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‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility
Every week, 140 million people — about the population of England and Germany combined — shop in a Wal-Mart store. Soon, all of these people will be eating healthier, and the environmental impact of their food will be lessened.
Here’s my attempt to capture the most important stories that affected the greening of business in 2010…
While the “greening of the supply chain” has been in the works for decades, the movement has really taken off in 2010. In the last few months, a number of corporate giants have announced new initiatives that pressure suppliers to do much more to measure and manage their environmental impacts. The big guns asking the questions include Pepsi, P&G (more in a future post), and IBM.
It’s so refreshing to see one large company, Sony, set a goal of zero environmental footprint by 2050. The company has dubbed this mission its “Road to Zero.”
The 2010 Fortune 500 list just came out and I’m completely blown away by Wal-Mart’s size. We all know that the retail giant is the
Reality 1: Last year, the Toyota Prius was the bestselling car in Japan. On the back of innovations like the hybrid gas-electric engine, Toyota also
Happy New Year all (ok, I’m a bit delayed, but I entered the new year and promptly got really sick — lost over a week
The big global meeting wrapping up today in Copenhagen (called COP15) is all about reducing carbon emissions in order to combat climate change. But is
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility