Ranking: 3
Industry: Food Production
Mission: A global food company dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible. They are helping consumers to join the food revolution, nurturing the adoption of healthier, more sustainable eating and drinking habits. Products in 130 markets are connecting the health of people and planet.
Ranking: 15
Industry: Finance
Mission: An infrastructure investor that builds, owns, and operates assets in sustainable energy, mobility, and water, waste, and agriculture sectors. They are working to bring about an Infrastructure Revolution that is democratized, digitized, decentralized, and decarbonized. Serving more than 400 companies, universities, school districts, cities, and nonprofits across North America.
What 3 words best describe your company culture?
Values & Vision Alignment
What quote best exemplifies your company?
“Let’s rebuild the world together.”
How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?
Generate Capital is an investment and operating platform leading the Infrastructure Transition. We partner with best-in-class project developers and technology companies to deliver reliable, affordable and sustainable resources to customers. Generate is built from the ground up to help our partners succeed and scale by providing them different types of capital and services to grow markets and rebuild the world together. We own, operate and finance community and enterprise solar, microgrids, battery storage, energy efficiency, waste-to-value and clean transportation projects. In our short history, our growing and diversified fleet of sustainable infrastructure assets has replaced nearly 3 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions, diverted over 630,000 metric tons of organic waste from landfills, and supported thousands of jobs. We are just getting started.
What is your company’s vision for the future?
Generate Capital is partnering with companies, cities, technology pioneers and developers to drive the Infrastructure Transition toward what we call the 4Ds of modern infrastructure:
DECENTRALIZED: from big/monolithic/inflexible to small/distributed/modular/flexible/resilient
DECARBONIZED: from dirty to clean
DIGITIZED: from analog to digital
DEMOCRATIZED: from regulated monopolies to multiple-choice for customers
Ranking: 37
Industry: Recycling
Mission: A recycling company that upcycles hard-to-recycle materials. They are Eliminating the Idea of Waste® through national, first-of-their-kind recycling platforms that move consumers from disposable, single-use packaging to durable, reusable packaging without sacrificing the economics and convenience. Operating in 21 countries, they have recycled over 7.7 billion pounds of waste.
Ranking: 94
Industry: Financial Services
Mission: Arnerich Massena builds lasting legacies in service of a greater good by investing with vision, passion, and purpose. Founded in 1991, Arnerich Massena is an independent, 100% employee-owned investment advisory firm serving high net worth individuals and families, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, trusts, and estates.
Focused on client service and investing in change, Arnerich Massena creates portfolios that reflect top-tier research and collaborative expertise cultivated over nearly 30 years. The firm is different by design, bringing innovation and a forward-looking approach to investment research and portfolio construction. Known for successfully investing in high-impact areas like water resources, sustainable agriculture, fisheries, healthcare, and clean energy technology, Arnerich Massena has been a pioneer in the investment industry with alternative investment strategies, global portfolios, and private markets expertise.
Arnerich Massena is dedicated to constantly seeking new opportunities that resonate with clients’ values, objectives, and the outcomes they are looking for: investing with intention. The firm strives to be a business that exemplifies both corporate citizenship and professional service, and has received awards for its innovations in corporate philanthropy.
Serving high net worth individuals and families, foundations, and endowments
Employee engagement and satisfaction hinge on mentorship, as does a company’s bottom line. Of course, it is impossible to overstate the role mentorship plays in helping employees and companies weather the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic challenges, including training hurdles, uncertainty, and downright loneliness.
Unfortunately, mentoring relationships are not guaranteed to succeed. Studies show that specific characteristics and strategies lead to success. Mentors that want to lead effectively and invest their time wisely should consider the following:
In the business world, a significant amount of time is spent separating the personal from the professional. However, mentorship is one area where that strategy fails.
Personal connection and shared values help mentors and mentees create a relationship based on trust, mutual respect, and reciprocity. Collaborating in an environment of honesty, marked by open communication and constructive dialogue, is what allows a mentee to risk the personal exposure of opening up about her priorities, weaknesses, and fears.
It is possible to establish a good working relationship without a personal connection, as some mentorships are based on professional overlap alone. However, most successful mentorships are built upon a personal and professional synergy that makes communication, trust, and respect natural.
Mentors who seek to establish this level of connection should consider modeling the behavior themselves. Those that show vulnerability inspire the same from those around them.
A mentoring relationship is only as strong as its communication, and the successful exchange of information begins with establishing expectations. This includes agreeing upon the relationship’s scope, the type of assistance provided, and a thorough discussion of boundaries.
As a mentor, your job is to establish your availability, scheduling constraints, preferred methods of communication, and expectations. You should also clearly delineate your role. Will you primarily serve as a teacher, friend, advocate, coach, business development partner, advisor, or a combination of these functions?
Great mentors listen first and advise later. Yes, you are the expert and possess a wealth of knowledge in your field, but mentorship works best when information flows in both directions. Active listening helps mentors assess a mentee’s learning style and sets the stage for you to offer relevant and actionable suggestions.
You will want to ask your mentee to determine his goals, priorities, and roadblocks, as well as strengths, weaknesses, and long-term aspirations. Reconcile your understanding of what your mentee needs with his to create a professional development roadmap. This can be improved further by soliciting feedback from other relevant parties like your trainee’s boss, colleagues, or partners.
By thoroughly engaging your mentee in their development plan, you will devise a meaningful mentorship plan and make room for your mentee to take ownership of their learning and career path.
We know that learning by doing is the most effective way to grow. Therefore, the best mentors offer advice and help their mentees navigate issues until they reach an appropriate solution. This ensures she will have the skills at her disposal to solve similar problems down the line. Your mentee needs to mostly drive her own development as this is what will keep her engaged and give her the skills necessary to meet her future goals.
However, you can guide this process by clearly establishing what needs to be accomplished between each meeting and then hold your mentee accountable for her progress during check-ins. Additionally, it is wholly appropriate for you to make introductions and open doors. Part of the benefit of mentorship is the networking and relationships both parties bring to the table.
Of professionals with a business mentor, 97 percent say they are valuable. Yet only 37 percent of professionals are lucky enough to have one. If you are not yet mentoring someone, know that your services are sorely needed.
Acting as a mentor can be incredibly fulfilling. While it requires valuable, limited resources, like time, mentors generally feel that they receive more than they give. Watching someone excel under your tutelage is both motivating and satisfying. As long as you pledge to collaborate with your mentee, respectfully delivering honest feedback, knowledge, advice, and inspiration, you will make the experience just as gratifying for him as it is for you.
Ranking: 59
Industry: Body Care
Mission: Manufactures and supplies organic and natural skin care products. Family-owned, family-run, and family-friendly, they blend the finest organic ingredients to make the safest, most effective products possible for both people and the planet. They are championing sustainable agriculture and workplace health in a 100% solar-powered facility.
What 3 words best describe your company culture?
Inclusive. Family Friendly. Caring.
What quote best exemplifies your company?
“Family-run and family-friendly since 1995, we see our business as a vehicle for making positive change in the world. For us, running a healthy business is about how we treat our employees and the impact we have on our community and the planet. Becoming a certified B Corp and NH Benefit Corporation allows us to keep our mission and values close and to do so in a purposeful way.”
How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?
We believe that business can be a force for good. And that includes addressing one of humanity’s most widespread and pressing challenges: climate change. At the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, we joined a group of over 500 other B corporations in committing to Net Zero by 2030. That means reaching a perfect equilibrium with the earth—drawing all of our energy from renewable sources, and releasing zero carbon into the atmosphere. To achieve that goal, we needed to produce enough renewable energy onsite to power all of our manufacturing processes. Solar panels were a perfect choice. They produce enough clean energy for all our operations, eliminating about 636,000 pounds of carbon pollution every year. That’s what we call a brighter future.
What is your company’s vision for the future?
Everything we do, we strive for green. We’re proud to show that a small, rural manufacturer can set a big climate goal and achieve it. That our products aren’t just good for the planet; they’re made by the planet. And with the support of a community, anything is possible, including reaching our goal of NET-ZERO by 2030.
Ranking: 121
Industry: eco-fashion
Company Mission: An eco-friendly fashion accessory producer that re-purposes and upcycles abandoned, pre-consumer, and post-consumer materials into limited edition products. They are working toward closed-loop solutions in manufacturing and paving the way for zero-waste solutions in retail. They conserve water, reduce carbon emissions, and divert waste from landfills in the process.
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Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.
Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.
Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.
Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and can make you sick.
Make sure you, and the people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene. This means covering your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.
Why? Droplets spread virus. By following good respiratory hygiene you protect the people around you from viruses such as cold, flu and COVID-19.
Stay home if you feel unwell. If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance. Follow the directions of your local health authority.
Why? National and local authorities will have the most up to date information on the coronavirus situation in your area. Calling in advance will allow your health care provider to quickly direct you to the right health facility. This will also protect you and help prevent spread of viruses and other infections.
Stay informed on the latest developments about COVID-19. Follow advice given by your healthcare provider, your national and local public health authority or your employer on how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. If self isolating at home , read up on positive mental health issues that surround the pandemic.
Why? National and local authorities will have the most up to date information on whether COVID-19 is spreading in your area. They are best placed to advise on what people in your area should be doing to protect themselves.
Read more on staying mentally positive during this difficult time.
