods

14780 26 Climate Image: shopper standing in front of supermarket coolers. Topic: Cool It for Climate

Cool It for Climate

Urge supermarkets to cut super pollutants that accelerate the climate crisis.

Dear Kroger, Ditch the Climate Pollutants
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Climate Victory Gardens

Planting a garden has the power to change the world. Climate Victory Gardens are part of the climate solution by restoring soil health to draw down carbon. Everyone can grow a garden, and everyone can take meaningful action on the climate crisis.

 

16632 05 squash growing in mulched climate victory garden

Climate Victory Gardening for Seasoned Gardeners

Whether you've been gardening for decades or are just beyond the basics, we'll help you garden for you and the climate. 

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Climate Victory Gardening for Beginners

Whether you’re a beginner gardener or a seasoned gardener revisiting the basics, here's how to successfully grow a Climate Victory Garden.

4586 07 Climate, Finance Image: wind turbines on green hills. Title: Clean Energy Victory Bonds

Clean Energy Victory Bonds

Many Americans are looking for a way to invest that helps our country address the defining issue of our time – the urgent need for a clean energy economy as the climate crisis intensifies. 

14319 03 Labor, Social Justice Image: baby looking grumpy. Topic: Carter's: End Toxic Textiles in Children's Clothing

Carter's: End Toxic Textiles in Children's Clothing

123 07 Finance Image: upward view of skyscrapers. Topic: Break up with your mega-bank

Break Up with Your Mega-Bank

Big Banks fund predatory Wall Street practices, fossil fuels, sweatshops, factory farms, and other destructive industries. Switch to a community development bank or credit union to support local jobs, social services, healthy communities, and a better world.

Find Climate Smart Insurance
19325 28 Finance, Finance Better Banking

Better Banking

Money from big banks funds fossil fuels, factory farms, weapons of war, and other destructive industries. Better banking is possible with a community development bank or credit union. Your money can help fund a better world. 

Better Banking Starts Here
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Bank Stories

Find Climate Smart Insurance
124 04 Climate, Labor server room

A Call for Climate Justice. Amazon: Build a Cleaner and Fairer Cloud

Amazon’s giant servers require massive amounts of energy to operate and are some of the dirtiest in the industry. And, Amazon is failing its workers as well.

19326 24 Finance, Finance Credit Cards

A Better World with Every Swipe

Every time you use your credit card, transaction fees go to the bank that issued it. You may also be paying annual fees and interest fees. You can make sure this money is used to build a better world by finding a responsible credit card. 

Responsible Credit Cards