“Save the Earth…it’s the only planet with chocolate.”
― Dianne Castell, author.
Have a great weekend – and check back on Sunday for a blog post you won’t want to miss!
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Iiiiiiiit’s Friday! And that means it’s time for one of our favorite quotes. Working in the field of human rights, things can get pretty heavy at times – there are a lot of extremely important issues and reasons we should be thinking about good practices, social responsibility, sustainability and the like. But for today, we’ll bring you something that’s a bit more light-hearted:
“Save the Earth…it’s the only planet with chocolate.” ― Dianne Castell, author. Have a great weekend – and check back on Sunday for a blog post you won’t want to miss!
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Contributed by: Mary Donovan Walking down the aisles of the supermarket you are barraged by the number of different labels on products: Organic-this, Fair Trade-that… Food Alliance Certified… Natural and much more. They all sound good, but is that enough? What is actually behind all of the labels you see? What do they really mean – if anything? It’s Friday! And that means it’s time to share one of our favorite quotes about the intersection of business practices and human rights. This one comes from Tex Gunning, President of Unilever Bestfoods Asia, during an interview with Enlighten Next, which has a series on how big business can SAVE the world (how cool would that be?): “If a few of us can prove that it makes good business sense not just to be socially responsible but to make a serious social mission intrinsic to one’s business, then this is going to be written about, studied, and publicized. Because nothing is transferred faster than a success story in business. So I am very optimistic that if a few businesses can set an example here, we can make a tipping point out of it.” - Tex Gunning (The quote appears on this page). Are we close to that tipping point? What will it take to get us there? We’d love to hear your thoughts… talk us here, on Facebook, or @phbalancedfilms on Twitter. Have a great weekend! Contributed by: Mary Donovan The rugs that line the floors of your house, apartment, or office maybe be aesthetic, but there is more to them than that. Nearly 250,000 children are involved in the carpet industry, and that means child labor may be lying beneath your feet! Although that may sound dramatic, it’s true – but the good news is that there is a way to avoid this problem: buy rugs with the GoodWeave label: In a world with an ever-growing number of labels, GoodWeave is one you should look for each and every time you are looking to buy a rug. This certification program aims not only to end child labor in the carpet industry, but also to offer these children an education. (Watch more here…) Contributed by: Mary Donovan What would you say if I told you the organic apples you just bought were not really organic, or the organic milk you splurged on was really conventional milk? Your reaction might be one of disbelief, anger or exasperation – all of which are normal. Few American consumers doubt the authenticity of their food. What do we mean by “authentic?” Simply that the description matches the actual product. Shouldn’t be too much to ask, right? Yet the consumers in Germany buying Italian grains falsely marked as “organic” or the Californians buying soy milk from Dean Foods who falsely advertised as “organic” faced precisely this dilemma: the reality of food fraud. (You can read the list of common food offenders here, where we found the fun photo of Mr. Tomato.) It’s Friday again! Our favorite quote today comes from an unlikely source and, yes, for you South Park fans, you’ll know it’s a bit out of context. Still, when we think of the problems that still exist in the supply chains that get the products we use everyday to us and the fact that some of those problems can’t be changed overnight, we recognize that we must sometimes tolerate the slow pace of change (while working to keep making progress!): Tolerant but not stupid! Look, just because you have to tolerate something doesn’t mean you have to approve of it! …”Tolerate” means you’re just putting up with it! You tolerate a crying child sitting next to you on the airplane or, or you tolerate a bad cold. – Mr. Garrison, South Park It’s favorite quote Friday again! Here’s one we like as a reminder of why we believe so strongly that responsible business practices are essential to respecting human rights around the world:
“In terms of power and influence you can forget about the church, forget politics. There is no more powerful institution in society than business… The business of business should not be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.” The late Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and crusading entrepreneur, in her book Business as UNUsual We draw today’s quote from Carter Roberts, President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF): “My vision for saving the planet holds that you not only need to work with communities and governments but also the forces … that are driven largely by business. We will fail if we don’t change the behavior of business and how it touches the places we care about.” Roberts made these remarks (and you can see the video) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business a few years back with a focus on sustainability and protecting the environment. As the business school reported, Roberts noted that facts about the planet “underscore the solid business reasons why sustainability is no longer just a nice thing to do; conservation is a way of protecting business.” Said Roberts: ”The smartest, most strategically focused companies are calculating climate change and resource risks into their operations. True visionaries know that if their business practices aren’t sustainable long term, their businesses aren’t either.”
We agree. Happy Friday, all! As always, questions/comments/concerns? Let us know! |
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