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Rachel Feldman

Rachel is the Business Partnerships Manager for Green America and the Green Business Network. Rachel has years of nonprofit business development experience and has worked in digital fundraising, for-profit marketing, and direct response marketing. She earned her Master’s in Management, specializing in Marketing in the Summer of 2016 from the University of Maryland University College. Rachel is also on the board of directors for the Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County, and is an advisory board member for Second Chance Wildlife Center. Contact Rachel at 202-872-5303 or rfeldman@greenamerica.org with questions or interest in advertising with or sponsoring Green America and the Green Business Network.

Progressive Bookkeeping Solutions LLC

We provide QuickBooks support services to entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals. We partner with financial advisors and accountants to help their clients obtain a comprehensive accounting of their personal expenditures and living expenses in order to prepare cash flow analysis and budgets for long and short-term financial planning.

You've Got MAIDS

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Moxie Bookkeeping

Holistic bookkeeping for a healthy business, focusing on small businesses, artists, and nonprofits in the NYC area.

T.Y. Fine Furniture

Solid wood handmade furniture built using the finest materials our own proprietary organic wood finish. We also carry Columbus Ohio's widest selection of Organic Mattresses and ergonomic chairs.

Eco Imprints

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Business Partnerships Manager
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The Mentor Capital Network (formerly known as the William James Foundation) runs business plan competitions and mentor programs for for-profit social enterprises.

Labor Justice Campaigns Manager

Supervisor:

Executive Co-Director, Consumer and Corporate Engagement

Position:

Full-Time, (4-days, 32 hours/week)

Salary:

$43,000-48,000

Benefits:

medical, dental, sick days, holidays

Deadline:

rolling

 

Green America seeks an experienced campaigner to lead our labor justice campaigns.

Green America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a just and sustainable society by harnessing economic power for positive change. Our unique approach involves working with consumers, investors, and businesses. Our workplace reflects our goal of creating a more cooperative, environmentally sound economy. We have a participatory decision-making process, which aims to build consensus within the departments and teams.

We are looking for someone to manage or direct our social justice and labor campaigns.  We will offer the position at the manager level to a qualified candidate with 2-3 years’ experience, and at the director level for candidates with 5 or more years’ experience.

The Labor Justice Campaign Manager/Director will join Green America’s Corporate Responsibility Programs team, which works to educate consumers about various social and environmental issues and to push large companies to improve their practices. The Campaign Manager will primarily work on Green America’s labor campaigns, with a primary focus on international labor abuses caused by multinational corporations.

The Labor Justice Campaign Manager/Director will lead Green America’s various campaigns focused on improving working conditions in international supply chains. The initial focus will be on reducing forced and child labor in the cocoa sector and improving worker health and safety in the electronics and garments sectors. Campaigns may overlap with Green America’s climate work. The Labor Justice Campaign Manager will also work closely with allies to support campaigns focused on environmental justice, toxins, and climate justice.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Plan and execute several, simultaneous campaigns to improve working conditions in the supply chains of many popular products.  Currently, the program’s campaigns focus on the garment, cocoa, and electronics sectors.
  2. Research and develop content (blogs, e-blasts, webpages, social posts, and press releases) to educate consumers about various labor justice issues.  Work with the publications team to support content on labor justice issues.
  3. Create actions for Green America members and the public to take on labor justice issues
  4. Speak on behalf of Green America at events and to media about labor justice issues
  5. Develop and maintain strong relationships with ally organizations
  6. Conduct outreach and engage productively with target companies
  7. Work with Green America’s Food, Climate, Paper, and Finance campaigners where there are social justice, climate change, and health/toxins intersections
  8. Work with Media Team and consultants on generating earned media.
  9. Work with Web and Social Media Teams to ensure Labor and Social Justice content is well-suited for the web and social media, reaching a wide audience, and delivered on time
  10. Work with Green America staff to integrate the campaign into Green America’s events, websites, social media, and publications.
  11. Assist Development Team with fundraising and grant proposals
  12. Take part in Green America staff meetings, annual planning meetings, and budgeting

Qualified Candidates should have the following skills and qualities:

  • Strong campaign skills. The ability to conduct powerful campaigns that result in substantive change in targeted entities. Preferred: 2-3 years’ experience with labor or social justice campaigns for the manager level, and 5 or more years’ experience for the director level, and a track record of success.
  • Experience with corporate campaigning, including strategy development, power mapping, and negotiating with senior management at corporations.
  • Strong research and writing skills. Experience creating content for various audiences and for web and social media.
  • A passion for labor and social justice issues, with particular knowledge of one or more of the following issue areas: child labor, forced labor, worker health and safety, environmental justice, climate justice, clothing, cocoa, and/or electronics.
  • Experience with outreach to communities of color, women’s organizations, and/or international communities.  
  • Ability to manage multiple projects at once and meet deadlines.
  • Proven ability to use social media creatively and effectively, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
  • Strong public speaking skills.
  • Proven ability to lead coalitions and to reach consensus.
  • Experience with fundraising.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Willingness to publicly present Green America’s campaigns and mission.
  • Willingness to travel.

How to Apply: 
Provide a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample to Todd Larsen, tlarsen@greenamerica.org

Please include LJ Campaigner/Director and your name in the subject line.

Green America is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

No Calls Please.

Come From the Heart

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Organic and Healthy, LLC

Nontoxic, family-tested. Solid wood bedroom furniture; organic sofas, mattresses and bedding; chemical-free carpet and rugs; air and water purifiers. 5% off with discount code Green5.

The Natural Sleep Store

Offers organic mattresses, natural latex mattresses, crib mattresses, and organic bedding, including sheets, pillows, and blankets. Also offering natural bed frames.

Michael's Custom Built, Inc.

Builds new, natural, and organic furniture and re-upholsters sofas, chairs, and headboards. Using environmentally conscious products without compromising comfort, design, or style.

Kammika Import Export Co., Ltd.

Thailand-based, handcrafted furniture manufacturer that lives and practices the making of true handmade items from sustainable materials using all-natural finishes.

Good Night Naturals

The Finest 100% Natural & Organic Mattresses and Luxury Linens


With over 25 years of experience providing outstanding customer service, Good Night Naturals is dedicated to being your resource for a safe and healthy sleep. Discover our sustainable bedding - free of added chemicals 100% natural & organic ingredient mattressesnatural wool comforters, pillows, 100% natural and organic latex mattresses, latex toppers, cotton sheets, bedding from natures purest fibers and luxury linens, and even and baby mattresses. In a world filled with synthetics, pesticides and chemicals, Good Night Naturals is your springboard into natural bedding with a bright and healthy future for your entire family!

Our commitment to creating a safe and healthy bedroom began in 1990 when we opened the first "eco-store" in San Francisco. Today, we remain committed to being your resource for a safe and healthy bedroom. 

The Futon Shop

The Futon Shop maintains a high level of Eco-Consciousness to strive for a healthier future for our planet, our country. We work tirelessly towards bringing the best organic and eco-friendly futons, sofa beds & organic furniture to you.

Erik Organic

"We create custom-made, solid wood furniture, including baby cribs and dining room tables. Each piece is handcrafted to your individual specifications."

EcoVentures International

Supports well-functioning market systems providing sustainable livelihoods and environmental management; trains, mentors, connects, and inspires communities, networks, businesses, and vulnerable groups, especially women and youth.

Newground Social Investment, SPC

As Investor Voice, we offer stand-alone shareholder engagement services – IV writes resolutions, negotiates with management, creates strategies for media and proxy advisory services, and presents at annual meetings. Led by experts nationally known for dynamic shareholder actions spanning 23 years, Investor Voice serves individuals, advisors, money managers, and institutions nationwide. Member of First Affirmative Financial Network.

Please also see: Newground Social Investment, SPC

Clutter Control Organizing Services

Struggling to reach your life goals? Home and office organizing when you're overwhelmed with paperwork, clutter, and confusion.

Earthshade Natural Window Fashions™

Our planet's only collection of sustainably crafted, high-quality, safe, and natural window shades for residential or commercial applications. Serving the US and Canada.

For over twenty years we have been defining the worlds safest window fashions, shades, and blinds for people and planet. To this day we are proud to have served thousands of satisfied families, businesses, and people with chemical sensitivities. We remain the only company in the world focused on both domestic and international fair trade. Our optional motorization systems have been custom engineered to minimize EMF exposure since the beginning. Rest easy and assured with our versatile shades, blinds, and custom window fashions Like no other! Visit our web catalog today!

BESThq, LLC

As a collaborative business community, BESThq’s purposeful, inclusive, and collaborative approach creates endless opportunities to build and grow with community.  With a focus on business and the Quadruple Bottom Line (People, Profit, Planet, Purpose), we connect and elevate difference makers seeking to find deeper impact through enterprise development.

INVESTOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK

A collaborative partnership of investment managers advised by nongovernmental organizations, encouraging companies to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals in their products and activities.

Verde Brand Communications

A full-service public relations, marketing, branding, and consulting agency with an emphasis in corporate social responsibility.

Nikki Alexander Copywriting & Consulting

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Natural Choice Directory

Western Washington's "healthy yellow pages." Lists environmental businesses, holistic practitioners, natural food stores, restaurants, more. Distributes 70,000 free copies yearly. Web edition reaches thousands more.

Mind Over Markets

Since 2003, Mind Over Markets has been helping green and sustainability-focused companies build their brands – and a better world. From meaningful, targeted campaigns to growing tribes by 10’s of thousands, our goal is proving that business can be a force for good. If you believe that too, call MOM.

Register now for the first week of a 4-week series course: http://www.greenbusinessnetwork.org/women-as-game-changers/

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Love-Your-Planet Creative Communications

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Eighty2degrees Design Studio

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Caplan Communications

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The clean energy economy needs a seasoned public relations partner. We are that advocate. Caplan focuses audiences on today’s most decisive issues.

ExhibitTrader.com

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Red Sequoia LLC

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Carolina Morning Designs

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Inspired by traditional floor based cultures such as Yogic, Taoist, Zen and Native American, we have developed a line of meditation and yoga props as well as minimalist, modular, and body friendly furniture.

The Buddhist principle of Right Livelihood has been the foundation of Carolina Morning since the beginning. Life and work are inextricably linked. Here in the mountains of North Carolina, we’re providing a workplace focused on love and respect. Our staff finds satisfaction in providing top quality products and great service to our customers.

Green Practices

Our products are made from meticulously sourced organic, eco and/or recycled materials including recycled cotton, organic cotton, kapok, buckwheat, organic flax, 100% recycled wood non-toxic Medite 2 fiberboard, organic beeswax, pine resin, and linseed wood finish. We buy domestically produced and local/regional materials as often as possible.

We have eliminated all plastic from our packaging. This saves thousands of plastic bags from ending up in landfills every year. It only took us 15 years to realize we could send products unwrapped in the clean cardboard box. Some products are wrapped in cellulose bags.

We print only a one-page brochure on 100% recycled paper with soy ink. We recycle all office paper and bottles. 

We employ LEAN-manufacturing techniques, which makes our operation super efficient and competitive even in the Global Economy. We are constantly working on reducing our energy needs. Our employees live nearby in a rural Appalachian region, preventing extra driving and helping the local economy.

Visit our website to see our Meditation Cushions and Benches, Yoga Props, Futons, Body Friendly Furniture and more!

www.zafu.net

 

 

Passages International Inc.

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Final Footprint

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Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)

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Ecobutterfly Organics

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Organic Cotton Plus

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Colma Cremation & Funeral Services

Eco-friendy green services and products for funerals, burials, and cremation. Dedicated to the Green Burial Counsel Doctrine for ecological responsibility when providing goods and services for death care. Does not embalm and also offers home viewings. Offers green caskets and urns.

Harmony Art

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Illuminated Funds Group

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Fiberactive Organics, LLC

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Parnassus Investments

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New Alternatives Fund, Inc.

Socially responsible mutual fund emphasizing alternative energy and the environment (established 1982). Investments include: wind, solar and geothermal energy, biofuels, run-of-river hydro, fuel cells, energy conservation, clean water, natural foods, and pollution control. Excludes: weapons, animal testing, and nuclear power. See our track record and list of investments.

The Good Tee

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The Good Tee ensures a fully transparent supply chain, ethical working conditions, and sustainability in manufacturing our products by being fully involved in the process from seed to shelf.

When you wear The Good Tee, you'll look great while helping to ensure and celebrate the freedom and dignity of the makers.  Proudly making premium quality fashion basics made from Certified Fair Trade Organic Cotton.

Sustainable T-shirts, B Corp Certified

Green Century Capital Management

Green Century is the first family of fossil fuel free, responsible, and diversified mutual funds in the U.S. Founded in 1991, Green Century is a pioneer in socially-responsible investing (SRI) and the divestment movement.

Green Century’s unique three-pronged approach provides you with a one-of-a-kind way to make an impact with your investments. Green Century:

1. Invests in sustainable companies and employs strict environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance rating screens.

Green Century does not invest in any companies that explore for, extract, process, refine, and transmit coal, oil, and gas; burn fossil fuels to make electricity; own carbon reserves; or any companies that produce nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, military weapons, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), or tobacco.

2. Houses an in-depth and award-winning shareholder advocacy program that directly presses several dozen companies a year to improve their environmental practices.

3. Is the only mutual fund company in the U.S. wholly owned by environmental and public health nonprofits. 100% of the profits Green Century earns support the work of these nonprofit organizations.

Green Century offers three ways to align your investments with your values:

The Green Century Balanced Fund is an actively managed Fund that invests in the stocks of solution-oriented companies and bonds, more than 50% of which are green or sustainable.

The Green Century MSCI International Index Fund is a passively managed Fund that invests in companies with outstanding ESG ratings in developed markets outside of the U.S.

The Green Century Equity Fund is a passively managed Fund that invests in sustainable U.S.-based companies that repeatedly has been recognized by Bloomberg, as one of the top 10 socially conscious funds in the U.S.

You should carefully consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. To obtain a Prospectus that contains this and other information about the Funds, please click here for more information, email info@greencentury.com or call 1-800-934-7336. Please read the Prospectus carefully before investing. Distributor: UMB Distribution Services, LLC 1/19

GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.

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Domini Impact Investments LLC

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Community Capital Management

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Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale with employees in Boston, Charlotte, the New York City area, and Southern California, CCM was founded in 1998 and manages over $3 billion in assets. We are a signatory to the UNPRI, align our impact themes with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and we adhere to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops socially responsible investment guidelines, among participating in other partnerships and collaborations. We report to clients on the positive impact outcomes of their investments and offer institutional clients the opportunity to customize their fixed income portfolios by geographies or impact themes. Working through a network of investment consultants and advisors, we serve a wide variety of clients including faith-based investors, endowments, foundations, healthcare organizations, non-profits, public funds, and high net worth individuals.

US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment

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