Gluten-Free Beer: A Health-Social Enterprise Mashup
November 17, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life, Sustainable Business & CSR
Send to KindleTweet Is the latest health food drink a trend in both the social enterprise and alcohol sectors? European beer giant SABMiller just announced that it has launched a new beer called Impala, which is based primarily on the root vegetable, cassava. Cassava is often grown in tropical countries and in some nations is called yucca. SABMiller’s [...]
McDonald’s Announces Sustainabilty Goal
November 3, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet McDonald’s Corporation revealed a new sustainability aim last month after it joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Membership means the fast food giant is committed to its goal to source palm oil only from RSPO member companies by the end of 2011, and to use only RSPO-certified palm oil in [...]
Uniqlo: The New Gap?
September 18, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Paints & Potions, Sustainable Business & CSR
Send to KindleTweet Years ago when New Yorkers heard a little known Japanese store called Uniqlo was coming to Broadway in SoHo, we heard it described as “the Gap of Japan.” Fast forward five years and Fast Retailing, Uniqlo’s parent company, is gearing up for the much anticipated launch of two huge new U.S. stores, [...]
