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Good For the Planet, Good for the People.
Rural Beacon Initiative (RBI) is a North Carolina-based social enterprise, committed to advancing business sustainability and environmental justice. Through both private and public consultancy, strategic convening, and deploying models for practical, scalable community based solutions we help businesses address the triple bottom line with practical, equitable solutions.
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"We must make progress on climate change. We cannot burn our way to the future. We cannot pretend the danger does not exist ... or dismiss it because it affects someone else."
Ban Ki-moon, President of the Global Green Growth Institute
Partnerships
Key Partnerships in the Southeast
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Meet The Team
William J. Barber, III
Founder, CEO
Benjamin Barber
Director of External Affairs
Vanessa Barksdale
Director of Communications
Randy Lucas
Director of Compliance
Michael McLean
Director of Technology
Stu Dalheim
Senior Fellow, Development
A'Jae Grisby
Director of Compliance
Time until Irreversible Climate Damage
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