Creating a positive impact on business
Sustainable consumption doesn’t mean you start promoting certified fish and expect those to eat who don’t eat fish – like pushing red wine (becasue of its health benefits) to people who don’t drink. Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) was launched in 1997 by Unilever and WWF – a co-creation with common goals between business interests and conservation and biodiversity interests to […]
An article in a newspaper in 2001 about the unsustainability of the palm oil production had spurred the senior management at Migros to delve into the challenges facing the palm oil production from the Asian countries of Indonesia, Borneo and Malaysia. At the time, palm oil’s numerous industrial applications were well known – from cosmetics to food, […]
If you are a wood company and want to environmentally differentiate yourself from the crowd. How do you do it? Why not look at what HLC did? Bill Hayward, the CEO of Hayward Lumbar Company (HLC), faced some challenges: Does it make business sense to sell FSC lumber? How should HLC prioritize its efforts for […]
The question to tackle is: How can you as a company that started small and founded itself on core sustainability principles scale up and maximize your profits? After all…isn’t that the sole aim of why businesses exist…or that’s passe! Let’s see… But first, a very short background: Phoenix Organic started in 1986 by making a single drink called […]
Consider this scenario: You are one of the most loved brands in the country. You’ve built your reputation among the Goliaths of the industry as a pure organic, natural brand. Now, you switch over from your key natural ingredients of baby wipes to conventional regular ones – Why? Money! Yes, the cost of making them were getting […]
