Corporate Citizenship

Ray Anderson lost a 20-month battle with cancer yesterday at his home in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 77. The sustainability movement has lost one of its most inspirational figures.
I heard Ray speak at a conference in Chicago in 2009 and his speech stood out for its simplicity and ‘from the heart’ quality. You couldn’t not be [...]

Is the US suffering a food shortage? I did a double-take over today’s story about Wal-Mart helping to tackle ‘food deserts’ in the US. Following headlines about impending famine in Africa, this somehow seemed to jar.
Yet apparently, it’s true.
However, these food deserts are much more about the quality of food, [...]

I saw a poster ad this weekend for Tesco mobiles – something along the lines of “A new phone every year – long live the 12-month contract”…
Once I’d got past my surprise that Tesco was now selling phones as well, I couldn’t stop thinking about the implications of the ad… Here was Tesco, encouraging us [...]

Several stories this month highlight the difficulty of eliminating the risk of malpractice from complex global supply chains. 
Illegal dumping of factory waste or use of leather linked to Amazon destruction seems a million miles away – both literally and figuratively – from the values and commitments held aloft by companies such as Gap or Nike. [...]