The Vision2030 JEDI initiative supports environmental and conservation organizations in strengthening their capacity to build workplaces, leadership practices, and organizational cultures that are equitable, inclusive, and sustainable. As the environmental sector continues to mature, organizations are recognizing that achieving sustainable environmental goals is inseparable from how people experience work, leadership, decision-making, and belonging. Questions of equity, reconciliation, workforce wellbeing, organizational culture, and sector sustainability are all deeply interconnected. Vision2030 JEDI programs focus on practical approaches that help organizations translate values into action and strengthen their ability to attract, retain, support, and learn from a diversity of perspectives and experiences.
We are grateful for the foundational work undertaken over the past two and a half years by Anna-Liza Badaloo of Anemochory Consulting. Through introductory webinars, learning labs, workshops, communities of practice, and affinity-based spaces, participants explored questions related to equity, inclusion, belonging, and organizational change. These efforts established a valuable grounding of learning, dialogue and relationship-building across the sector.
In July 2026, Sustainability Network welcomed Saltwater Consulting and Networked Intelligence for Development as Vision2030 JEDI Program Associates. Nidhi Tandon of Networked Intelligence for Development, together with Emily Yee Clare and Kira Page of Saltwater Consulting, are leading a review of learnings to date and helping to shape the next phase of the program. During Fall 2026, the team will engage participants and partners, pilot new approaches, and identify priorities that respond to the sector's current realities. A renewed suite of offerings will be launched in early 2027.
The next phase of Vision2030 JEDI will build on the strengths of previous programming while responding to emerging challenges facing environmental organizations. Particular attention will be given to fostering healthy workplace cultures, supporting inclusive leadership, addressing systemic barriers to participation, and exploring how principles of justice and equity contribute to a just transition within the environmental movement. Through communities of practice, peer learning, practical tools for measuring progress, and collaborative dialogue, the program will support organizations to move from intention to implementation and from representation to meaningful participation, shared responsibility, and lasting change.
