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Business Competitiveness and a Thriving NC Economy

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How is economic health connected to natural resource health?

2.

What are the benefits of corporate engagement in solutions?

3.

What does business engagement look like?

Conservation Non-Profits Corporate Partners

Conservation Non-Profits Corporate Partners

NC’s Economy and Natural Resource Health

Tourism

• Directly and indirectly

supports 280,000+ people

• Leading the state in job

creation: up 3.2% in 2016

Agriculture

• 17% of workforce
• 17% of state economy

Outdoor Recreation

• 260,000 jobs
• $28 billion in consumer

spending, 5.5% of state’s income

Clean Energy

• 1,100 businesses
• 34,294 jobs, up 31%

since 2015

“95% of my assets drive out the gate every evening. It’s my job to maintain a work environment that keeps those people coming back every morning.”

• Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS

• Happy and Healthy Communities are a Business Advantage

Annually, lost work days due to air-pollution-related illnesses cost businesses about $16 billion. North Carolina workers are 36% more productive than the average U.S. worker, due to our state’s higher quality of life.

(U.S. Department of Commerce)

Your Business & Natural Resource Health

Happy Healthy

Retention

The cost to replace an employee 50%-200% of annual salary (Society of

Human Resource Management)

Your Business & Natural Resource Health

• Top Talent as a Competitive Advantage

Recruitment

More than 50% of employees accepted a job based in part on companies engagement in causes

(Millennial Impact Report 2017, Sponsored by the Case Foundation)

Your Business & Natural Resource Health

• Customer Expectations

Millennial Purchasing Power

$300 billion on discretionary goods and services Environmental Cause Actions: 1: Vote 2: Change Purchasing Decisions

(Millennial Impact Report 2017, Sponsored by the Case Foundation)

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EarthShare North Carolina Partners with Businesses to:

• Strengthen the Programs that Will Ensure Natural Resource Health
• Develop a Corporate Culture around Authentic Engagement
• Make a Positive Impact on the Health of the Community

Opportunities

for

Engagement

• Philanthropy
• Education
• Skills Development
• Team Volunteerism
• Direct Engagement

Conservation Non-Profits Corporate Partners

Nonprofit and Corporate Engagement

Ann Camden, G&S Business Communications Margaret Sands, Triangle Land Conservancy Jane Preyer, Environmental Defense Fund

Programs

Employee Giving, Education, and Volunteerism Green Team Roundtable Corporate Earth Day

Corporate Earth Day Events

“A great bonding experience for our team, and we also got to give back to the community our office lives in.” “I so enjoyed learning and working

• utside alongside colleagues.”

“It was a really rewarding experience to see a measurable impact caused by myself and my coworkers”

www.EarthShareNC.org