Corporate Responsibility Magazine released its First-Ever Black List – the 30 least-transparent companies in Russell 1000 Corporate Index – on April 14, 2010. This list is based on the same data CRO uses to create its “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list from the Russell 1000 index of large-cap stocks. Featuring some of America”™s best-known brands, [...]
Convenience over the health of the earth? Seems to be the status quo for most mainstream companies out there, as we are bombarded with advertisements touting single use or disposable products – from mops to hand towels to bottled water to plain old plastic bags – all of which help contribute 200 million tons of [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What is “smart growth”and how does it benefit the environment? And what are the downsides, if any? Originating in the early 1970s when city planners began renovating crumbling inner cities in the face of widespread suburbanization and sprawl, smart growth is now a top buzzword in both municipal policy and environmental circles. Some [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Oceans are in big trouble and I understand President Obama is creating a high level ocean council to address them. What are the major issues? Our oceans are indeed in a terrible state, thanks primarily to unrestrained commercial and industrial activity. Overfishing and pollution have decimated once abundant stocks of fish and other [...]
To help me keep track and to hold me accountable, this year I am going to track all my utility expenses for the year. The average household uses 936 kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity and 400 gallons of water per day, while the average individual uses 250 kWh of electricity and 70-100 gallons of water – [...]
You know those little plastic bags on the rolls next to the lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes? Millions and millions of those are used every day in the United States – which kind of defeats the “Bring Your Own Bag” movement taking hold lately around the country. While we bring our own canvas bags to the [...]
We humans seem to have a penchant for either/or thinking. Maybe this is because so many things seem delineated as opposites: night and day, young and old, hot and cold, black and white. But between the poles lie dawn and dusk, middle age, tepid temperatures, and many shades of gray. Still, in our media, in [...]
