The mandate to cultivate, protect, and nurture the environment is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition. The rabbis of the Talmud extended a prohibition from destroying fruit-bearing trees while in conflict to encompass a general prohibition against the wasteful consumption or destruction of any natural resource. Jewish tradition emphasizes that human dominion over nature does not provide a license to abuse the environment; rather we are called to “till and tend” God’s Earth (Genesis 2:15) and reminded that if we fail to do so, there will be nobody after us to repair our damage (Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13).

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JLens’ evaluation and advocacy focuses on:

• Focus on sustainable products and services

• Emissions, water and waste reduction targets

• Net Zero emissions commitment, participation in Science Based Targets initiative, Just Transition policy

• Renewable energy use and energy efficiency

• Sustainable agriculture and animal welfare policies