connecting everyday spending to justice

technology + truth-telling

Pando is a data-driven app that combines technology and truth-telling, aligning consumers with justice by empowering their everyday spending.

who we are

We are a group of activists, educators, truth- tellers, designers, developers, and researchers with a unique blend of skills and backgrounds in financial, environmental, and creative fields. United by our common goal of people-powered change, our mission is to provide an educational platform that encourages consumers to leverage money as a tool to support causes and efforts that align with their values. With the influx of information (and misinformation!) powered by corporate marketing and advertising, consumer spending can easily support injustice. We envision a tool simple enough to be a daily resource while providing a foundation for action.

OUR MISSION

They’re not just choices

Make choices that are JUST

our assessment criteria

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    Racial Justice

    BIPOC Ownership

    Landback Initiative

    Commitment to Reparations

    Lack of Complicity with Racist Policy

    Solidarity with Racial Justice Movement

  • Ecological Impact Icon

    Ecological Impact

    Carbon Neutrality

    Green Packaging & Production

    Environmentally Healthy

    Lack of Complicity with Environmental Destruction

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    Sex & Gender Equality

    Queer Safety

    Queer-Friendly Internal Culture

    Pay Equity

    Safety

    Solidarity with Gender Justice Movement

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    Prisons, Police, & Military Industrial Complex

    Peacedove Policy

    Non-Complicity in PIC Economy

    No Collaboration

    Decolonial Donations

    Non-Complicity with Occupations

  • Human Rights Icon

    Human Rights

    Collective Bargaining

    Living Wage

    Disability Access

    Disability Access

    Non-Complicity

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We’d love to stay in touch! We are constantly adding new information to our database and we’d like to keep you updated. We promise not to email more than once a month.

 FAQs

  • The word Pando,  from Latin  meaning "I spread".  Is the name given to a group of quaking aspen trees found in Utah. Spanning over 100 acres, it is believed to be North America's largest living organism -- all supported by a single root network. Taking inspiration from this natural phenomenon, our Pando is a data-driven app that combines tech and activism  to align consumers with justice by empowering their every day spending.

  • At its core, the Pando is an educational tool; users can search our database of products to find our proprietary assessment. Users can then leverage that information to inform their spending decisions. In addition, Pando emphasizes investing in your local economy by supporting small businesses, cooperatives and farmers in order to redirect resources for the most beneficial impact.

  • Pando is for everyone who is interested in being a more informed consumer. This app offers opportunities for education and activism to increase consciousness and mobilize consumer advocacy. Pando’s corporate assessment is based on racial justice values for accountability so that consumers can connect spending to values.

  • Our corporate assessments are drawn from databases shared within the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)  world in addition to highly reputable activist and progressive databases and our own original research. Our assessments are based on criteria that reflect our understanding of the complexities of how racial injustice shows up in the marketplace. Our unique lens on data is an unprecedented tool for users,  consumers and investors.