Business Ethics Magazine Names 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2004
Business Ethics, a magazine focused on corporate responsibility, has released its rankings of the largest publicly traded companies based on social responsibility for 2004. Read More
New ‘Climate Group’ Allies Companies with Government, Banks, and Nonprofits
Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged his support for a new organization dedicated to accelerating the world's response to climate change. Read More
JP Morgan Chase Deflects Criticism with New Environmental Policies
In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management. Read More
Old Mobile Phones Called Toxic Waste
Two independent studies funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California respectively, reveal that obsolete or non-working mobile phones qualify as hazardous waste even with their batteries removed. Read More
Xerox Employees Mix Innovation, Initiative to Protect the Environment
Some Xerox Corp. employees stopped using plastic spoons and forks in company cafeterias. Others found a way to turn more waste into electrical power to heat homes. And still others devised a process that reduced the amount of water used in a key manufacturing process. Read More
Potlatch is First Publicly Traded U.S. Company to Be FSC Certified
Potlatch Corp. has become the first U.S.-headquartered, publicly traded forest products company to certify its forest management practices under the standards of the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council. Read More
Starbucks Brews up a Celebration of Environmental Stewardship
Starbucks Coffee Co. is brewing up a month of environmental awareness in stores throughout the U.S. and Canada from now through Earth Day. The first-ever campaign for Starbucks will engage customers “in a dialog of environmental stewardship,” says the company. Read More
Closed-Loop Nylon Recycling Captures Award for Dupont
DuPont Composite Recycle Technology has received the 2004 environmental award for New Technology in Materials and Processes from the Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers for its closed-loop nylon recycling process. Read More
Chiquita Earns CSR Certification for Farming Operations in Three Countries
Chiquita Brands International recently announced that independent auditors have certified its banana farms in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama to the Social Accountability 8000(1) labor and human rights standard and the EUREPGAP(2) food safety standard. Read More
California Proposes $1.5 Billion Investment in Clean Technology
California State Treasurer Phil Angelides on Tuesday launched a landmark environmental “Green Wave” initiative to bolster financial returns, create jobs and clean up the environment. Read More