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Buy one, give one! Donating a school uniform to a needy African child.

Press Release from Ammado

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) April 27, 2010 - The “buy one, give one” efforts are coming fast and furious lately, but we would like to mention one particularly elegant example: FIGS, a California-based tie maker that donates a school uniform to a needy African child for each purchase on its site. In many parts of Africa, a proper uniform is a prerequisite for attending school. For those in …

The CFO Forum: New Thinking for the New Normal

Press Release from The Conference Board Of Canada

The CFO Forum: New Thinking for the New NormalWHEN: Monday, May 17, 2010WHERE: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, OntarioPriority Code: 3BL1What do financial leaders need to succeed? Recent global economic volatility has put financial leadership at centre stage, playing a much broader enterprise-wide role than ever before. Lingering uncertainty and renewed financial …

Sustainability Strategy Management: Part 2 - Implementation

Blog from Taiga Company

Leveraging traditional strategic management process, businesses are applying the four development steps to business sustainability planning: Situation Analysis, Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation and Strategy Evaluation. To initiate a strategic management process for business sustainability, organizations begin with an evaluation of their current state through internal …

Sneak Peek of Pepsi's NEW Dream Machine

Blog from Greenopolis

Melissa McGinnis with Greenopolis TV takes us on a behind the scenes "sneak peak" of Pepsi's NEW Dream Machine. This recycling kiosk was developed to help increase recycling rates, while rewarding users with points on Greenopolis AND helping vets through EBV - Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. With every bottle or can recycled Pepsi is donating a portion of …

Recycling just ONE plastic bottle!

Blog from Greenopolis

Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away!Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 Styrofoam coffee cups every year.Greenopolis.com is dedicated to our users. We focus our attention on changing the world through recycling, waste-to-energy and conservation. We reward our users …

Sustainability Strategy Management: Part 1 - The Concept

Blog from Taiga Company

In a 2008 survey by Pinnacle Worldwide, 45% of businesses reported to have a sustainability strategy already in place and another 27% responded that they were working on one.  However, a strategy is only as good as the ability to implement and continuously manage its progress.  As we have discussed in a recent post, business sustainability is a mind-set change that may be …

Organic, Green, and Fair Trade . . . Fundraising?

Blog from Equal Exchange, Inc.

Organic, Green and Fair Trade: these are three words you don’t usually find in your kid’s school fundraiser. In a market littered with cheap tricks and even cheaper products, here’s an alternative to making your next fundraiser good for the environment, good for small farmers and good for you!Many of us have been there… staring down at a glossy catalog, our eyes glazing …

The Grossest Recycling Projects

Blog from Greenopolis

I'm all for a good recycle and reuse project. It's great when you can find a new use for an old object like making a clock out of a record or a giftbox out of a greeting card. There are some items that just shouldn't be reused at all and should be sent to the landfill.Here are five of the grossest recycle and reuse projects:Clothing Made From Cigarette ButtsSmoking isn't an …

Sustainable IT: Power Management

Blog from Taiga Company

According to a recent report by Forrester titled "How Much Money Are Your Idle PCs Wasting?" PC power management is promoting businesses sustainability and saving companies money.  In fact, General Electric has reported a saving $1.8 million per year and is seeing a substantial reduction in CO2 emissions. Despite the payback presented by professional consulting firms and …

The Most Recycled Product in the U.S. is Not What You Think

Blog from Greenopolis

Well, it's Earth Day. I am sitting here with the Greenopolis crew down in Times Square. We are showcasing--and celebrating--our new Dream Machine. To learn more about the Dream Machine, click here. The Pepsi-sponsored product is a great way to engage people with recycling. I know some greenies will call greenwashing. But before you do, hear me out.According to the Environmental Protection …

First U.S. Zero Energy Public School

Blog from Greenopolis

Los Angeles? New York? Portland? No, not even San Francisco is set to have the first zero energy public school. For that you'll have to go to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Yes, Bowling Green, Kentucky where Richardsville Elementary School in Warren County is soon to be the first zero energy public school in the United States.Now don't kid yourself, the Warren County Public School System is no …
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