Thursday, March 24, 12pm ET - Learn How a Ukrainian NGO Transformed to Support Humanitarian Efforts

Join the American Sustainable Business Network and JumpScale for a dynamic conversation and live Q&A with Anastasia Dieieva, Executive Director of award-winning Ukrainian NGO - 100% Life - along with Kyiv-based impact investor Igor Konstantinovsky. Hear first-hand accounts from the first days of the invasion and critical humanitarian efforts now underway. Learn about the amazing story of 100% Life and their transformation as Ukraine’s largest HIV/AIDS health network into a grassroots wartime lifeline for thousands. Anastasia and Igor are mobilizing international partners to support trusted Ukrainian NGOs who are on the ground providing food, healthcare, and protective equipment. They are looking forward to sharing their initiatives, answering audience questions, and recommending ways to support life-saving efforts.

Friday, March 25, 1pm ET - The Value of Values: Building Resilient Culture Rooted by Values (Members-only event)

Join us for an interactive masterclass with Martha Williams and John Scilipote, Senior Consultants and founders at Culture Shift Agency & BreakBread World for a conversation on the importance values play in building culture and creating community.

What if you showed up for a Zoom meeting and the check-in was “Please put your name, where you’re calling in from, your company name, and your company values in the chat”? What would you type in the chat? More importantly, what would your employees or coworkers type? Your organization’s culture is the collective result of how employees think, behave, and relate while working. Your organization’s values form the bedrock of your culture – how decisions are made, goals are achieved, and missions fulfilled – and when confronted with challenges, how we respond (or react).

If you haven’t clearly set out a specific set of values, don’t let yourself be fooled – they are there, and operating in the dark. And for those of you who have, are you walking the walk? And are you helping your coworkers do the same?

Join us for an informative and participatory hour of conversation on values and their role in your organization.

Thursday, March 31, 2pm ET - Investor & Funder Call: Native Conservancy

Alaska Natives staking a claim in the state’s plans to grow a billion-dollar mariculture industry. While leading fisheries are lining up for permits, the difference lies in millennia of experience in sustainable harvest and marine responsibility that inform a Native brand in indigenous-led kelp farming and processed foods.

Join Dune Lankard (Native Conservancy) and current investors and funders on how you can participate in building a resilient, regenerative, blue economy in Alaska.

This event is open to any accredited investors/finders

Episode 13 - Climate & Racial Justice: The Nexus of the NEXT Economy
Episode 14 - Centering Climate Justice in Climate Action

This 2-part podcast on the Just & Sustainable Economy podcast features two conversations that identify tangible actions on the policy, advocacy, and mitigation fronts, both businesses and individuals can do, to address the devastating impacts of climate change on our communities and biosphere by putting people and equity at the center. 

Episode 13 features: Ibrahim Al-Husseini (FullCycle), Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (Artist & Climate Organizer), and Donnel Baird (BlocPower) moderated by Seungah Jeong (MPOWERD and ASBN’s Board Co-Chair). 

Episode 14 features: Dr. Ellonda Williams (B Lab), Kevin Lee (Dr. Bronner's), Valerie Red-Horse Mohl (East Bay Community Foundation & ASBN’s board co-chair) moderated by Intersectional Environmentalist, Diandra Marizet.

Climate & Energy 
Thursday, March 24, 1pm ET - Members-only event; Contact Michael Green to participate

The Climate & Energy working group discusses and identifies key problems, solutions, and strategies to address the climate and energy crisis our planet is facing. Overwhelmingly, scientists agree that man-made climate change is occurring. Climate events are indisputably more frequent, more severe and more destructive. 

ASBN-BizNGO Safer Chemicals Public Policy 
Friday, April 8, 12pm ET - Members-only event; Contact David Levine to participate

The ASBN-BizNGO Safer Chemicals Public Policy working group focuses on public policy initiatives at the state and federal level. In collaboration with BizNGO this working group features in-depth analyses by policy experts, monitors federal and state chemical policy initiatives, and engages in and comments on initiatives where we have expertise.

Canopy's 2nd Annual Good Business Summit

April 14, 9AM – 2PM ET | In-person, Louisville, KY - Register here