When Allied Signal held its annual meeting in 1999, Shelley Alpern, director of social research at Trillium Asset Management, was there, charging that executive compensation is "out of control" and demanding a sustainable policy of pay equity.
Animal waste from corporate-owned factory farms has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states
Watchdog and Research Organizations "As You Sow, (415)391-3212, www.asyousow.org. Represents SRI investors in a "dialogue" with corporations. "Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), (617)247-0700, www.ceres.org. A coalition of environmental, investor and advocacy groups that holds companies to a 10-point code of environmental conduct. "Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), (212)870-2295, www.iccr.org. A coalition of religious […]
Regulation of air pollution has been a constant battleground since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970, with environmentalists often fighting smokestack utilities (see "Blue Skies," cover story, November/December 1999). Now, imminent victory may turn into defeat as the Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to weaken strong guidelines adopted under President Clinton.
Although there are many socially responsible banks, credit unions and loan funds, ShoreBank Pacific (an outgrowth of Chicago’s South Shore Bank) stands out for environmentalists eager to put their savings or banking dollars to work directly supporting green efforts.
In 1910, German-born Ralph Hosmer planted 86 varieties of non-native trees in Maui, including the eucalyptus trees that have now grown to great heights in the grove named after him.
The soot spewing from the exhaust pipes of diesel buses doesn’t just look dirty, it is dirty. Diesel exhaust accounts for 20 percent of U.S. air pollution, says the Natural Resources Defense Council. Some forward-thinking transit agencies are fighting back with hybrid diesel-electric buses. New York City Transit (NYCT), for example, took the lead and […]
From Barbie dolls to the latest consumer gadgets, most of the goods stocking North American store shelves arrive by ship. Large marine vessels such as container ships and oil tankers are one of the least-regulated sources of air pollution in the United States. As these ships make their way to and from their ports of call, a steady stream of toxic filth is released from their smokestacks.
Are cancer clusters more likely in populations that live near nuclear power plants? Researchers are starting to think so….
China Embraces Sustainability—One City at a Time When China announced last November that it would impose strict new fuel-economy standards for small cars and minivans, it was only one sign that the world’s most populated country is headed down a more sustainable path—while the U.S. moves in the other direction. "China’s economic development is happening […]
