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.

Wednesday, June 22, 1pm ET - Reproductive Healthcare: Resources for Your Employees | ASBN Live
American Sustainable Business Network invites you to join us Wednesday, June 22nd at 1pm ET for Reproductive Healthcare: Resources for Your Employees. Dr. Sophia Yen (Pandia Health) and Shelley Alpern (Rhia Ventures) will present resources and answer questions on how you can support your employees in preparation for the loss of reproductive rights.

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.   

Tuesday, June 28, 4pm ET - ASBN Member Town Hall | ASBN Member Event
American Sustainable Business Network invites members to join us Tuesday, June 28th at 4pm ET for an ASBN Member Town Hall. Hear our organizational updates and come with questions. If you want to submit a question in advance you'd like our leadership to address, please email [email protected].

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.

Wednesday, June 1, 3pm ET - Business for Democracy | Contact [email protected] to participate | Working Group

The Business for Democracy working group believes that the support of businesses, big and small, is increasingly pertinent to an inclusive democracy. We will be having guest speaker, Robert Orr, retired Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He is a Republican co-leader in NC promoting the Carter Center Candidate Principles, endorsed by ASBN.