Ethisphere announces the World’s Most Ethical Companies
By Laura Elizabeth May Green Right Now The Ethisphere Institute announced its annual selection of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2009. The companies selected must promote ethical business...
View ArticleStarbucks using more Fair Trade coffee; testing recyclable cups
By Ashley Phillips Green Right Now This month, Starbucks locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland began serving “100% Starbucks Shared Planet and Fairtrade Certified Espresso” to the local clientele...
View ArticleBusinesses say climate change ‘delay is not an option’
By Barbara Kessler While environmental activists raise banners and bullhorns demanding action on climate change, the movement to quell climate change has quieter advocates in all corners of society....
View ArticleBusiness leaders arrive in D.C. to push for clean energy, green jobs
From Green Right Now Reports Clean energy and Fortune 500 executives arrived in Washington D.C. today for the fifth and final leg of the “Race for American Jobs: Clean Energy Leadership,” a...
View ArticleStarbucks says bring your own cup, please
From Green Right Now Reports It’s official: Running around with that Starbucks paper cup is no longer cool. The Seattle-based coffee chain today announced that it would reward customers who use their...
View ArticleHong Kong Starbucks plans to turn food waste and grounds into bio-plastic
From Yale Environment 360 and Green Right Now Reports A team of scientists is working with the Starbucks coffee chain to develop a bio-refinery process that would convert the company’s discarded coffee...
View ArticleFor Mom: It’s the Little Green Things
If mom just got the gardening bug, she’ll need an organic garden guide. Mother’s Day is not especially green. It’s more likely to be dipped in red roses and served with bright yellow potato salad. It...
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