Corporate Campaigns

New Participatory Project: Getting Behind GE's Green Gloss

by Bob Burton — December 19, 2007 - 5:56am

In May 2005 General Electric, which is now ranked as the world's tenth largest company, launched its "Ecomagination" PR campaign.

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SourceWatch

Heckuva Huckabee Non-Recollection

by Anne Landman — December 17, 2007 - 4:54pm

Mike HuckabeeBaptist preacher and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee denies knowing about a financial boost he received from the R.J.

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Newsweek, December 17, 2007

Olympic Sponsors Go for the Green (Forget Darfur and Tibet)

by Diane Farsetta — November 16, 2007 - 5:46pm

Human rights, environmental, health and labor campaigns around the Beijing 2008 Olympics that seek to change China's behavior are increasingly targeting Olympic sponsors.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), November 15, 2007

Starbucks' CSR Not Worth a Hill of Beans

by Diane Farsetta — August 6, 2007 - 2:14pm

On August 6, "when opening statements are set to begin in the trial over Starbucks' anti-union operation, in some ways corporate social responsibility itself will be on trial," writes Daniel Gross.

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CounterPunch, August 4 / 5, 2007

Blessed Unrest for a Wiser Earth: John Stauber Interviews Paul Hawken

by John Stauber — June 19, 2007 - 9:11am
  • Topics: Corporate Campaigns, Activism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Democracy, Environment, Social Justice

    • My first introduction to author Paul Hawken's work was his 1994 book The Ecology of Commerce. It is essential reading for anyone grappling with issues surrounding capitalism, social justice and ecological sustainability. Hawken is, among his plethora of accomplishments, a highly successful businessman, but The Ecology of Commerce pulled few punches in its criticism of even those companies truly trying to set and reach a higher standard of business social responsibility.

    WWF Greenwashes Coca-Cola

    by John Stauber — June 5, 2007 - 9:24am

    As Ronald Reagan loved to remark, "There they go again." WWF, the corporate-funded environmental giant often accused of taking greenbacks in return for greenwashing its corporate benefactors, has

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    Environmental News Service, June 5, 2007

    Appetite for Profit: An Interview with Michele Simon

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — February 28, 2007 - 10:16am
  • Topics: Advertising, Corporate Campaigns, Obesity, Front Groups, Corporations, Health, Marketing, Media, Politics, Public Relations, Science

    • In December 2006, I interviewed author Michele Simon about her book, "Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines our Health and How to Fight Back." The excerpts below are from that original interview, which took place on WORT, community radio in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information on Michele and her work, please visit her website.

    Judith Siers-Poisson (JSP): How did you personally become so involved and interested in food politics?

    Michele Simon (MS): It started about 10 years ago when I was struggling with my own weight and turned to a vegetarian diet and, lo and behold, I lost the weight I was struggling with. And then, from there, I started to learn all of the other ways our diet impacts our own health, in addition to the environment, animal welfare, and labor, and so many aspects of society -- I was just amazed at how much was impacted by those food choices.

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