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Taking that First Step Towards Sustainable Change

Blog from Taiga Company

Most of us recognize that change can be unsettling.  It can be scary, and too often it is just easier to slip back into a traditional and comfortable way of doing things.  However, implementing effective sustainable change does not have to be a laboring process. All too often, we turn our attention to the barriers and roadblocks to the incorporating sustainability concepts into …

"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way into the impossible." (Arthur C. Clarke)

Press Release from Ammado

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) April 29, 2010 - More so now than ever business leaders are recognizing that innovation can and should lead in each and every part of their organization. ‘No Apples: 100 Other Top Innovators’ is a beautifully-designed hard-backed book from the people behind Cream featuring profiles of the most innovative companies from the last 12 months. (Cream is an …

GRI announces start of Public Survey for Construction & Real Estate and Event Organizers Sector Supplements

Press Release from GRI

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Amsterdam - 29 April 2010 - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announces the opening of the Public Survey for the GRI Construction & Real Estate Sector Supplement (CRESS) and invites all stakeholders to submit their feedback via the online survey: The Global Reporting Initiative.  GRI Construction & Real Estate Sector SupplementThe CRESS Public …

Eat Your Sandwich Bag Along with Your Sandwich

Blog from Greenopolis

Well, not quite yet. But you can compost it when you are done with your meal and eventually grow the lettuce and tomatoes for another sandwich.In the classic comic routine The 2000 Year Old Man, Mel Brooks states that the best innovation he’s seen in 2000 years is Saran Wrap, because it keeps his nectarines fresh. Well NatureFlex may take Saran Wrap one better. It not only keeps food …

Governing in a New Era: Lessons Learned

Blog from BoardSource

The other day, I took part in a discussion about the “lessons learned’ in the nonprofit sector over the past 18 months of financial crisis and tentative recovery.  While of course the events are still too recent and the future too uncertain to draw any absolute conclusions, what follows are some of the observations that seemed to ring true for many of us in the …

Green living Pays Off

Blog from Taiga Company

Living a sustainable lifestyle or "green living" seems second nature to those living with eco awareness in their life, but as a personal consultant, many of the clients I speak with share their anxiety about where and how to start "living green."  Also expressed is a concern that their contribution would be minimal and have little impact on the environment. In my …

Sustainable Custom Jewelry Company Thrives in Down Economy

Press Release from C5 Company, LLC

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Oakland, CA -April 28, 2010 -  Like most industries, the jewelry sector has been hit hard by the down economy. Hundreds of jewelry retailers have been forced to close their doors while other, well-known companies have filed for bankruptcy protection. Despite this, C5 company, which launched in the spring of 2008 as a sustainable custom jewelry business, has …

Sustainable Brands 2010 Launches Connext™ Online Community and Event Elements to Nurture Growing Community of Global Collaborators

Press Release from Sustainable Life Media

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 29, 2010 –   Sustainable Life Media today announced the launch of Connext™, a new online capability that will facilitate collaboration activities at Sustainable Brands 2010’s “The Power of AND” conference. Powered by CrowdVine, the system will link more than 750 brand leaders and executives from …

PepsiCo and Greenopolis Dream Machine featured on CSRWire: The Ecology of Recycling

Blog from Greenopolis

In Times Square on Earth Day a shiny new silver machine made its debut in a corner of a display booth among a row of green products exhibitors. It attracted knots of visitors like bees to a spring flower. The name might have been part of the draw: the Dream Machine. Who wouldn't want to check that out?That the Dream Machine was about something as lowly as recycling didn't turn off its …

Coca-Cola Introduces HFC-Free Vending to the House of Representatives

Press Release from Coca-Cola Enterprises

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 28, 2010 -The next time a member of the House of Representatives reaches for a Coke, it will be from a greener vending machine. Today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) joined Dan Beard, House Chief Administrative Officer and leaders from Coca-Cola to unveil 35 new climate friendly Coca-Cola vending machines for the Capitol buildings including …

Coca-Cola Enterprises and City of Coachella Celebrate Grand Opening of First LEED Certified Facility

Press Release from Coca-Cola Enterprises

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) COACHELLA, Calif.  - April 28, 2010 - The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California celebrated the Grand Opening of the environmentally sustainable Coachella Sales Center today. The sales center is the first LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified facility in the Coca-Cola Enterprises system and in the city of Coachella. The …
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