One Voice: Convincing the Convincers
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Corporations, Education, Environment, Responsibility | No Comments »Al Meyerhoff, an environmental lawyer for 30 years and former director of the Natural Resource Defense Council Public Health Project, has written a great, and slightly irreverent, piece for the Sacramento Bee entitled, "It's getting hot". The gist - environmentalists need ...
Target Ups The Ante While Macy’s Blows
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Capitalism, Corporations | 1 Comment »While Macy's sucks wind, Target is raising the stakes in the retail game. The stores don't compete directly, and these days Macy's doesn't appear to compete at all, but the times they are a changin'. Within hours of each other, ...
Battle of the Bees
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Corporations | 1 Comment »Yesterday, I was enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon on the "Internets" and came across an article in the New York Times entitled, "Can Burt’s Bees Turn Clorox Green?". The article traces the founding and growth of Burt's Bees, "a niche ...
Powering a Paperless World
Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Energy, Responsibility, Technology | 3 Comments »This article on STLtoday.com details a few real estate acquisitions that just closed in the St. Louis market but doesn't speak to the unique nature of the acquirer. The company who bought the three buildings, Digital Realty Trust, specializes in ...
The New New Coke
Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Philanthropy, Responsibility | 6 Comments »Coke's come up with yet another formula, but this time it's doing away with an old one. Don't worry, it's not Coke Three or Coke Absolute Zero, but the Coca-Cola Global Community Connections. The company is reconfiguring its philanthropic activities ...
