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New York To Benefit From Delhi Clean Water Project
As the world’s population grows, so does demand for resources – especially clean water, which is becoming increasingly scarce. But efforts are under way to find solutions to this growing problem. One potentially revolutionary water recycling solution has been developed at the State University of New York at Delhi. The massive project will divert a […] More
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in Conservation, Corporate Politics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Energy, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Products, Water
For Appearance Sake: The BP Oil Spill Now
BP would be happy if we put the Oil Spill out of our minds. Therefore they spend millions to assure that the public forgets the long term damage to wildlife. The message from BP is that most everything is back to normal, sponsoring ads to entice tourists back to Gulf, and funding university research on […] More
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Recognizing CSR as a Core Business Practice
I have long argued that corporate social responsibility (CSR) needs to be a fully integrated strategy throughout a company in order to have a significant effect on how the company does business. I have also written often about social enterprise/entrepreneurship where one builds a for-profit company that focuses on solving social problems as well as […] More
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How Much Water is in Your Beer?
Based on a comment I received in regards to last week’s article “Responsibilities of the Alcohol Industry”, I thought I’d follow up with an article addressing how much water is actually used to make beer. Although that article really looked at the social responsibility of alcohol companies, I did mention more than once that beer […] More
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Responsibilities of the Alcohol Industry
There has been increasing discussion recently as to the role of corporate social responsibility throughout the alcohol industry. Of course CSR policies can and should be applied to companies throughout the private sector although my guess is that most people’s first thoughts don’t shoot to the beer, wine and spirits industry. Whether policies in that […] More
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Green Stats: Can’t We Tell Them Without the Agenda?
I just downloaded The State of the Paper Industry: Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental Performance, put out by the Steering Committee of the Environmental Paper Network. On the surface, the numbers sound impressive and scary. The big bad paper industry needs to be reigned in for the good of the planet. Old growth forests are […] More
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in Corporate Social Responsibility, Inspiring Ideas, MBAs, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business, WaterCan We Fix Capitalism?
“The more business has begun to embrace corporate responsibility, the more it has been blamed for society’s failure. The legitimacy of business has fallen to levels not seen in recent history. This diminished trust in business leads political leaders to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth. Business is caught in a vicious […] More
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in WaterTainted Water Still a Concern in Pennsylvania Gas Drilling in 2011
I have written before about the Marcellus Shale Debate and water issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing. But a recent report from David B. Caruso of the Associated Press drawing attention to the weak regulation in Pennsylvania surrounding wastewater disposal produced by natural gas drilling really opened my eyes to some of the dangers facing Pennsylvania’s waterways. Caruso […] More
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in Corporate Social Responsibility, Inspiring Ideas, Recycling, Resources, Sustainable Products, WaterNike Creates Environmental Apparel Design Tool Free For Use
Nike has come a long way from the PR and labor problems of the early 1990’s. So far in fact that they have spent much of time between that period and now, working on a design tool that shows the environmental impact of raw materials they have chosen for a specific product. However, the most […] More
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in WaterThe Global Water Crisis: A conversation with Maude Barlow at SRI in the Rockies.
SAN ANTONIO, TX: How fitting that my last post before arriving at SRI in the Rockies was about Bloomberg adding water data as part of its ESG offering; when the conference opened on the importance of water, protecting the water commons, and what it means for the socially responsible investor. After the official conference welcome […] More
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in WaterBloomberg Adds Water to its ESG Service Offering
A recent post by guest contributer, Julie Urlaub, discussed the rising importance of water as a sustainability issue. In it, Urlaub states, “clean, fresh, and ‘usable’ water is no longer just an issue for developing countries. It has become a global social and business sustainability issue.” This fact is more evident by Bloomberg’s recent announcement […] More
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in WaterWater Creeping to the Top of the Sustainability List
In the guest post below, Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company, discusses the challenges of managing our world’s water resources. by Julie Urlaub “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”. Taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the author describes a man dying of thirst surrounded by […] More
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