Stories from Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Corporate Responsibility
Hormel Foods Reduces Water Use by 30 Million Gallons
Hormel Foods, the manufacturer of well-known brands such as Dinty Moore and Farmer John, released its fifth CSR report this […]
May 12, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Report Details Abuses At Chinese Factories That Manufacture Apple and HP Products
A report by the Hong Kong based group, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), details poor working conditions at […]
May 9, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
KFC Builds Eco-friendly Restaurant But Menu Stays the Same
KFC’s newest restaurant in Indianapolis is designed to use 25 percent less energy and water. The Indianapolis restaurant is part […]
May 4, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Unilever's Latest Sustainability Efforts
Unilever, the large British/Dutch multinational company, is going all out when it comes to sustainability, including purchasing renewable energy. Unilever’s […]
May 3, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
NYC Gives Homeowners Free Rain Barrels
New York City’s Department of Environment Protection (DEP) is giving away 55-gallon rain barrels to homeowners – 1,000 barrels this […]
April 27, 2011
Technology
Google Invests $100 Million In Oregon Wind Farm
Google, the company best known for its search engine, is investing $100 million in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in […]
April 21, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
H&M Releases Latest Sustainability Report
Hennes & Mauritz AB, better known as H&M recently released its Conscious Actions Sustainability Report for 2010. Supplier compliance last […]
April 21, 2011
Energy
P&G Partnering Nationwide With RecycleBank
Proctor & Gamble’s (P&G) Future Friendly program is partnering nationwide with Recyclebank, which rewards people for recycling through a points […]
April 13, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Senate Defeats Amendments Preventing EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Senate defeated four amendments yesterday that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
April 7, 2011
Energy
Conservation Group Partners With Central California Fishermen
The Central California Coast town of Morro Bay is a place I have vacationed at since I was in the […]
April 6, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
New Legislation Brings Free E-Waste Recycling to New Yorkers
The Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, signed into law last year, went into effect in New York on April […]
April 5, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Ektorp! IKEA Launches Sustainability Scorecard
IKEA introduced a Sustainability Product Scorecard last year, according to the company’s recently released 2010 sustainability report. The Scorecard classifies […]
April 4, 2011
Walmart Announces Policy To Increase the Percentage of Women In Management
April fool 2011 🙂 Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke announced that the world’s largest retail chain will create a […]
April 1, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Bangladesh Government Removes Mohammed Yunus As Grameen Bank Head
Earlier this month the Bangladesh government removed Mohammed Yunus as the head of the microfinance lender, Grameen Bank. Yunus founded […]
March 31, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Study Calls Polystyrene Environmentally Preferable to Corn Based Plastic
A recently released study compared the life-cycle inventory and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of polystyrene (PS), paperboard, and corn-based (polylactic: […]
March 31, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Seven Companies Opt Out of Sustainable Forestry Initiative Label
Seven companies, including four from the Fortune 500, committed to not using Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) label on paper products […]
March 30, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
HP Wins Best Report in CR Reporting Awards 2011
HP won best report in the fourth annual Corporate Responsibility Reporting Awards 2011 (CRRA 2011) for its 2009 report, Changing […]
March 28, 2011
Energy
Can Organic Farming Really Feed the World?
Can organic farming produce enough food to feed the world by 2050, when the world’s population is expected to hit […]
March 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
UPS Appoints Its First Chief Sustainability Officer
UPS announced the appointment of its first Chief Sustainability Officer, Scott Wicker on March 16. Wicker, an electrical engineer, is […]
March 21, 2011
Energy
How the Koch Brothers Fund the Climate Change Denial Machine
The Koch brothers, owners of Koch Industries are major funders of organizations that create propaganda which denies the reality of […]
March 18, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Why Food Marketing Institute's Sustainability Guide Is A Good Start
Before I even read a word of the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) sustainability guide for grocery stores, titled Sustainability on […]
March 8, 2011
Technology
Green On Green "Violence" in California
A poll last fall by the Gotham Research Group, commissioned by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), found that 75 […]
February 28, 2011
Energy
EU Will Allow GMO Contaminated Animal Feed
The European Union (EU) Animal Committee voted this week to permit animal feed contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The […]
February 25, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Why Some Companies Are Cannibalizing Their Businesses
When Andrew Winston, co-author of Green To Gold, attended the Executive Sustainability Summit, he was struck by the fact that […]
February 23, 2011
Finance
Shareholders File Record Number Of Environment Related Resolutions
A record number of climate and energy related shareholder resolutions have come to the table in proxy year 2011. In […]
February 22, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Facebook Joins EDF Climate Corps
Five companies joined the Environment Defense Fund’s (EDF) Climate Corp program which uses MBA students who are placed in companies […]
February 16, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Study Shows Proposed Clear Air Rules Will Create Jobs
Compliance with two Clean Air Act (CAA) rules expected to be finalized this year will create jobs, according to a […]
February 10, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Groupon CEO Justifies Super Bowl Ad In Blog Post
Groupon’s Super Bowl commercial which trivialized the Tibetan people’s struggles for freedom was certainly in poor taste. Particularly considering the […]
February 9, 2011
Finance
Obama Launches Partnership To Help Startups
The White House announced the Startup American Partnership (SAP) on January 31 which promotes entrepreneurship as part of President Obama’s […]
February 2, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
UN Secretary General Announces Creation of the Global Compact LEAD
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced the creation of the Global Compact LEAD on January 28, 2011 at the World […]
January 31, 2011
Voices for Change
Sam’s Club Offers Members Preventative Healthcare Access
A relative who is a nurse said something to me that I have not forgotten. She said, “Type 2 diabetes […]
January 31, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
H&M Creates Clothing Line Made Out of Unsold Merch
H&M’s new line called Waste is made completely of left-over pieces from their Lanvin collection. Last year, H&M found itself […]
January 28, 2011
Technology
Bloom Energy Offers 10 Year Electricity Contracts With No Upfront Costs
Just when you wondered what happened to them, Bloom Energy is offering companies a 10-year electricity contract for its Bloom […]
January 27, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Dow Moves to Make Nature Part of the Bottom Line
Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced a partnership on January 25 during a press conference at the Detroit […]
January 27, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
The Scary Deception of the "Water Advocacy Coalition"
The Water Advocacy Coalition (WAC) appears to be an environmental group whose goal is to protect the nation’s waterways. The […]
January 25, 2011
Finance
Investors Ask Oil and Gas Companies To Report Fracking Risks
Investors filed shareholder resolutions with nine oil and gas companies, asking them to report on plans to deal with the […]
January 24, 2011
Energy
Rumors Fly That Green & Black’s Wants Out Of Kraft
Several sources recently reported that the British chocolate company, Green & Black’s wants to buy out of Kraft. Cadbury bought […]
January 19, 2011