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July's Book of the Month: "Green to Gold" by Esty & Winston

Press Release from Be Green Packaging LLC

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Santa Barbara, CA – July 1, 2010 – The words “green” and “sustainability” have emerged as common vernacular in business and consumer markets. Yet as companies and individuals attempt to ride the “Green Wave,” some are finding the waters to be more difficult to navigate than they imagined.  That is why Be Green …

What Does a Sustainable Supplier Look Like? Ask IBM and Wal-Mart

Blog from Taiga Company

In today’s global business environment, it is rare for a company to own an entire product or service value chain.  Business operations rely heavily on external sources exposing the supply chain as a critical component of business success.   Leading organizations are using the procurement function as a means to move towards a more sustainable business by forming …

Who knew a forty pound cabbage would change my life?

Blog from Sodexo, Inc.

Who knew I would (and could) grow a forty pound cabbage that would change my life? My name is Katie Stagliano, I am 11 years old and I was honored as a 2010 Sodexo Foundation STOP Hunger scholar.   I have started and maintain numerous vegetable gardens in which I donate the produce to local soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and families in need. My journey to prevent hunger …

How Cradle to Cradle Works: Sustainable Brands Workshop Presentation

Blog from Blue Practice

By Tim GnatekFor those who couldn’t attend our Sustainable Brands workshop, we’re offering up some of the slides from our presentation, “Sustainability Leadership: The Making, Marketing and Thinking Behind Cradle to Cradle Products,” to further share some overview thinking on what Cradle to Cradle is, how it works, and why it’s so important.Check out …

Academics Push for Sustainability, But do They Live and Work It? - A blog by Leon Kaye

Blog from 3BL Blogs

Attend a sustainability-themed conference or peruse through the web, and you will hear from academics who urge for companies to be more transparent in their business practices.  Much of the debate over issues like climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, and what happened to global financial markets is due to the research and hard work of university academics.  For that enormous …

Personal Sustainability: We Are All Along for the Ride

Blog from Taiga Company

There are a number of reasons why one chooses to explore personal sustainability or begin a path towards a more sustainable lifestyle.  Traditionally, we have observed this passion to be driven by a growth in eco awareness and a desire for personal improvement.   However, recent trends tend to indicate personal sustainability drivers may be expanding, bring more along on the …

Is the BP disaster a disaster for the Sustainability / CSR sector in general?

Blog from Fabian Pattberg

Everything in the CSR / Sustainability world at the moment seems to evolve around BP and its action/inactions to fix the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I am not doing any BP bashing here today. I am only using the current BP oil spill disaster in todays post as an example that CSR needs to evolve beyond its environmental aspects and the attention for detail by its …

Could You Eliminate Plastic From Your Life?

Blog from Be Green Packaging LLC

Plastic is everywhere. Plastic is in our kitchens, our bathrooms, our offices, and our cars. It's likely that no matter where you are right now, you are surrounded with plastic, all of which will likely find its way to a landfill for over a billion years. In 2006, Americans sent almost 60 billion pounds of plastic to landfills. Each hour Americans throw away 2.5 million water bottles. That's …

Be Green Launches Plastic Education Campaign

Press Release from Be Green Packaging LLC

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Santa Barbara, CA – June 30, 2010 – As consumers and businesses everywhere are attempting to “go green,” plastic is a topic that everyone seems to be discussing. Cities and governments around the world are banning plastic bags at checkout counters and others are moving away from plastic packaging. The Gulf Oil Spill has also made society question our …

Green Awakening™ Fair Trade, Organic Coffee and TransFair USA Partner to Raise Awareness of Fair Trade and Improve the Lives of Farmers

Press Release from Green Awakening

(theCSRfeed/3BLMedia) Winterpark, FL  - June 30th, 2010 –  Green Awakening Coffee, an inclusive and socially responsible, fair trade, organic coffee company has recently partnered with TransFair USA as part of its overall mission to raise funds for non-profit and educational organizations.From July 9th through July 30th - TransFair USA will receive $2.50 for every bag of Green …

Bikes without Borders - Community Development - Providing the Right Support rather than the Right Answer

Blog from The Acacia Group

As I was doing my weekend thing this Saturday (groceries, kid stuff, Father’s Day shopping) I tuned into CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO). This week’s program was dedicated to bikes and stories about bikes. I enjoyed snippets as I did my errands but I was captivated by a story about a Canadian non-profit organization called Bikes without Borders …

Certifying Green Businesses with Green Irene and the Green Business Bureau

Blog from Starting Up Green

While almost everyone wants to do the right thing for the planet, a variety of factors can hold businesses back from taking the sustainability plunge.   One of them is uncertainty about what going green really means. When the definition of green is in the eye of the beholder, it can mean just about anything and sometimes has, like businesses claiming that disposable water bottles …
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