How Business Can Walk the Talk on Racial Equity

B The Change Weekly: April 19, 2024

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As a community of businesses that believe the economy should work for all people, Certified B Corporations are confronting the extractive consequences of colonialism and capitalism. A new video from B Lab U.S. & Canada highlights how B Corps and partners are using storytelling, learning journeys, the redistribution of power, and impact improvement to shape a people-centered, restorative approach to racial equity. As B Lab U.S. & Canada Digital Storyteller Lauren Everett says in the video’s opening: “Restoration is a way of us getting back to the truth of who we are as a people, as humanity, and as a collective.”

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