If Frank Knapp Jr. has his way, the Biden administration will budget more money for small businesses and give out more loans to entrepreneurs in underserved communities.
âThe SBA (Small Business Adminisrtation) is broken,â Knapp said when he visited the area as part of his nine-city, one-man tour, bringing his message to the attention of the public and media.
âWeâre at a 40-year low in new business startups,â he said. âEconomists tell us that all net-new jobs in the nation are created by businesses less than five years old and that they have four or fewer employees.â
Meanwhile, he cited the SBA Office of Advocacy which found the number of commercial banks declined from 14,400 to 4,600 since 1980, representing a 68% drop due to consolidations and failures.
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Why It Matters: Barclays Withdraws from a Prison Financing Deal
May 10, 2021
Last month the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) and Social Venture Circle (SVC) announced that we terminated the membership of and were refunding dues paid by Barclays. This was first-of-its-kind decision for our organizations and one we did not take lightly. This resulted from Barclays’ decision to participate in a prison financing deal in Alabama, which violates our membership criteria by making investments that perpetuate systemic racism and inequity, instead of driving positive change.
Barclays may have viewed their role as underwriting the deal as separate from their direct investment in the prison construction or operations; nevertheless, for us, our membership, and the values on which we advocate, we did not distinguish the difference as meaningful. Regardless of any distinction, the outcome of the deal was to be more investment in an unjust incarceration system. Meanwhile, we advoca
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âAmerica the beautifulâ: Biden administration aims to protect 30% of US lands and waters by 2030
âThis is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves,â said one advocate.
Climate and conservation advocacy groups joined business, Indigenous, and local political leaders on Thursday in welcoming a new federal report that details the Biden administration’s vision for conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
“It’s a big deal that the Biden administration recognizes we’re in the midst of a wildlife extinction crisis and a climate emergency. This report is an important rallying cry,” said Randi Spivak, public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “There’s no time to waste. We need to translate this vision into new and enduring conservation actions on the ground across our country.”
May 4, 2021
Investors are increasingly scrutinizing companies for environmental, social and ethical considerations. In addition to closer scrutiny of companies’ carbon and water footprints, a third mark of consideration is emerging: their chemical footprint.
In recent years, consumer demand for the responsible use of chemicals in products has grown exponentially. This is evidenced by consumer pressure for ingredient transparency, calls to remove hazardous chemicals from personal care products, and lawsuits against cosmetic companies for making and selling products containing ingredients with known harms to human health. And then 2020 happened.
Last year marked rapidly growing awareness of issues facing women of color, who are disproportionately exposed to toxic chemicals present in the cosmetics and personal care products applied to their bodies daily. The revelations included growing concern from public health experts that hazardous industrial chemicals, including harmful chemi