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AppriseandassistallinterestedendtheTaskForcedeterminedthatithad <br /> businessesinapplyingTripleBottomjustscratchedthesurfaceonsocialequity <br /> Linesustainabilitymeasures.issues.Establishingcommunitynormsand <br />Assistindustriesalreadyengagedineducatingexecutivesaboutthebusinessand <br /> sustainabilitytoexpandpractices,communityofpayingemployeesat <br /> productsorservices.orabovelivingwages,providing <br />Expandandestablishgovernmenthealthcareandretirement <br /> policiesandprocedurestoserveasworkschedules,opportunitiesforcareer <br /> rolemodelsforothersandhelpgrowadvancement,andsupportingworkerrights <br /> themarketforsustainableproductsprovideastartingpointformakingsocial <br /> andservices.equityanequalpartnerwitheconomicand <br />Educateconsumersaboutthevalueofenvironmentalconcernsinsustainable <br /> sustainableproductsandservicesandbusiness.However,muchmoreworkis <br /> builddemand.neededonthisissue.TheSBITaskForce <br />encouragesEugeneCityGovernmentand <br />Communitiesarecomposedofmanythecommunityatlargetopursueadditional <br />interrelatedsystems.TheSBIfocusedactionstoaddresssocialequityissues. <br />primarilyonthelocalbusinessandjob <br />developmentsystem.AlthoughtheSBITask <br />Forceexaminedawiderangeofissues,due <br />totimeandresourceconstraintsandother <br />TheSBITaskForcerepresentsthebusiness, <br />reasonsitdidnotaddressanumberoflocal <br />environmental,academic,socialservice,and <br />systemsthatwilltheexpansionof <br />communities.DavidFunk,ofFunk <br />sustainablepractices,products,andservices. <br />LevisAssociates,andRustyRexius,ofRexius <br />Forexample,itdidnotaddressthelocalland <br />Company,co-chairedandablyledtheTask <br />useplanningsystem,industriallandplanning <br />Force.TheTaskForceincludes: <br />system,transportationsystems,affordable <br />housingsystemsoragriculturalland <br />protectionsystems.Thesesystemswillneed <br />tobeaddressedifEugeneistobecomeoneof <br />themostsustainablemid-sizecommunitiesin <br />thenation.TheTaskForceencouragesthe <br />EugeneCityCouncilandotherorganizations <br />toaddresstheminthenearfuture. <br />Inaddition,theTaskForcefounditmuch <br />easiertoidentifymechanismstopromote <br />theeconomicandenvironmentalaspects <br />oftheTripleBottomLinethanthesocial <br />equitycomponents.Forexample,questions <br />continuallyaroseamongTaskForcemembers <br />abouthowincreasedcompanyrevenues <br />andcouldtranslateintohigher <br />wagesandforemployees.Inthe <br /> <br />
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