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1% for the Planet is an incredibly positive and powerful collective of businesses. If you own a business, please join. If you're an employee, please share it w
by bryanmgreen 7y ago
1% for the Planet is an incredibly positive and powerful collective of businesses.
If you own a business, please join. If you're an employee, please share it with your leaders. It's a small cost in the grand scheme of things, especially for a crucial cause. B-Corp is another group I strongly suggest looking into.
1. https://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/ https://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/
2. https://bcorporation.net/ https://bcorporation.net/
- ajdlinux 7y agoI certainly applaud business leaders who are willing to make commitments like this - though is it just me, or is it kind of sad that in the current business environment, a 1% pledge is considered ambitious?
- boulos 7y agoI think Patagonia actually still does max(10% profits, 1% revenue) which is where their 1% project came from. For a retailer, 1% of gross can be huge. I agree that in other industries with high margins, 1% (even of revenue) is pretty small. The FAQ says that: > Our members have given more than $225 million back to environmental nonprofits since 2002. which I think agrees, as that’s under $15M/yr average (though I assume heavily weighted towards recent data).
- ajdlinux 7y agoYeah, that's a fair point - for high volume/low margin industries 1% of revenue is quite a bit of profit. I'm much more impressed by a pledge to give 1% of revenue than, e.g., https://pledge1percent.org/profit.html https://pledge1percent.org/profit.html which commits to 1% of profit.