corporate responsibility
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What’s a benefit corporation? And why should you shop there?
Benefit corporations are a sort of magic nonprofit and for-profit hybrid of social responsibility.
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Cleantech momentum gives reason to be optimistic in 2011
Smart entrepreneurs see the "green" in green, and don't want to miss out on the next big industrial revolution transforming the global economy.
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Sex: the next ethical industry?
Few sectors rival the global economic importance of sex, but so far sustainability professionals have left it completely untouched.
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How green is Green Mountain Energy?
Green Mountain Energy sells renewable power, but the company has long had corporate ties to the fossil-fuel industry, and it's just been acquired by big utility NRG.
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Getting down to business on climate change
There is evidence the cutting edge of economic transformation will come not from Washington, but from the business sector.
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Answer me this
I often spend parts of my day ranting against theoreticians and conference attenders who are essentially fiddling while Rome burns. I get really tired of the theorizing and the screwing around next to the chocolate dipped strawberries outside the panel discussion. That said, I realize there is an anti-intellectual flavor to this kind of thinking, […]
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Walmart says thin (solar) is in
By partnering with a US solar firm to install photovoltaic panels on 30 stores, Walmart gives U.S. solar a big boost in its competition with China.
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Introducing ULE 880 — Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations
A new sustainability standard for companies is being released for public comment: ULE 880 -- Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations.
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The Gulf's invisible villain: natural gas
You can't see or smell the methane that poured into the ocean with the oil, but experts say it's stealthily destroying marine life.