Creating a More Inclusive and Diverse Natural Products Industry

The United States faces a national reckoning on racial injustice, as people of color demand change and recognition that Black Lives Matter.

With companies and brands being held to account for their actions, it’s important for executives to evaluate their biases, their business structures and strategies, products, hiring practices and more.

Food and health play important roles in how people and communities thrive. Collectively, how can the natural and nutritional products industry stand for and promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion?

In this podcast, Lara Dickinson, co-founder and executive director of OSC², which stands for One Step Closer to an Organic and Sustainable Community, discussed the J.E.D.I Collaborative, offering tips and resources for companies that strive to be positive forces for societal change.