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The Opportunity Within the Dodd-Frank Act’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Requirements
The conflict minerals requirement, Section 1502, of the Dodd-Frank Act gives companies the opportunity to improve their supply chains.
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Interview: Ned Tozen, D.Light
D.Light is a company we’ve covered more than a few times here on 3p. In a nutshell, the company makes inexpensive, durable solar lighting designed for sale in poor off-grid communities around the world. Their product
5 Reasons Why Apple’s CSR Strategy Doesn’t Work
Last week in a very interesting article on HBR Blog, Prof. Gregory Unruh of Harvard offered the explanation that Apple has a reactive CSR strategy, which he described as the “Little Dutch Boy” Strategy.
Fedex Ramps Up Energy Efficiency Goals
FedEx Express announced this week that its entire vehicle feet is becoming more energy efficient at a faster rate than the company had originally planned.
Venturing into Growth Industries with High-Impact Capital
How do impact investors spur long-term innovation? Through garage startups, which can also be sexy.
The True Costs of Paper
The truth is, we’ll probably never be paperless due to the many areas where digital simply can’t match the tried and true paper and pen. However, many parts of our society are still consuming far too much paper. Most paper consumption
Africa’s First Sustainable Biofuel Plant Opens in Mozambique
NDZiLO’s ethanol plant in the province of Dondo has a capacity to supply two million liters of cassava-based ethanol. The cassava will be grown by local farmers using a sustainable crop rotation system
DreamBikes Teaches Job Skills and Boosts Bicycling in Urban Neighborhoods
DreamBikes started when John Burke, president of Trek BIcycle Company, suggested the idea and then donated the seed money to open the first DreamBikes shop in Madison four years ago.
Shareholder Resolutions Flourish at JP Morgan Meeting
As an advocate of shareholder activism, I seldom see more than one or two shareholder proposals on proxy statements. However, yesterday’s JP Morgan shareholder meeting contained 7 shareholder proposals
7 More Companies Reject SFI
7 companies, including Pitney Bowes, Ruby Tuesday, Phillips Van Heusen, and US Airways are taking action to avoid the use of the SFI label. The news comes from ForestEthics, an organization leading