The bigger question… why do tech companies claim that it is virtually impossible to determine if they are sourcing conflict minerals?
Hospitals Use Purchase Power to Increase Antibiotic-Free Proteins in the Marketplace
July 19, 2010 By 4 Comments
Fletcher Allen staff member, Anne Rowell, sets out pizzas under a display of Wednesday’s special: a cheese steak sandwich, made with beef raised locally without the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics. The roll and cheese are also Vermont products and the side of pasta salad is home made. Annually, Fletcher Allen uses about 40,000 pounds of [...]
Going Beyond the Living Wage: Can Nobility Be Profitable?
July 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
Knights Apparel CEO Joseph Bozich (pictured above in the firm’s Dominican Republic factory) doesn’t believe boosting market share and doing good are mutually exclusive. In Sunday’s New York Times, business reporter Steven Greenhouse covers the firm’s newly acquired Dominican Republic apparel operation that makes t-shirts and sweats for American college and university bookstores.
What The BP Disaster Teaches Us: Natural Gas Matters
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Perfect is the enemy of the good.” – Voltaire [Dictionnaire Philosophique -- 1764] Yesterday’s news from the Gulf was better than it has been: BP has begun to make consequential strides at plugging the deep-water oil leak. Since the explosion, we’ve seen dramatic responses from the left (no more oil and gas exploration), the right [...]
