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Stewardship Action Council formed to promote Sustainable & Responsible Business Practices
According to the CSRwire press release, The Stewardship Action Council (SAC) announced its formation yesterday with aims to promote and improve sustainable and socially responsible business practices, provide a space where cross-functional collaboration can take place, and develop a performance-based sustainability index. More
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Cape Cod Bay Wind Farm Moves Forward
Its been quite a long and drawn out fight, but Massachusetts has approved a deal between Cape Farm and National Grid to enter into a 15-year contract to purchase the energy provided by the turbines. This is especially interesting for two reasons, one because this battle has been going on for quite some time, with […] More
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Starbucks and the World of Fair Trade
Fair trade continually interests me. It’s a great example of a development “policy” that at first glance, seems perfect. Companies (generally in foodstuffs like coffee or cocoa, but clothing and related items as well), basically agree to set the prices of the goods they purchase at a higher than market price in order to provide […] More
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Plumpy’nut and the Role of the Private Sector in International Development
Recently, the New York Times Magazine has been a hotbed for articles covering business in or affecting developing countries. Last week I wrote about a potentially more unconventional way of looking at the counterfeit goods trade from the perspective of major apparel companies. More recently, an incredibly impressive article was written by Andrew Rice, on […] More
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The Push to Standardize CSR Metrics Continues
It’s unlikely that anyone’s ever cited the UN as a first mover or an organization that leads the way in international policy, but one cannot deny it’s clout. Just last week UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) presented the Investment and Enterprise Responsibility Review at the World Investment Forum in Xiamen, China. The […] More
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Pittsburgh targeted by Morgan Stanley’s “Fill the Plate” BackPack Program
According to Feeding America’s 2010 Hunger Study one in four children in the U.S. does not have enough to eat. See how one financial services company is partnering with a nonprofit to advocate on behalf of children’s health. According to the press release, “Fill the Plate” is a two-year commitment by Morgan Stanley that will […] More
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Ohio Takes on California in a Winter Produce Gambit
Yesterday I took a little bit of a swipe at Bon Appétit Management’s cage-free SHELL egg commitment asking whether or not such move could push the $590 billion commercial food-service market to raise animal welfare standards nationally. Today Bon Appétit (BAMCO) is back in the news with a compelling initiative that preserves summer produce for […] More
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What Coca-Cola Can Do to Your Brand
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on the minority stake that Coca-Cola had taken in Honest Tea. As a follow up to a New York Times small business case study, the article looked at how a small business built on specific social and environmental standards would fair with investment from a large beverage […] More
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A Meeting of the Minds: Sustainable Agricultural Summit Begins
Today kicks off the American Business Conference’s 4th part of a global series of Sustainable Agricultural Summits. And what better city for this summit to take place, but San Francisco. California is home to 81,500 farms and ranches and tallied revenues of $36.2 billion last year alone. That figure represents 11.2% of the nation’s total. […] More
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Walmart and Seventh Generation Join Forces to Bring Sustainable Products to the Masses
Indeed, sustainable business makes for strange bedfellows. Just this week, Seventh Generation announced it will soon offer its environmentally-friendly products in more than 1500 Walmart stores nationwide and on Walmart.com. And according to Treehugger, this is a complete about-face for the “esteemed nontoxic, enviro-friendly household product maker”. Not so long ago, Seventh Generation refused to […] More