Earth911 Podcast: Discover How The XX Edge Can Accelerate Sustainability & Equity

Women bring the skills, perspectives, and emotional intelligence necessary to achieving the green transition, <a href="https://earth911.com/earth-watch/how-feminism-can-feed-the-planet/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">addressing food shortages</a>, and <a href="https://earth911.com/how-and-buy/socially-responsible-investment-funds/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">equitable financing</a>. Women are 49.7% of the world’s population, but only 1.9% of venture capital investments in 2022 were placed with women-led startups. Patience Marine-Ball and Ruth Shaber, coauthors of <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZFG9bY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The XX Edge: Unlocking higher returns and lower risk</a>, join Mitch Ratcliffe to discuss the power and impact of women in business and other leadership roles. The book shares stories of corporate, startup, nonprofit and many other organizational innovations and improvements led by women, and they make the case that those of us with two X chromosomes bring essential skills that are in short supply in the face of <a href="https://earth911.com/living-well-being/climate-change-consequences/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">climate change</a>, social disruption, and 20th Century business strategies that are too exhausted to thrive in the 21st Century. <br /><br />There has been progress in bringing women into leadership across society, but it is slow work. Today, 42% of U.S. businesses are owned by women and 19% of startups have at least one female founder. And women are making the educational investments to lead. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2018-19 women earned 57.9% of bachelors degrees,. 63.9% of masters degrees, and 56.4% of doctoral degrees. Patience and Ruth explain several resources to keep in mind as you shop, invest, and vote to create the world your want, including <a href="https://www.asyousow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">As You Sow</a>, a nonprofit shareholder activist organization