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Values-led business

Exploring how values – and their influence over everyday decisions – affect business sustainability and success

16 June 2017

  • Diversity works … let’s do what’s right, not what’s easy.

    Businesses must promote diversity – not just because it's good for the bottom line

    Tim Ryan
    Too many of America’s workplaces are not representative of our communities. In a divided country, we have a duty to advance diversity and inclusion

25 April 2017

  • Sonny Perdue has given every indication of catering to big business while neglecting farmers and rural communities.

    Will Sonny Perdue, Trump's agriculture pick, stand up for the little guy? Don't bank on it

    Ricardo J Salvador
    In November, America’s beleaguered rural citizens voted against the status quo – but that’s exactly what Trump’s new agriculture secretary looks set to ensure

22 April 2017

  • The four largest chicken producers in the country, which include Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride, control more than half of the chicken market and 57% of the turkey market.

    Fowl play: the chicken farmers being bullied by big poultry

    More than 97% of US chicken farmers work with a big producer, but many say they’re being treated unfairly – and rules to help protect them are now in limbo

16 April 2017

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    Is Boston the next urban farming paradise?

    The city’s healthy startup culture is contributing to Boston’s rapidly growing reputation as a haven for organic food and urban farming initiatives

5 April 2017

  • MGM National Harbor

    Inside one county's big casino bet: economic boom or Atlantic City bust?

    MGM’s National Harbor resort opened in Maryland last December with the aim of building strong ties to the local community and encouraging local business

30 March 2017

  • Greg Foran (center), chief executive officer and president of Wal-Mart U.S., takes photos with associates before the annual Wal-Mart Shareholders Meeting on Friday, June 3, 2016, in Fayetteville, Ark. (Jason Ivester/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

    Walmart invests billions to buy from women-owned businesses – but is it enough?

    Women-owned suppliers make up just 2% of the retailer’s global purchases – but Walmart will join Coca-Cola, Pepsi and others in committing to buy more

14 March 2017

  • Activists In Chicago Rally For Transgender Protections<br>CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 03: Demonstrators protest for transgender rights with a rally, march through the Loop and a candlelight vigil to remember transgender friends lost to murder and suicide on March 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The demonstration was sparked by President Donald Trumps recent decision to reverse the Obama-era policy requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Risky business: do companies pay a price for expressing political views?

    Staying politically neutral on Trump administration policies is proving difficult for businesses in the face of mounting public pressure

2 March 2017

  • Impossible Burger at Bareburger1

    Can Impossible Foods and its plant burgers take on the meat industry?

    Impossible Foods is on the cusp of big things. But as the company lines up its first burger chain, it still needs to show it can convert the meat-loving masses

21 February 2017

  • Cow Crowd

    Raising the steaks: the Seattle startup crowdfunding sustainable beef

    Crowd Cow works directly with ranchers across the US, cutting out the middleman and giving farmers an alternative to selling calves to factory farms

9 February 2017

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    Get off the sidelines: businesses can't play it safe politically in the age of Trump

    Freya Williams
    Consumers and employees want to know where their companies stand on Trump’s policies. Here’s how businesses should be reacting

7 February 2017

  • Overlook Ruin at the proposed Bears Ears national monument in Utah

    Patagonia pulls out of Utah trade show in protest of state's public land grab

    Company founder has urged Utah governor to stop trying to undo the decision by former president Obama to create the Bears Ears National Monument

5 February 2017

  • Bees survey<br>File photo dated 03/09/14 of a bee gathering pollen, as Bees must still be protected by EU environmental rules after Brexit, a new survey has found. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday August 25, 2016. A poll for Friends Of The Earth reveals that 81% of people want to keep the ban Brussels imposed on neonicotinoid pesticides, which threaten bees, after withdrawal. See PA story POLITICS Bees. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

    Is America's most common pesticide responsible for killing our bees?

    A growing body of evidence suggests neonics threaten the health of honey bees. But some argue there’s not enough evidence to justify an outright ban

29 January 2017

  • General Views Of Tobacco Harvest At Eaton Farms<br>Workers pick flue-cured tobacco leaves during the harvest on land leased by Eaton Farms in Kernersville, North Carolina, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Although smaller than last year, a quality U.S. tobacco crop endured a tough agricultural growing season in 2012. Photographer: Davis Turner/Bloomberg via Getty Images AMERICA; AMERICAS; AMERIC|U.S.A.; US; USA; SOUTH; SOUTHER|AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL|COMMODITY; COMMODITIES|FARM; FARMER; FARMING|LABOR; LABORER|ECONOMY;

    Sonny Perdue vows to make American agriculture great again – but for whom?

    Ricardo J SalvadorNora Gilbert
    President Trump wants Perdue to lead the agriculture department – but the head of a global agribusiness could favor big ag over family farmers

28 January 2017

  • Frustrated Businesswoman Sitting at Desk<br>B046XE Frustrated Businesswoman Sitting at Desk

    How artificial intelligence could help make the insurance industry trustworthy

    NYC-based Lemonade hopes to reverse the poor reputation of insurance companies by using tech and behavioral science to appeal to younger customers

14 January 2017

  • Patagonia and Black Diamond have called on the outdoor industry to block efforts by political leaders in Utah to transfer or sell federal land to states.

    Patagonia, Black Diamond take on Utah officials over public land rights

    The outdoor industry is leading the fight to protect America’s public lands from being developed for gas and oil

12 January 2017

  • An almond farm in California. The US farming community is waiting uneasily for Donald Trump to pick an agriculture secretary who will champion their causes.

    Farmers helped elect Trump, but will their livelihoods actually improve?

    Ricardo Salvador and Nora Gilbert
    Trump’s trade and immigration policies will protect big agriculture but leave smaller businesses to fail

8 January 2017

  • Hereford beef cattle on Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

    Will new FDA rules curb the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

    The meat industry is facing mounting pressure to phase out antibiotic use. Here, we trace how that drug use threatens public health

28 December 2016

  • A typical Ollie apartment at Carmel Place, New York City.

    Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?

    Ollie says its apartments help reduce carbon emissions by housing twice as many people than a traditional building. But is more urban density the answer?

20 December 2016

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    This $500 shirt changes color when exposed to air pollution – but who does it help?

    A NYC-based designer says he wants to make people pay more attention to the environment. But at these prices, is this more art than activism?

1 December 2016

  • A woman from Cuba waves Adonia leaves port in Miami, Sunday, May 1, 2016, en route to Cuba. After a half-century of waiting, passengers finally set sail on Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba. Carnival’s Cuba cruises, operating under its Fathom band, will visit the ports of Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. (Patrick Farrell/The Miami Herald via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

    $199 for a luxury cruise? 'Voluntourism' eco vacations struggle to catch on

    One cruise liner is offering passengers weeklong cruises centered entirely around volunteer work. But are these vacations as sustainable as they seem?
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