Seventh Generation

Who Grows Our Food: Arnold Coombs Of Coombs Family Farms

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Pure Maple, Seventh Generation, Organic, Coombs Family Farms, Vermont, Sustainable, Arnold Coombs, Video, Green News
Ellen Kanner

This is a sweet time for maple growers -- or it should be. It's sugaring time, when the trees are tapped and the sap is boiled to make maple syrup and maple sugar candy. It takes 40 gallons of sap to boil down to one gallon of syrup, so every drop counts.

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Ideals and Ethics: The Next Business Edge?

Marc Stoiber | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Sustainable Brands, Renewable Natural Gas, B Corp, Millward Brown, Morten Schroder, Van Houtte Coffee, Corporation, Sustainability, Ideals, Stonyfield Farm, Fortis BC, Method, Seventh Generation, Ethics, Jim Stengel, Houston Peschl, Dirtt, Business News
Marc Stoiber

Morten Schroder of Van Houtte Coffee knows something about being a sustainability leader. In fact, Van Houtte has a long, proud history of adopting s...

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PHOTOS: Eco Lessons From Wal-Mart? 10 Tips From The World's Biggest Company

Edward Humes | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Wal-Mart Green, Slidepollajax, Seventh Generation, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Eco Lessons, Eco Lessons, Greenwashing, Books News
Edward Humes

The idea of greener Wal-Mart would have been inconceivable a few years ago -- laughable, even.

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Consumers Never Liked to Pay More for Green to Begin With

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Method, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Products, Green to Gold, Clorox Green Works?, Green Marketing, Toyota Prius, Seventh Generation, Clorox, Healthier Greener Home, Green News
Andrew Winston

To the extent that the premium-priced green products named by the Times have taken a hit, consumers' disdain isn't news: Recession or not, mass consumers never loved paying extra for green.

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8 Revolutionary Socially Responsible Companies (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stonyfield Farms, Gary Hirshberg, The Body Shop, Third World America, Seventh Generation, Patagonia, Yvonn Chouinard, Anita Roddick, Honest Tea, Slidepollajax, Seth Goldman, Business News

There is no shortage of examples of excess, risk taking and abysmal leadership in today's corporate ranks. But the success stories of socially-minded ...

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PHOTOS: How To Green Your Period

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Diy Green, Green Diy, Menstruation, Tampons, Trash, Dioxin, Vagina, Women, Environment, Period, Green Period, Slidepollajax, Sponge Tampon, Natracare, Seventh Generation, Organic Cotton Tampon, Menstrual Cups, Green News

Greening your period is a simple, eco-friendly and fun way to make an impact. In one lifetime, it is estimated that one woman can use as many as 16,80...

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And the Survey Says: Sustainability Key to Future Business Success

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Social Responsibility, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Business News
Jeffrey Hollender

Being a genuine socially and environmentally responsible company will be the only way to compete and win in the 21st century.

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Exhibit A in the Case for Corporate Responsibility

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Corporate Responsibility, Seventh Generation, Business News
Jeffrey Hollender

I wonder what it must feel like to be BP CEO Tony Hayward, the most besieged person on the planet and the biggest poster boy for corporate irresponsibility in the wake of an oil spill that's ultimately his personal fault.

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New Toxics Legislation Isn't Hazardous to Corporate Health

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safe Chemicals Act, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Toxins, Green News
Jeffrey Hollender

Whether the business community will go willingly remains to be seen, but the case for industry support for the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 is extremely powerful.

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'Benefit' Corporations: the Future of Business

Birju Pandya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Values, B Corporation, Sustainability, Giving in Business, Greystone Bakery, Benefit Corporations, Seventh Generation, Impact News
Birju Pandya

Until recently, you had two options before you: work at a nonprofit or work at a for-profit. However, the state of Maryland recently passed legislation to offer another route: the 'Benefit' Corporation.

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Eco Etiquette: 5 Green Ways To Fight That Cold

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Sustainable Packaging, Reusable Toilet Paper, Kleenex, Hand Sanitizer, Superbugs, Antibiotic Resistance, Phthalates, H1n1, Seventh Generation, Natural Cold Remedies, Pulp and Paper Industry, Alternative Medicine, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. It seems like every time ...

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Admiration Earned

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Breen, Responsibility Revolution, Corporate Responsibility, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Business News
Jeffrey Hollender

Fortune magazine released its annual list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" this week, and it's hard to say which is more incredible: some of the companies that made the list or those you won't find anywhere on it.

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Missions That Matter

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Bill Breen, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Green News
Jeffrey Hollender

In the book Bill Breen and I just finished, The Responsibility Revolution, we talk about "missions that matter" as a critical dimension of responsible and sustainable businesses.

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The Responsibility Revolution

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Books, Corporate Responsibility, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Business News
Jeffrey Hollender

As the headlines continue to chronicle new lows in business behavior, we have no choice but to rethink corporate responsibility. It's more critical th...

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Empowering a Climate Change Movement, Part 5: Taking a Cool Community to Scale

David Gershon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecoteam, Cool Community, Climate Change, Global Warming Cafe, Behavior Change, Nike, Social Change 2.0, US. Conference of Mayors, Cool Corporate Citizen, Seventh Generation, Cool Community Corps, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Empowerment Institute, Green News
David Gershon

This is the fifth of a six-part weekly series excerpted from chapter 11 of my book Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World. It shows ...

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More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Shell, Peabody, PG&E, Mohawk, Alcoa, San Francisco Chamber, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Seventh Generation, Green News
Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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Halloween? Bah, Humbug!

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Halloween, Store-Bought, Acrylic, 350.Org, Toilet Paper, Eco-Minded, Cover Girl, China, Pretty Scary, Toxins, Sugar Crash, Paper-Bags, All-Hallows-Eve, Christmas, Eco-Freaks, Jack-O-Lanterns, Urban Myth, Plastic, Flame-Retardant, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Fire-Retardants, Trick-or-Treat, Holidays, Petrochemicals, Pumpkin Seeds, Ready-Made Costumes, Revlon, Candy-Corn, Martha Stewart, Candy-Bars, Heavy-Metal-Toxins, Booty, Womens Voices for the Earth, Big Box Store, Carbon Footprint, Mask, Make-Up, Forest Stewardship Council, Halloween Costumes, Columbus Day, Seventh Generation, Nylon, X-Box 360, Acetate, Ghoul Make-Up, Mommy-Made, Maybelline, Green News
Michael DeJong

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy festive holidays as much as the next person, but we eco-freaks can't help ourselves from sucking the fun out of things, particularly when it comes to harming children.

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Lifting the "Body Burden": How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infertility, Carcinogenic, Dangerous, Lethal, Heather Mueller, Pcbs, Chemicals, Environmental Working Group, Toxins, Household Cleaning Products, Green Living, Bisphenol-A, Health, Seventh Generation, Mercury, ?€œShow the World What?S Inside?, Body Burden, Ddt, Nalgene, Cancer, Development, Ingredients, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Simran Sethi, Warning Labels, Green News
Simran Sethi

From Seventh Generation's discussion on "Children and Chemicals," featuring Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, pediatrician Dr. Alan ...

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Sign Up For Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Awareness, Ovarian Cancer Information, Healthy Living, Ovarian Cancer Prevention, letstalkperiod.com, Health, Seventh Generation, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Healthy Living News

Natural products powerhouse Seventh Generation is teaming up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund on a website that launches today, letstalkperiod.co...

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Ownership Is So Last Century: From Owners/Consumers to Borrowers/Lenders

Starre Vartan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hertz, Consumers, Car Sharing, Lending, Borrowing, Seventh Generation, Burlington-Vermont, Green News
Starre Vartan

When I get to thinking about it, the only things I want to own outright are things I want to pass along to another generation, that have personal meaning to me. Who needs the rest?

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Chuck Maniscalco Takes Reins Of Seventh Generation

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seventh Generation CEO, Green Business, Chuck Maniscalco, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Green News

Seventh Generation Inc. co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Hollender, who started the green tissue giant in 1988, is transferring power to Chuck Maniscalco, a...

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5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Households, Cleaning Products, Natural, Exposure to Chemicals, Cpsc, Antibacterials, Truth in Labeling, Consumer Reports, Toxic Chemicals, Environmentally Friendly, Nontoxic, Triclosan, Seventh Generation, Surfactant, Green Cleaning Products, Cleaning, Activeion, Ecover, Dapple, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

These products were meant for use all over the house. If they were as toxic as their labels implied, why were we using them where we ate, bathed, slept and played?

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Rising Transparency -- One Way to Avoid Massive Market Failure

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Transparency, Executive Pay, Wal-Mart, Property Rights, Collaterized Debt Obligations, Seventh Generation, Hernando De Soto, GHG Registry, Financial Crisis, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Business News
Andrew Winston

A renewed transparency drive may be fueled by the latest emotional issue of the day -- executive pay and bonuses. Let's list everyone who got these bonuses and let the court of public opinion be the judge.

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Greenwashing: How Bad Is It Really?

American Public Media | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: GreenBiz.Com, Seventh Generation CEO, Jeffrey Hollender, Greenwashing, Seventh Generation, Greenwashing Companies, Green, Green News, Joel Makower, Green Living, Green Products, Green Tips, Green News

The debate between Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com and Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation on the magnitude of greenwashing has been fascinating, alt...

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