Consumers are demanding accountability. Research suggests that 73 percent of Americans care about the company behind a product, but less than 1 percent of consumers believe a company’s claims outright. http://www.successmagazine.com/a-new-business-model/PARAMS/article/1512/channel/22
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Truly, one of the real world, real deal GreenER American business heroes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_business_logic_of_sustainability.html
Truly, one of my real world, real deal GreenER American business heroes. RIP. RESPECT.
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2 011/08/08/ray-anderson-appreci ation
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Materials Makers, Consumer Goods, and Product Stewardship
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/89/8931cover.html - Taking It Back. Materials makers will have to adapt to help consumer goods firms fulfill product stewardship goals.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Ray Anderson, Radical Industrialist
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/10/05/ray-anderson-radical-industrialist
"Nature is the goose that lays all the golden eggs. We don't want to squeeze her to death…If we don't take care of nature, we won't have a civilization...
Does that sound like a tree-hugging environmentalist? Well, it is, but it's also the founder and chairman of a $1-billion a year carpet company. His name is Ray Anderson, he calls himself a radical industrialist and he has led his company, Interface, on a remarkable 15-year journey to sustainability. He's got a lot to teach the rest of us.
One of the best things about my work is that I get to spend time with people like Ray. He's got a new book out -- it's called Confessions of a Radical Industrialist ..."
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Wal-Mart's Bottom Line Green Initiatives Get Results
Wal-Mart's Bottom Line Green Initiatives Get Results -- http://t.co/6j1IVxr
The Business Evolution of Sustainability and Profitability
The Business Evolution of Sustainability and Profitability:
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/05/31/the-evolution-of-sustainability/
Friday, May 27, 2011
Google's Provably GreenER Bottom Line Business
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/what-is-the-back-story-on-googles-renewables-play/
Google Goes Green (This Time With Wind Energy) Because It's Provably Triple GreenER Bottom Line Business.