Sentences with phrase «good equity and social»

The diversity element — how do you get more race, or gender, or class diversity into a firm — that is a default byproduct of doing good equity and social justice work.

Not exact matches

Lauren makes debt and equity investments with the dual expectation of best - in - class financial returns and maximum positive social and environmental impact.

We stand up for the principles of equality, equity and social justice and we work with our affiliated unions and social justice partners to build a better world for all citizens.

As we pointed out in our post last week, a withdrawal rate strategy should respond to market factors like equity valuations and bond yields as well as personal factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and Social Security benefits.

The panel discussed debt and equity crowdfunding in the Canadian capital markets; as well as capital formation, regulatory issues, investor protection and social welfare.

The social activist movements of those years also contributed to the seminaries» guilty conscience, so that they made at least token attempts to become sources of societal change as well as exemplifications of equity and justice.

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

Environmentalists, regulators, university educators and social equity groups provided expertise to the project as well.

In that solutions space, there also lies a new charter for the social sciences; a call for more — and better — social scientific knowledge to inform and inspire the kind of transformative responses needed to face humanity's greatest challenge: to simultaneously safeguard planetary resources, social equity, and human wellbeing.

Researchers from Binghamton University, Cornell University, the International City / County Management Association (ICMA), and two divisions of the American Planning Association measured local government action on energy, water, waste, land use and transportation, as well as social equity and economic development across 1,900 local governments.

After two years working in Portland, I found my way to Bay Area, California where I taught 9th grade social studies for 3 years while I supported faculty in developing their capacity to hold space for critical conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as supporting social justice curriculum reform within the network.

A radically different vision of human well - being is the call; one that is in tune with nature and respects other species, promotes socio - economic equity amongst all people, enhances the cultural, material, economic, social, and political opportunities for all, empowers each person and community to take part in decision - making affecting their lives, even as it leaves the natural world a better and much improved place.

The National Network of Schools in Partnership (NNSP), active at both NCGS and NAIS, has a vision of partnership that encompasses equity, social justice, and sharing or innovating best practices for high - impact and scalability.

The upshot, advocates say, is that a voucher system would have very positive effects on society: it would get kids into better schools, give all schools incentives to perform, and promote social equity.

In this context, a radically different vision of human well - being, one that is in tune with nature and respects other species, promotes socio - economic equity amongst all people, enhances the cultural, material, economic, social, and political opportunities for all, and one that empowers each person and community to take part in decision - making affecting their lives.

Equitable access of all human beings, in current and future generations, to the conditions needed for human well - being — socio - cultural, economic, political, ecological, and in particular food, water, shelter, clothing, energy, healthy living, and satisfying social and cultural relations — without endangering any other person's access; equity between humans and other elements of nature; and social, economic, and environmental justice for all.

She was selected to participate in Leadership for Learning, an innovative, cohort - based program that emphasized the link between leadership and learning, as well as the development of leaders willing and able to address and redress issues of equity and social justice.

In the end, it is only when we graduate all of our students with a profound sense of commitment to equity, social justice, and taking action in ways that better the world that we will be attaining Horace Mann's vision of public education.

With continued anti-immigrant sentiment reflected in our executive branch and now in many states as well as across the globe, school policies compel urgent curricular transformation and a renewal to a commitment toward equity, social justice, and cultural consciousness.

Heins called for people to speak with «one voice for quality public education, health care, good jobs, affordable housing, worker rights, social justice, equity and equality.»

They argue, as well, that school leaders should expect all staff to work toward equity, democracy and social justice for all students and their families.

Their investment methodology screens U.S. equity holdings based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to find best - in - class companies in each domestic peer group.

Something to Say therefore exemplifies the McNay's commitment to equity, inclusion, and social consciousness as well as artistic excellence.

Our goal is to help establish best practices that current (and future) bike share systems can use to build successful programs that fully integrate equity and social justice.

Dagoba chose to work with the Rainforest Alliance because of shared values in environmental protection, social equity and economic viability for a better planet.

CBDR is grounded in a concern for social equity, best explained in terms of examining (1) who are historically culpable for GHG emissions while giving consideration to (2) per capita emissions and (3) the relative economic development status of each country.

Stepping all the way up to the climate challenge DOES mean ambitious collective action; more public investment in solutions (as well as good climate policy that drives private investment in the right direction); greater commitment to social and economic equity; and curbs on corporate power.

Social equity concerns will also be addressed by granting relief for losses incurred by local governments due to the elimination of such fees, as well as grain cultivators, fishermen and taxi - drivers, all of whom rely heavily on fuel - based vehicles or machinery.

Over the past three years, the Better Bike Share Partnership has brought the concepts of social and racial equity into the forefront of the discussion for bike sharing as an industry.

In this context, UNEP - Environment's functional definition of a green economy, without reference to growth, is an economy that translates into «improved human well - being and social equity, environmental risks and ecological shortages.

Running through the talks, discussions and presentations were several common themes, generally framed by a «triple bottom line» approach, emphasizing ecology and social equity, as well as economy.

ABP introduced an internal carbon budget for its asset managers in 2015, designed to reduce the CO2 footprint of its portfolio equity holdings by 25 per cent, as well as doubling its $ 29bn equity holdings in equities providing environmental and social solutions over the next five years.

If the network is very well designed, secure, trustworthy and effectively realizes some social and economic purpose, then its equity value will increase and so will the value of its digital assets and currencies.

This is where Corey began his transformation into leadership training, systems building, family engagement, race equity, promoting protective factors, social equality and highlighting «good enough parenting» for those impacted by the child welfare system.

Given the desirable social and economic outcomes that entrepreneurs produce, a better understanding of their signature character strengths will be useful for lenders, equity investors, educators, and fledgling or «would be» entrepreneurs, including students.

From partnering with libraries to producing recommendations on how technology can support social - emotional development, our projects address knowledge gaps, access and equity, workforce professionalization, and best practices around digital media literacy.