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Retail With Purpose: How Retail Brands Can Humanize Sustainability
Sustainability at retail can be perceived as being illogical if not contradictory. But in order to bring the concept of “sustainability” out beyond the niche and to the masses, we will need to transcend logic and find more ways to get people to care about life tomorrow – today. Read More... |
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 Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard Publishes Guide to Responsible Business" Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and the company’s head of marketing, Vincent Stanley, have published a book outlining what they believe to be the required elements for doing responsible business. The book, titled The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years is a follow-up to Chouinard’s Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, published to much acclaim in 2005. Read More... |
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 Virgin America, Alaska Airlines, Air France Ranked Top Green Carriers Virgin America is the greenest overall U.S. airline, followed by Alaska Airlines, according to Greenopia’s latest rankings. The online green directory also published its first ratings of European airlines, finding Air France to be the top performer by a wide margin. Presently, air travel is estimated to make up approximately two percent of the United States’ total carbon footprint. Although this figure is dispersed amongst more than one hundred US airlines, there is still a wide variability of carbon efficiencies and environmental initiatives between these companies. Read More... |
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 Free Webinar: Harnessing Technology to Build Futureproof BrandsLeading up to Sustainable Brands 2012, Marc Stoiber has been gathering perspectives from many of our conference keynotes on how they are futureproofing their own businesses. His findings - from companies like HP, BMWi and BASF - illustrate how technology can help today's brands be the leaders of tomorrow. Join Marc as he discusses the role of technology in creating futureproof brands on May 23rd. Read More... |
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 Etsy Certified as B Corporation Etsy, the e-commerce platform for independent, creative businesses, has joined the growing ranks of companies certified for a focus on using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Corporations meet standards of social and environmental performance set by the nonprofit B Lab. They also legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests. As of January 2012, there are more than 515 Certified B Corporations from over 50 industries, such as consulting, solar energy, and law. Read More... |
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