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Poll suggests government missing green opportunities

A new survey conducted by McAllister Opinion Research sends a clear signal that governments everywhere need to work more in concert with business decision makers, scientists and internal departments to take more positive changes to address climate change. The results...

July 29, 2010 Read More

General Motors rev up recycling

Once the single largest employer in North America and rocked by over a decade of diminishing sales and accusations of irresponsible spending which culminated in a large government sanctioned bailout, General Motors have experienced the very best of times and...

May 20, 2010 Read More

CSR success – Timberland form global community service projects

[caption id="attachment_976" align="alignleft" width="486" caption="Timberland's Green Rubber Soles"][/caption] Continuing our look at the measures that large corporations take to drive forward their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives today we look at Timberland. The shoe and outdoor wear clothier has over...

May 11, 2010 Read More

Drip Drip Drip….Starbucks brew rich CSR results

Coffee.....just where would be without it? Everyone has their own favourite method for making a great cup of coffee and if out and about we all have a preferred coffee shop to get our fill from. I must confess they...

April 27, 2010 Read More

A CSR watchdog? Ethiquette.ca sets the table for best practices

It should be easy to be an eco-friendly consumer, and on the plus side there is more choice than ever before. However there is now a rush of manufacturers looking to make up for lost time (and ground) in terms...

April 14, 2010 Read More

Nike put soles into their corporate soul

Giant Corporations having an ethical (and impacting) sense of social responsibility is not a new thing although it sometimes seems that way. It's approaching twenty years since Nike began a quest to reduce the company's environmental footprint and reduce the...

February 21, 2010 Read More

Walmart expands CSR benchmarking to include Canada

Corporate Social Responsibility is most decidedly on the agenda for more and more businesses within our rapidly evolving market. That can only be a good thing as it represents a change in corporate culture that was little more than a...

February 16, 2010 Read More

Corporate Social Responsibility is about more than being ‘Green’ – part 2

If you haven't had the chance to read part one of this piece the link is here. Within that post I looked at how Corporate Social Responsibility has evolved over the last ten years, how companies chose to associate or...

February 11, 2010 Read More

Corporate Social Responsibility is about more than being ‘Green’ – part 1

One of the deepest seeded myths when discussing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is that it holds value and appeal only to those with a 'green agenda' or a 'green conscience'. It is easy to see how this misunderstanding has become...

February 4, 2010 Read More

Should green mandates alter supply and demand? (part one)

Should individual states mandate that government offices and schools use only green cleaning products? That decision presents a tightrope to walk especially when almost every business, municipality and individual employed at the state and local level is watching spending like...

January 28, 2010 Read More

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