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The world of sustainability needs this power of working for the greater good on its side if it is to truly deliver solutions for the massive environmental challenges we face. Sometimes sustainability is perceived as putting concern for our planet ahead of people unfortunately, and som...
Externalities . Externalities are costs associated with something that are not paid for by that something. If, for instance, you are in manufacturing, and one of your byproducts is a toxic sludge, what is the least expensive thing you can do with that sludge? Dump it in a river. Probl...
Buy local. Some in the green community will argue, as authors here on InspiredEconomist have done before, that online shopping is more eco-friendly (because it saves you the trip). It may have some benefits, but it’s a bit too myopic for my tastes. I prefer looking at the big picture....
Shell’s history in Nigeria is a long and incredibly complex one. Although the company was not the first one on the scene when oil was discovered in Nigeria in the first half of the 19th century, the company has been there longest (save for a brief respite during the Ken Saro-Wiwa tria...
, which has a presence in 100 countries throughout the world, is doing away with its CSR department calling it “redundant”. According to an article last week on Environmental Leader, the goal is to get rid of the department and integrate its practices throughout the company. This is a...
According to the venerable source, Wikipedia (there’s actually a citation from the 2002 book The World of Social Entrepreneurship by J.L. Thompson), social entrepreneurship is defined as, “A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organiz...
If thats true than why did BP execs and the CEO sale majority of their stock 13 days before the spill if they all didnt have some forethought that it would happen….What punch are you drinking Chris if you cant see the coincedences and put them all together as being odd than you are ju...
In case you hadn’t heard, SunChips has unveiled its new, less noisy compostable bag . Those of us who wrote about the old one were given coupons for free bags for crunching. I will say, it’s much less noisy than the old one. Still louder than the usual chip bag, but no ear-blistering ...
