Fostering Corporate-Community Relations through Meaningful Engagement

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Sponsored by Stellantis

Meaningful community engagement that goes beyond transactional interactions or conventional corporate philanthropy can greatly enhance a company’s ability to establish, maintain or restore social license to operate (SLO). Obtaining SLO involves building trust with community members and leaders through environmental and socially responsible actions that are informed by local needs, and then communicated to community members. Once established, SLO needs to be maintained through ongoing community outreach, and engagement strategies should be kept current with an attention to new data, policy changes, and shifts in community opinions and needs. As the current biodiversity and climate crises become more dire, and more opportunities for the private sector to address these issues arise, expectations for companies to act quickly, transparently and in conjunction with scientific consensus will continue to grow.

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Nature-Based Employee Engagement

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Perspectives on corporate programs that offer meaningful opportunities for employees to participate in conservation
Sponsored by Waste Management

With historically low unemployment rates, competition for talent acquisition and retention are driving companies to invest in engagement efforts for a competitive advantage. Employee engagement programs that are focused on conservation and biodiversity offer meaningful and accessible opportunities for employees to get active, learn something new and make a positive contribution to the environment.

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How to Select the Best Lessons for Your Education Projects

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When you’ve decided to use your habitat for education, there many details to consider—but selecting the right curriculum is not as complex as you might think. We’ve gathered leaders in curricula and seasoned practitioners to show you the way to success in selecting the perfect lessons for your K-12 age audience, whether it’s formal education (schools) or informal education (event days, fairs and scouting groups).

You’ll learn:

  • How to select ready-made lessons and get your volunteers or local educators trained in the very best curricula from case studies
  • How to identify the best curricula and connect with resources for your program that meet the learning needs of your audience
  • Examples of how to present your project to your community to demonstrate its correlation to state/provincial or national standards and how to present this in your WHC Conservation Certification application

Presenters:           

  • Julia Beck, Vice President of Networks, Project WET Foundation
  • Jenna Register Emerson, Communications & Public Affairs Manager – Florida Region, CEMEX
  • Vernon Marcum, Savage Branch, Marathon Petroleum
  • Thelma Redick, Sr Director, Conservation Content and Partnerships, Wildlife Habitat Council
  • Jaclyn Stallard, Director of Curriculum and Partnerships, Project Learning Tree
  • Elena Takaki , Director, Project WILD, Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

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The Conservation Connection

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How on-the-ground actions for biodiversity and education can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals
Sponsored by Chemours

All businesses can contribute to the prosperity of the communities in which they are located, as well as contribute to protecting, restoring or enhancing nature through ecological stewardship practices on their lands. The SDGs provide the ideal framework from which to connect corporate lands to community improvement, and to report interconnected corporate citizenship actions into CSR initiatives.

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How They Did It: Checking In with the Best Insect Hotels

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What makes a great bug hotel? WHC wanted to find out through last year’s Insect Hotel Challenge, our first ever international design and build contest for bug hotels. We received 41 entries from across the US, Mexico, Brazil, and as far away as Uzbekistan. The entries were judged on creativity and ingenuity, the use of found materials and the awareness of the designers of the habitat benefit to insects.

In this webinar, hear from the teams behind the winning hotels on how they developed their creative structures and implementation plans.

You’ll learn:

  • The inspiration behind the creation of these award-winning bug hotels for native bees, lacewings, beetles, ladybugs, and other insects.
  • How these projects enhance partnerships and strengthen conservation programs and community engagement
  • Ideas for building a bug hotel of your own

Presenters:

  • Tatiana Gil, General Motors São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
  • Becky Azevedo, Technical Manager, Waste Management Guadalupe Landfill
  • Thelma Redick, Senior Director of Conservation Content and Partnerships, Wildlife Habitat Council

What is an Insect Hotel?

Need a primer on insect hotels? Learn the basics through our on-demand webinar: Build a Bug Palace – Learn How Easy, Inexpensive Insect Hotels Can Enhance Your Habitat.

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Saving Bats From Decline

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The Corporate Role in Preserving the Ecological and Economic Benefits of Bats
Sponsored by Ontario Power Generation

Bats are a unique group of animals with ecological, economical and cultural significance around the world. They are ubiquitous, with 1,300 species living on every continent but Antarctica. Insectivorous bats save agriculture billions of dollars through predation of a multitude of agricultural pests. Other bats eat fruit and nectar, acting as pollinators and spreading seeds of the fruit they eat, proving essential to the success of many food products like tequila and chocolate, consequently contributing to the global economy. With increased need, heightened interest and accessible technology, now is an opportune time for corporate landowners to engage in bat conservation projects.

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Be a Bat Hero: Planning for Bat Week

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Mark your calendars for Bat Week and “Be a Bat Hero!”

This webinar will provide you with all the tools you need to join the celebration with WHC and our Bat Week partners and help increase awareness about bats.

You’ll learn:

  • The importance of bats to our ecosystems
  • Strategies to protect bats and enhance their natural habitats
  • Fun and educational ideas to engage both children and adults in bat conservation
  • Free resources available for use at Bat Week events
  • Ways to spread the word about your Bat Week event on social media

Presenters:

  • Mylea Bayless, Senior Director, Network and Partnerships, Bat Conservation International
  • Catherine Hibbard, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Thelma Redick, Senior Director, Content and Partnerships, Wildlife Habitat Council
  • Kimberly Winter, Nature Watch Program Manager, U.S. Forest Service

 

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Enhancing Habitat Connectivity Through Corporate Conservation

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The Private Sector Role in Reconnecting Habitat for Ecosystem Health and Resiliency
Sponsored by Bruce Power

Healthy habitats are necessary for plants and animals to survive and thrive. One measure of the health of a habitat is the degree to which it is isolated from other habitats by land management practices or development, commonly referred to as fragmentation. Fragmentation is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity across the planet, as it can prevent species from moving to hunt, mate, disperse to new areas or escape predators. When corporate landowners engage in ecological connectivity initiatives to reduce fragmentation, they are contributing to landscape-scale efforts that have benefits beyond the corporate footprint and across the entire ecoregion.

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Corporate Citizenship and STEM Education

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Creating a Pipeline of Proficiency for a Future Workforce
Sponsored by Freeport-McMoRan

Many companies today choose to use the environment as the integrating concept for STEM, providing learning opportunities through hands-on, outdoors and nature-based activities. These approaches—examples of which are outlined in this white paper—take advantage of the lands on which an operation is located,  understand community needs by providing place-based and relevant programs, and meet multiple corporate goals across the spectrum of corporate citizenship efforts.

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Environmental Justice: A Healthy and Sustainable Future for All

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The EPA defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The environmental justice movement serves to bridge the gap of environmental disparities in low income communities.

Facilities that operate in these communities face a variety of challenges in developing community-based conservation programs, including lack of resources or interest. This webinar will address those challenges and more, offering strategies on how to engage and empower community members to define what the greening of their community looks like, and to encourage young people to investigate careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

You’ll learn:

  • The origins, present and future of the environmental justice movement
  • How to develop and expand conservation projects in low income areas
  • Success stories of environmental justice projects by WHC corporate members

Presenter:

  • Tasha J. LoPorto, NEPA Program Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture/Forest Service, Ecosystem Management Coordinator

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