Today, Green 2.0 released new data on the movement’s top 40 NGOs and top 40 foundations. The data shows that the professional leadership within these organizations continues to leave out people of color. The second annual “Transparency Report Card” shows that the racial and ethnic makeup of staff, leadership, and boards of these organizations remains overwhelmingly white.
Green 2.0 partnered with Guidestar to collect and track the diversity of these organizations and found that participation in the survey not only remained stagnant within the foundation sector but that the top 40 environmental foundations have gotten more white across full time staff, senior staff, and board members. While participation in the survey was better among the NGO sector, there are still a few organizations that have refused to report their data, including some of the largest environmental organizations.
“It’s unacceptable that since the last time Green 2.0 released this report card, the environmental sector has actually gotten more white,” said Robert Raben, Founder of Green 2.0. “ With some of the largest environmental NGOs and foundations refusing to cooperate and be transparent with their data, it is likely the problem is even worse. Despite Green 2.0’s efforts and assistance, the environmental movement has failed to make any progress in achieving racial and ethnic diversity. It’s about time we hold them accountable.”
“For the past five years, we’ve been working to ensure that the environmental movement and its leaders reflect the current U.S. workforce demographics,” said Whitney Tome, Executive Director of Green 2.0. “Communities of color bring to bear experience and perspective on both problems and pathways to power building. As an organization, we plan to take a more aggressive approach to calling out the environmental movement for their lack of diversity. This is just the beginning. Environmental groups are now on notice.”
To view this year’s Transparency Report Cards, click the links below.
NGO REPORT CARD (pdf) FOUNDATION REPORT CARD (pdf)
For more information about this and other initiatives visit Green 2.0 at https://www.diversegreen.org/
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