How People of Color Are Pushed Out of Environmental Organizations

At this event, I presented my research study for Green 2.o on the lack of diversity in the green/environmental sector.

The biggest myths of why this is are: because of a pipeline problem, people of color don’t have an interest in the environment, and that there aren’t enough people of color to hire.

However, the data shows people of color are entering the green sector but they’re leaving, it’s not a pipeline problem, its a leaky pipeline.

Organizations are spending time and money for hiring but not retaining, turnover rates are higher for POC (people of color).

Watch the video below for a deeper dive into the study as well as some solutions for how to fix this.

About the Author: DrStefanieKJohnson

Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities, with the goal of finding ways to mitigate those biases. Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN. Stefanie lives in the Boulder Bubble in Colorado with her Biology Professor husband, two young kiddos, and two old kitties.