Alec Saunders
wasaunders.bsky.social
Alec Saunders
@wasaunders.bsky.social
Tree-hugging 'lectric car driving vegan, husband, dad, grandpa, photographer, blogger, and baker. https://CarbonZero2040.earth
On April 12th, International Day for Street Children, join me in raising money for Consortium for Street Children, the only organization dedicated to achieving long-term sustainable change for street-connected children.

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International Day for Street Children
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April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump’s USAID shutdown halts #climate projects, weakens U.S. influence, hurts businesses, and lets China & Russia fill the gap. Boards must act fast to adapt. #governance #sustainability

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USAID Shutdown: A Climate and Geopolitical Own Goal That Hurts American Business
Trump’s USAID shutdown halts climate projects, weakens U.S. influence, hurts businesses, and lets China & Russia fill the gap. Boards must act fast to adapt.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today's article is a playbook for operational managers (hiring teams, HR departments) to unimpeachably make the best possible hires and ensure access to diverse talent. Please comment! #DEI #ESG #HR #Diversity

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Alec Saunders on LinkedIn: How to Build a Diverse Team (Without Anyone Calling It a “DEI Hire”)
Friday I wrote about strategies that boards can use to effectively drive diverse hiring without getting caught in the crossfire of today's political…
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February 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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#DEI is a political football, but diverse hiring is still best practice. How can #boards ensure that their companies build strong #diverse teams without getting caught in the same political quagmire that has impacted Google, Amazon, Meta and numerous others? www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-bo...
How Boards Can Drive Diverse Hiring—Without Getting Caught in Political Crossfire
Strong DEI hiring policies help boards attract top talent, drive business success & avoid political pitfalls. #Diversity #HiringPolicies
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February 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Vanguard's 2025 proxy voting policy represents a step back for ESG and DEI governance at the board. The company's retreat signals deference to state and federal pressure on environemental and equity issues. www.carbonzero2040.earth/2025/02/vang...
Vanguard's 2025 Policy: A New Direction for Board Diversity
Vanguard's 2025 Proxy Guidance represents a shift from prior years, bowing to pressure from government. Here are the details.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is a bit of a relief. Doesn’t remove the need to mitigate climate change, but does make the “Sword of Damocles” catastrophe less likely.

Scientists may have been wrong about "Doomsday Glacier" - Newsweek

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Scientists may have been wrong about "Doomsday Glacier"
The infamous glacier may not be an immediate threat, but scientists urge the outlook for Antarctica is still troubling.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Happy Giving Tuesday!

Help build safer futures for street children by donating to the Consortium for Street Children. Protect them from abuse and provide access to health and education - the same as every other child.

Donate today!

www.streetchildren.org/csc-inc/
Consortium for Street Children Inc. - CSC
CSC Inc. Consortium for Street Children Inc. Consortium for Street Children Inc. (CSC Inc.) is a non-profit organization, registered in the US with an independent board of directors. What we do We wor...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:54 AM
You often hear about the successes of Chinese auto makers, but we don’t see it in North America. Arrived SCL and the first advertisement I saw in the airport was a giant poster for MG’s EV line up. The cab was a late model MG. Spotted a Chang’an on the road too. Chile looks like a fertile market!
November 22, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot #Climate
Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
The ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 21, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Working my way through Abram Lustgarten’s “On the move”. Central thesis is that climate change will cause migration, including inside the United States. What will happen when 100 million people migrate from the south to the north? Eye opener.

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America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?
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November 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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I’m proud to announce that ‘ESG Mindset’ has won the Goody Business Book Award in the Business: Environment category!
👏👏👏

The Goody Business Book Awards honor social impact books and I couldn’t be more humbled and honored to be included!

Check out the full list here:
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November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Here's an innovative solution to reducing emissions from long-haul freight. It's probably NOT green hydrogen, but that will come with time.

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Hydrogen locomotives could be coming to rail lines near you soon
Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway plans to start rolling out hydrogen-powered locomotives after its first successful test. Read more
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November 17, 2024 at 11:52 PM
First post. A maple syrup producer and consultant friend of mine dropped this bombshell while he and I were exchanging messages on LinkedIn about a new climate adaptive center for the maple syrup industry in Vermont. 10km / year!??! #climateadaptation
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM