May 16-17 - Total Impact Summit 2022

In-person, Philadelphia, PA | PARTNER EVENT

May 16, 5:30-7:30pm - Impact Investor Cocktail Party

In-person, Philadelphia, PA | INVESTORS CIRCLE

Wednesday, May 18, 1pm ET - Sustainable & Non-Toxic Business Roundtable | ASBN Live

American Sustainable Business Network invites you to join us Wednesday, May 18th at 1pm ET for a Sustainable & Non-Toxic Business Roundtable. Most consumer goods are made with toxic chemicals which can negatively impact health. Through public policy, we can change the system for the better. Hear from leaders at non-toxic companies, Barry A Cik (Naturepedic Organic Mattresses), Marcia Frieze (Case Medical Inc.), Martin Wolf (Seventh Generation), and Kari Block (EarthKind).

Wednesday, May 18, 1pm ET - Confluence Philanthropy’s 2nd Annual Belonging Town Hall | Partner Event

The Town Hall supports Belonging Pledge signatories in deepening their commitments to investing with a racial equity lens. This half-day virtual convening will engage participants through sharing lessons learned and highlighting opportunities for activation. We invite pledge signatories to join us at the Belonging Town Hall to discuss what real progress takes: the policy and organizational changes that are needed, the importance of racial diversity in leadership, and the innovations needed to finance new models and partnerships.

If you would like to sign onto the pledge in order to attend contact [email protected]

Wednesday, May 18, 3pm ET - Circular Economy | Contact [email protected] to participate | Working Group

The Circular Economy working group brings together a wide variety of key stakeholders to tackle the waste crisis, especially plastic waste, in the United States.  Environmentally-focused organizations and business leaders from across the nation collaborate  to help guide our Packaging Waste Reduction campaign, with a focus on both federal and state level policies. 

Wednesday, May 18, 4pm ET - Business Forum on Reproductive Healthcare | Members-Only

Join ASBN for a special forum on reproductive rights and abortion access May 18, 4-5pm ET where we’ll be joined by Nicole Clegg (Sr. VP of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood NNE) and Kia Guarino (Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington) to answer your questions on what you can do as businesses and investors to take action now.

Thursday, May 19, 1pm ET - ASBN Follow up meeting  for Defining Sustainable Chemistry for White House Office of Science and Technology | Contact [email protected] to participate | Working Group

ASBN is continuing it work to convene our members and allies to craft our recommendations that we will send to the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP)

On April 4, 2022 the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Request for Information (RFI) from the Public on Federal Programs and Activities in Support of Sustainable Chemistry. ASBN sees Sustainable Chemistry as an essential element in our efforts to create a just and sustainable economy. We intend to comment to OSTP in support of a definition for Sustainable Chemistry that embraces safe chemicals, just and equitable distribution of benefits from production and use of chemicals, just and equitable remediation of past harms, and sourcing of chemical raw materials from regenerative systems. 

Thursday, May 19, 12pm ET - National Investors Circle Pitch Meeting | Contact [email protected] to participate | Investors Circle

Investors Circle members are invited to this month's National Pitch Meeting featuring presentations from Magnomer (magnetizable inks for enhanced recycling) and Euphoria LGBT (technology for the transgender community to fulfill the promise of how it gets better). 

Wednesday, May 25, 1pm ET - Investing in Communities through Crowdfunding | ASBN Live

Join us for this panel discussion to learn about opportunities to raise funds and invest in companies and projects that support community building. Panelists include representatives from crowdfunding platforms SmallChange.co (real estate projects), Crowdfund Mainstreet (local investing), and Raise Green (clean energy and environment).

Wednesday, June 1, 1pm ET - Searching for the Soul of Businesses- A Conversation with Alan Murray & Jeffrey Hollender | ASBN Live

Join the American Sustainable Business Network co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Hollender for a 1-on-1 conversation with Alan Murray, CEO of Fortune Media and author of the forthcoming book Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business. Tomorrow’s Capitalist is a report from the front lines on how corporate CEOs—the ultimate pragmatists—realize that they could lose their “operating license” unless they tackle the fundamental issues of our time: climate; diversity and inclusion; and inequality and workforce opportunity. Responding to their employees and customers who are demanding corporate change, they have taken the lead in establishing some bold new principles promoting “stakeholder” capitalism, ensuring that for the first time in more than a half a century, it’s not just shareholders who have a say in how corporations are run.

Wednesday, June 8, 1pm ET - Blockchain, NFTs, & Metaverse For Good | ASBN Live
Hear how our orgs and community can understand these new technologies and utilize them for good! This will be an exciting and informative interactive webinar with SVC former co-chair Gagan J Levy, our resident blockchain enthusiast, CEO of the creative agency Guru and CoFounder of Bamboo Asset Management dba Pink Panda.

He will be joined by an incredible group of leaders hailing from traditional finance that have jumped into this exciting space: Adam Carlton, expat senior traditional finance consultant and now CoFounder and CEO of Pink Panda; Rose Penelope Yee, chair of the social good advisory board for Pink Panda and CEO of Green Retirement, and Gene Truono, head of compliance for Pink Panda and former Chief Compliance Officer for Paypal amongst other compliance positions at JP Morgan Chase and American Express.

Wednesday, June 15, 1pm ET - Federal Contracting 101 | ASBN Live
The Federal Government buys more goods and services than any other organization on the planet. But being a government contractor isn't for the faint of heart. Fortunately, purpose-driven companies - B corps, PBCs and the like - are used to some of the complexities of doing good for the world while also making a profit. At this session, the leaders of three government contractors that are also certified B corporations (Fors Marsh, Rescue Agency, TCG) will walk you through the pluses and minuses of government work and will try to answer all your questions. If you've ever wanted to do business with the government, this is a good place to start.

Thursday, June 23, 4pm ET - ASBN Members PRIDE Networking Happy Hour | ASBN Member Networking
American Sustainable Business Network invites you to join us Thursday, June 23rd at 4pm ET for a PRIDE Networking Happy Hour! Bring yourself & a refreshment as we get to know fellow LGBTQIA+ ASBN members and how we can support and work with one another. Jillian Gerstley, Manager of Investors Circle, will be moderating.   

Wednesday, June 29, 1pm ET - Socially Responsible Supply Chain Contracts | ASBN Live
Join the American Sustainable Business Network to learn about how to "enlist your contracts as allies" in pursuing your mission and achieving positive social impact from experts Sarah Dadush and Olivia Windham Stewart. In this webinar, you'll learn about a new toolkit on responsible business contracting developed by an American Bar Association working group. The toolkit is designed to improve the human rights performance of supply chain relationships, both domestic and international. Together, we'll gain insight into how to incorporate social impact into company DNA by codifying prosocial, shared-responsibility principles into your legal documents.

Episode 19 - Making the Business Case for Good Jobs with Secretary Marty Walsh

On Friday, May 13 the Department of Labor (DOL) hosted a special hybrid event, Making the Business Case for Good Jobs, with ASBN’s Vice President, Carolyn Pincus and Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh leading the discussion. Along with Carolyn Pincus and Secretary Walsh, the discussion also included three ASBN business member owners - Elizabeth Richman of EILEEN FISHER, Flequer Vera of Sustainergy Cooperative, Darren Jones of UPS, and Sandi Weaver of BA Auto Care - to discuss DOL’s Good Jobs Initiative.