{"id":37,"date":"2024-10-24T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:52:07","slug":"commitment-to-environmental-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/commitment-to-environmental-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment to Environmental Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-theme-blocks-page-banner theme-block is-style-full-width has-circle-subtitle-highlight no-image\" style=\"--highlight-color:#9AD2DC\"><div class=\"block-subtitle\">Transcendent Principles<\/div><h1 class=\"block-title\" id=\"page-title\">Commitment to Environmental Justice<\/h1><div class=\"block-content\">\n<p class=\"\">We will encourage more people to advocate for clean air and water, healthy and safe communities, easy and equitable access to nature, abundant wildlife, and protection from the ravages of climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#9ad1db3d\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><div   class=\"theme-block is-style-full-width appear-on-scroll wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-circle has-pattern-highlight\"  ><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k.jpg\" alt=\"Heron in marsh with crab in beak\" class=\"wp-image-464 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-51119529734_a942c32365_k-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h2  class=\"appear-on-scroll wp-block-heading\" ><span class=\"text\"><strong>Future of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"appear-on-scroll\">The Choose Clean Water Coalition, hosted by the Federation, has made major contributions to the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. The Chesapeake Watershed Agreement set 2025 as the deadline for finalizing all pollution-reduction practices throughout the watershed. Our Coalition director has been at the center of conversations focused on what lies beyond 2025. At our annual conference, the Beyond 2025 Committee released its initial plan and gathered feedback in real-time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosecleanwater.org\/news\/2024\/7\/25\/clean-water-nonprofits-unite-on-future-of-chesapeake-bay-restoration\">Our letter detailing recommendations<\/a> for the proposed plan was co-signed by 131 of our partners. Finally, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosecleanwater.org\/blog\/2024\/8\/20\/keeping-chesapeake-bay-clean-is-in-everyones-interest\">coordinated an op-ed campaign<\/a> among organizations, partners, and businesses in support of the restoration.<\/p>\n\n<p  class=\"appear-on-scroll has-small-font-size\" ><em>Photo Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div   class=\"theme-block is-style-full-width appear-on-scroll wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-pattern-highlight is-style-square\"  ><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h2  class=\"appear-on-scroll wp-block-heading\" ><span class=\"text\"><strong>Greening Sacred Grounds in the Great Lakes Region<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"appear-on-scroll\">Healthy habitats and healthy communities go hand-in-hand. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwf.org\/Home\/SacredGrounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sacred Grounds<\/a>&nbsp;program promotes installing wildlife habitats and native plant gardens at community anchor organizations and also supports community engagement with programmatic events and workshops. In 2024, the program reached over 130 sacred spaces in Detroit, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Toledo, OH; and Cleveland, OH. Changes to Detroit\u2019s drainage fees prompted dozens of houses of worship to install medium-to-large-scale rain gardens to not only reduce water utility bills but also to address flooding and amplify community driven solutions.<\/p>\n\n<p  class=\"appear-on-scroll has-small-font-size\" ><em>Photo Credit: Manja Holland-Smith<\/em><\/p><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023.jpg\" alt=\"Keep Growing Detroit Workshop, September 2023\" class=\"wp-image-341 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-KeepGrowingDetroitWorkshopSept2023-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div   class=\"theme-block is-style-full-width appear-on-scroll wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-pattern-highlight is-style-circle\"  ><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Cows in Brazil\" class=\"wp-image-344 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TP4-2023_7_Xingu_008-Edit-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h2  class=\"appear-on-scroll wp-block-heading\" ><span class=\"text\"><strong>Conserving the Amazon Through Collaborative<\/strong> Leadership<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"appear-on-scroll\">The Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado (a tropical savanna ecoregion) are two of the&nbsp;most biodiverse places on Earth. NWF\u2019s International Wildlife Conservation program works hand in hand with stakeholders in agricultural supply chains, Brazilian non-profits, and state and federal government to enact policies that reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beefontrack.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deforestation<\/a>, protect Indigenous lands, and minimize worker exploitation. After three years of discussions, in April 2024, we reached agreement with Brazil\u2019s largest meatpackers and retailers on the first-ever guidance for environmentally and socially responsible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cerradoprotocol.net\/the-cerrado-protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cattle sourcing from Brazil\u2019s Cerrado.<\/a> NWF encouraged the Brazilian Indirect Suppliers Working Group, whose members include Brazil\u2019s largest grocery stores and top meatpackers to enact new rules for sourcing from producers who are free from illegal deforestation and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n<p  class=\"appear-on-scroll has-small-font-size\" ><em>Photo Credit: Luana Luna<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"appear-on-scroll theme-block full-width wp-block-theme-blocks-next-page clickable\" data-href=\"\/2024\/policy-and-laws\/\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"layout\"><div class=\"block-next\">Next Principle<\/div><a href=\"\/2024\/policy-and-laws\/\" class=\"block-label fit-text\">Policy and <span class=\"nobr\">Laws<\/span><\/a><span class=\"icon arrow-right\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort The Choose Clean Water Coalition, hosted by the Federation, has made major contributions to the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. The Chesapeake Watershed Agreement set 2025 as the deadline for finalizing all pollution-reduction practices throughout the watershed. Our Coalition director has been at the center of conversations focused on what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"featured_image_background_position":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commitment to Environmental Justice - 2024 Impact Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impact.nwf.org\/2024\/commitment-to-environmental-justice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commitment to Environmental Justice - 2024 Impact Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Future of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort The Choose Clean Water Coalition, hosted by the Federation, has made major contributions to the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. 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