OSC2

What it reported doing in 2025

J.e.d.i collaborativej.e.d.i collaborative is a project of one step closer that aims to help natural products companies and leaders increase their ability to actualize justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through providing educational programming, resources, and training programs designed to increase the awareness, knowledge, and skills within the company. It also aims to empower companies and leaders to increase their capacity to create space for and work alongside underrepresented communities to thrive in the natural products industry.1. The self-guided pathway offers industry leaders a free toolkit to kickstart jedi efforts in their organizations. It includes a 10-step journey with actions like forming a jedi committee, drafting a statement, setting commitments, and creating an action plan for transformation.2. The jumpstart pathway enhances industry leaders' accountability in prioritizing jedi work. It guides leaders through a 10-step journey, requiring proof of completion for steps like forming a committee, drafting a statement, setting commitments, and devising an action plan.3. In the trailblazer pathway, industry leaders attend nine monthly meetings to develop essential skills for leading jedi initiatives. They learn about bias, power structures, microaggressions, and stereotypes, and gain abilities to foster a jedi culture, conduct company-wide analyses, and create robust action plans. They also join a peer network for ongoing learning.4. The ceo action initiative provides support, guidance, and knowledge for industry leaders implementing jedi changes. It fosters a community where leaders hold each other accountable and provide a safe space to address emotions and challenges in jedi work.women's peer mentoring circlea year-long peer mentoring circle designed to accelerate the advancement of female and/or women-identifying intersectional leaders through connection, shared experience, development, and peer to peer mentoring.sessions topics and guest speakers will include 1. Unlocking confidence & calm in the complexity of life, lisa aire founder of vista caballo2. Guiding your career: make the most of your current role & set-up your next opportunity, stephanie pierce founder of from flux to flow3. Have a broader social impact with your personal wealth, mickayla rosard partner at groove capital4. Women on boards, cassie burr wob executive director5. Quarterly helping each other solve problem sessionsmember committeesin 2019, osc introduced member committees as a platform for ceo chapter members to participate in decisions affecting the organization and its initiatives.1. Membership committee - the goal of this committee is to recruit and welcome new one step closer ceo chapter members. 2. Surprise & delight committee - the goal of this committee is to find ways to best serve our members during meetings with dynamic content, speakers and delightful surprises.3. Sales & marketing committee - the goal of this committee is to find opportunities for increasing the awareness of one step closer and its member brands.packaging collaborativethis aims of eliminating petroleum-based plastics from landfills, oceans, and the natural environment, substituting them with renewable and compostable alternatives.1. The campaign's second phase ran from expo west in march 2023 to plastic free july, covering five months. It included webinars, events, advocacy, and brand story sharing to celebrate cpg brand progress globally.2. One step closer to zero waste packaging is a collective campaign targeting the reduction or elimination of single-use plastics.3. Osc utilized an omni-channel social strategy, engaging participants through various digital platforms like linkedin, twitter, and instagram for education and inspiration.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 50.6%; rating input score 51
• Program expense ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 58
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings