by Karen | Sep 22, 2009 | socially-responsible businesses
Many socially responsible businesses embrace Fair Trade as a keystone of how they conduct business with producers and manufacturers. Not to be confused with “Free Trade,” Fair Trade is a conscious effort to do business with firms, companies, cooperatives and...
by Karen | Aug 27, 2009 | socially-responsible businesses
On Tuesday night I was listening an NPR report about the story on global warming. The discussion centered on: how warming is occurring faster than any scientists predicted how the public is confused or misinformed about the story how the scientist who first sounded...
by Karen | Aug 26, 2009 | socially-responsible businesses
The experience of being socially responsible can be very profound. If you think about it everything you do — and don’t do — has meaning. For example, the decision to purchase products — or not — is an important one. Should you consider...
by Karen | Aug 17, 2009 | socially-responsible businesses
“Socially responsible” can mean different things depending on who you ask. For some firms it means focusing on doing business with other green companies. Doing business with other green businesses is a cool way to create a “green economy” and...