Leadership
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
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
Coffee Talk: Supplier Guidelines at Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee Sourcing Guidelines are coming to the end of a two-year pilot; this has proved a surprising success for the coffee company whose brand has become synonymous with cappuccinos and skinny lattes on main streets around the world, as well as the target of activists in the wake of the Seattle protests. By Yasmin Crowther 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
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
Japanese Businesses Tackle Food Waste
When it comes to recycling food waste, are the Japanese ahead of the game? Read More
U.S. Military Contracts with Chevron to Save Money, Slash Emissions
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy have awarded Chevron Energy Solutions multiple performance-based contracts to engineer and install facility improvements at three military bases. The improvements must save U.S. taxpayers at least $151 million and are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 1.5 million tons annually. Read More
First LEED-Certified Hospital in U.S. Rises in Boulder
Boulder Community Hospital's newly constructed Foothills Campus recently received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the first hospital in the U.S. to do so. Read More
Starbucks Expands Partnership with Conservation International
Starbucks Coffee Co. and Conservation International have announced a $2.5 million direct loan by Starbucks to help capitalize CI's newly launched Verde Ventures fund. Read More