Ep #53: Women are the Key to Solving Climate Change with Lara Dickinson
Lara Dickinson is the executive director and co-founder of OSC2. She has been in the natural products industry for over 25 years and is passionate about not just creating an impact but leaving a legacy in a way that’s meaningful. She brings CEOs together to help each other as purpose-driven companies and challenge each other to build lasting, impactful legacies.
Show Notes
There is a lot of data out there that states women-owned and founded businesses run better, and research shows that empowering women and promoting gender equality can positively impact climate change. When women in companies are empowered, they are far more likely to give their time, resources, and finances to women globally, and the ripple effect can be profound.
Lara Dickinson is the executive director and co-founder of OSC2. She has been in the natural products industry for over 25 years and is passionate about not just creating an impact but leaving a legacy in a way that’s meaningful. She brings CEOs together to help each other as purpose-driven companies and challenge each other to build lasting, impactful legacies.
In this episode, Lara and I discuss why equality for women and girls plays a vital role in solving the climate change crisis. Learn more about the correlation between the empowerment of women and girls and positive environmental outcomes and hear more about the industry collaboratives she has launched and the amazing impacts they bring.
- Why Lara launched the packaging collaborative.
- How small steps can lead to big changes.
- Where the climate collaborative came from the story behind it.
- The goal of the OSC2 Women’s Circles.
- What happens when women advocate for other women.
- How women are a great example of cultivating distributed leadership.
- What Lara sees as the future of the natural foods industry.
What You'll Learn
Links Mentioned
- Sensiba Center for Sustainability is offering all Rebooting Capitalism listeners a free 30-minute discovery call to help you determine which ESG frameworks, metrics, and goals are right for your organization. They’ll help you connect the dots between ESG risks and opportunities and discuss the impacts ESG has on your organization’s bottom line.
- Rebooting Capitalism: Instagram | Twitter
- Connect with me on LinkedIn
- Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken
- Climate Collaborative
- Climate Day at Expo West
- Expo West
- Research: Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes How Companies Think – Harvard Business Review Article
- E.D.I Collaborative
- OSC2
- Packaging Collaborative
- The OSC2 Women’s Circle
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