The American Red Cross works on thefront lines of many of the world’s mosturgent crises—from those created byconflict to climate. This work has givenus a unique perspective on the variousways organizations like ours impact theenvironment and communities in which wework. While we are proud of our long historyof preventing and alleviating the sufferingcaused by disasters and emergencies, weunderstand that the way we deliver thatmission matters significantly. This is why, in2021, the