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Are your investments tied to genocide? 21 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
That’s a refugee camp in Sudan. If you are an investor in mutual funds, it’s possible–perhaps even likely–that you own a small share of one of a number of foreign oil companies that are doing business...
Peak suburbs 18 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
I grew up in the suburbs (Croton-on-Hudson, NY), and raised my children in suburbs (Grosse Pointe Park, MI, and Bethesda, MD) and so, obviously, I’m among those who believe that there’s lots to like a...
My beef with B Corps 13 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
There’s lot to like about the fast-growing B Corps movement, and one thing to dislike, as I explain in my latest column for Guardian Sustainable Business US. If you’re reading this blog, you are prob...
Will better disclosure help transform business? 8 Aug 2013 | 06:15 am
Whose sustainability performance is better, PepsiCo or Coca-Cola? Dell or HP? Microsoft or Google? Tracking sustainability metrics isn’t easy, but that hasn’t stopped numerous organizations from tryin...
What Ben Franklin can teach US companies about climate 5 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Given the inability, or unwillingness, of political and business leaders to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, it’s no surprise that governments and companies are increasingly talking about adaptat...
Launching: Guardian Sustainable Business US 2 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Greetings, blog-readers! I’m just back from vacation, in time for the launch of Guardian Sustainable Business US. Much as I enjoy my work, I confess that I enjoy my time away from work even more. I fe...
The end of consumer culture as we know it? 18 Jul 2013 | 09:48 pm
I wanted to eat insects with Erik Assadourian. Eric is a senior fellow at the Worldwatch Institute who directs its Transforming Cultures project, and he believes that we need to think differently abou...
Garment industry deaths in Bangladesh: The end of the beginning? 11 Jul 2013 | 09:40 pm
Garment workers in Bangladesh have labored in unsafe conditions for years. They will likely suffer for years to come. But in the aftermath of the Tazreen factory fire last November, which killed at ...
Gestation crates: Not exactly hog heaven 9 Jul 2013 | 05:56 am
Lately, I’ve been thinking about animal welfare. That’s partly that’s because I met Josh Balk of the Humane Society of the United States at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in May. Josh’s title...
Our misguided fetish for “natural” foods 8 Jul 2013 | 06:14 am
Fresh Frozen Vegetables: Which is it? The supermarket has become a festival of oxymorons. Fresh-frozen peas. Jumbo shrimp. Boneless ribs. Chanukah ham. And the most common of all: Natural food. I...
