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James Gustave Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a Yale University dean, and a former White House advisor, has written ...

Is Joel Makower right? No, he’s wrong. Greenwashing is bad and it’s getting worse. First, let me provide some context. In a column for GreenBiz.com, Joel, a frequent commentator on green business issues, asks, "What, exactly, is a 'socially and environmentally destructive' corporation? Is that nomenclature reserved for the worst of the worst, or do most big companies qualify?" ...

That’s the headline of Melanie Warner’s story in this month’s issue of Fast Company. The story takes Procter & Gamble to task on a number of issues: "...none of P&G's sustainability initiatives address what's arguably its most fundamental environmental challenge: ‘green chemistry,’ or finding ways to make products without chemicals that are hazardous to human health and the environment." ...

In February of 2008, on a trip to London for the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition, I stopped by to visit John Elkington, the founder of SustainAbility and an old friend. John has worked in the environmental and sustainable development fields since 1972. In 2004, BusinessWeek called him, "a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades," an apt description. ...

"Judge King wrote that Ms. Braun had recounted the humiliating experience of soiling herself while at work because she had not been permitted time to use the restroom." I'm hoping that the recent ruling by a Minnesota state judge, who found that Wal-Mart violated state laws on wages more than two million times, marks the end of a culture that put profits ahead of people. ...