The reason we exist
At GreenLight Biosciences, we believe that the term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) is no longer sufficient for us because it implies that such responsibility—doing good in the world—is separate from our core business model, when in fact it is our business model.
The following values are deeply coded within our business, mission, and culture:
- Care for everyone
- Courage to achieve the impossible
- Collaboration to propel our success
- Commitment to science and always doing the right thing
Our culture is built on care, transparency, diversity, employee ownership and engagement, and a deep, humble respect for science. Transparency is essential to how we operate, to enable sharing of the insights and tools that enable our platform to grow, as well as to build trust and accountability with all our stakeholders.
Not a typical biotech company
At GreenLight Bio, we don’t just measure our success through innovation. What good is scientific progress if the vast majority of countries can’t benefit from it?
We are united by a common purpose: creating a more sustainable future by bringing food security to everyone. From the very beginning, our founders believed that the way forward would be based on equality, diversity, and inclusion. These founding principles guide us every day as we identify and develop a highly talented workforce.
Success at GreenLight Bio is measured by impact—on those most in need, on our planet, and on our amazing team of GreenLighters who make the company what it is today.
Our primary goal is to use our research to meet the needs of the human race. This is what sets GreenLight Bio apart, and this is what has enabled us to form teams that care more about helping others than they do about profit.
GreenLight Biosciences is committed to operating in a responsible and sustainable manner with social impact built into our core mission. As a public benefit corporation, we are dedicated to producing public benefits by engaging in activities that improve the public health and wellbeing of people and the environment through the development and commercialization of our products.
Every decision we take is carefully guided by the resulting benefit it can bring.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
We firmly believe that the only way we can achieve our goals is by cultivating a team with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We are always thinking about how we can create multifaceted and representative teams and how we can better serve our colleagues of different genders, ethnicities, generations, educational achievement, sexual orientation, workstyles, and more.
We already have a lot to be proud of as it relates to ED&I. Women and minorities are well-represented throughout the organization. According to the 2021 US census, women represent just 27% percent of the STEM workforce in the US, yet they are half of the overall workforce. While the number of women working in the field of science is growing, there is still a long way to go. To help counteract this underrepresentation, GreenLight Bio is working hard to attract, recruit, and retain female scientists. We proactively monitor our diversity data and are always looking for areas of improvement.