The Long and Short of SRI Written By: Casson Rosenblatt 2007-09-17 16:52:03 If you read enough SRI marketing literature, you will come to recognize that everyone expects market rate returns. "Obviously," you must be muttering, "who would advertise in any other way?" Even if some investors are willing to overtly take a cut in returns on their investment in order to invest "responsibly", most are not, or more importantly, don't have the luxury to do so.
Oil runs the world, fueling industrial processes that make everything from computers to plastic containers. Without it, vehicles, airplanes, trucks that bring food to grocer’s shelves, and ships that bring steel from China wouldn't run. The modern world would grind to a halt.
The Sustainability Sweet Spot Written By: Mark Bershatsky 2007-05-20 19:18:11 Last week I attended a presentation with Andy Savitz, author of The Triple Bottom Line. As a veteran in the field of sustainability, Mr. Savitz has made a career out of assisting corporations in the design, development, and implementation of sustainability programs. With more pressure on today's corporate world in the "Age of Accountability," the book describes how the world's best run companies are achieving economic, social, and environmental success - in other words, bolstering their triple bottom line.
ThePanelist.com: Changing the System from the Inside Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-05-13 12:37:13 Radio Netherlands’ Jonathan Groubert recently interviewed David Neubert for his radio show The State We’re In. The topic of the day was “Changing the system from the inside.”
UPS (UPS) Gets Hybrid Trucks Written By: Miranda Marquit 2008-05-21 11:42:29 Photo:iirraa, Creative Commons, Flickr<
Plan will help UPS save on fuel costs -- and save the environment.