Green Groups Make Pay Equity Pledge to Combat Racial Wage Gap

Many of the biggest environmental groups such as the National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club are pledging to tackle the racial wage gap, particularly disparities affecting women of color, under a Pay Equity Pledge campaign announced Wednesday.

Advocacy groups including Earthjustice and the Union of Concerned Scientists also joined the campaign, launched over the last year by the Green 2.0 watchdog group, which tracks diversity in hiring by environmental groups through an annual scorecard.

The environmental groups participating in the pay equity campaign have agreed to review staff wages across key demographics including race, ethnicity, and gender ...