Starting Point: Green America’s increasing interaction with, and impact on corporate/industry behavior that needs to be modified
Organizing Strategy: Bring together businesses and activists in a ongoing working group
Tools: Meetings and staff coordination
Outcomes: GMO exclusion, workplace exploitation reduced, shift to renewable energy involving companies large as Apple.
Primary Resources: http://www.centerforsustainabilitysolutions.org/

SCALING SOLUTIONS

The Green America Center for Sustainability Solutions draws from a range of disciplines, methodologies, and advanced group facilitation approaches to help the leaders in our Innovation Networks design meaningful breakthroughs. Our goal is to shift whole industries and sectors toward social, environmental and economic sustainability.

In order to scale solutions to society’s most pressing problems, now is the time to incorporate sustainability as a fundamental design factor in supply chains, whole industries and complex systems.

The Center for Sustainability Solutions sets up collaborative Innovation Networks to address sustainability problems in supply chains and complex systems. Our programs focus on advancing sustainability in four fundamental sectors of the economy:

Clean Energy | Sustainable Agriculture | Fair Labor | Responsible Finance

From a sustainability impact perspective, major shifts in these areas affect every sector of the economy and society. We also consider complex issues in other emerging high impact sustainability areas that we call Emerging Opportunities.

NON-GMO SUPPLY WORKING GROUP

GOAL: Support a robust non-GMO sector as a pathway to a more diverse, resilient and sustainable food system that creates better long-term outcomes for farmers, consumers, and the environment.

  • Status: Active
  • Focus Area: Sustainable Agriculture
  • Start Date: Summer 2013
  • Contact: Jessie Deelo at JDeelo@greenamerica.org, 202-872-5325

CLEAN ELECTRONICS PRODUCTION

GOAL: Moving the electronics industry towards zero exposure to toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process.

  • Status: Active
  • Focus Area: Fair Labor
  • Start Date: Summer 2015
  • Contact: Krista Kurth, Acting Director, kkurth@greenamerica.org, 202-872-5313

SOLAR CIRCLE

GOAL: Grow solar industry to produce 50% of all energy by 2050.

  • Status: Active
  • Focus Area: Clean Energy
  • Start Date: Summer 2002
  • Contact: Krista Kurth, Acting Director, kkurth@greenamerica.org, 202-872-5313

RENEWABLE ECONOMICS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION
( RESET )

GOAL: Create a pricing and grid management model that benefits all stakeholders for a 100% renewable energy grid.

  • Status: In Development
  • Focus Area: Clean Energy
  • Start Date: Projected Late 2015
  • Contact:  Russ Gaskin, russgaskin@greenamerica.org, 202-253-8846

COCOA LIVELIHOODS

GOAL: Increase incomes of families involved in growing cocoa in Ghana and Côte d’lvoire.

  • Status: In Development
  • Focus Area: Fair Labor
  • Start Date: Projected Late 2016
  • Contact: Elizabeth O’Connell, eoconnell@greenamerica.org, 202-872-5309

COMMUNITY CAPITAL

GOAL: Move $1 billion in net new capital to community development banks, loan funds and credit unions serving low-income communities.

  • Status: Completed
  • Focus Area: Responsible Finance
  • Start Date: 1999
  • Contact: Fran Teplitz, fteplitz@greenamerica.org, 202-872-5326