We continue to see articles like this one, talking about sustainability programs that are being questioned. Simply stated, like all things in life, there are many sustainability programs that are not worth the investment. Like any purchase process, look hard, know what questions to ask, and make sure you get truthful answers to those questions. [...]
….we suggest you review this quick 10-slide presentation. Doing the Right Thing can lead to a Good Thing!
Per our current consumption we need 1.7 Earths. We have been over-consuming since 1971. If you over-spent your household budget for 52 straight years, would you still have a house? If you can’t think of any place else to go, maybe we work a bit harder on hanging on to the place we have. If [...]
Per this article, Canadian apparel manufacturer Lululemon has been named in a legal complaint, calling for regulators to launch a greenwashing investigation. Per the complaint, Lululemon has been exaggerating its environmentally-friendly actions. Why would they do this? Because they see the data – 7 out of 10 consumers will leave their existing vendor in favor [...]
Unlimited Auto Wash located at Lighthouse Drive in North Palm Beach, FL, is part of the seven-location Unlimited Auto Wash Club that serves South Florida. Unlimited Auto Wash is a 100% Full Service Hand Car Wash with over 170 employees. It cares deeply about the environment and the community it serves, and has pursued and [...]
Per this article, greenwashing is soaring: The #1 issue in the world is the environment and consumers are rewarding companies they feel are environmentally friendly This causes companies to misrepresent their sustainability achievements, which is greenwashing It also creates an opportunity to make a bad decision on the program you select Net, many are knowingly [...]
As we have continually stressed: If you are self-certified, or self-audited, or aligned with a non-global sustainability standard, or aligned with no standard, or do not have 3rd party validation, odds are, your sustainability/environmental/eco/green claims will be questioned and possibly attacked This could lead to litigation This article talks about litigation and delisting and includes [...]
There are 14 subgroups including Blue Whales, Gray Whales, Right Whales and Humpback Whales that are part of the Baleen Whale group. We’ve lost 95% of them over the past few hundred years, but there are 800,000 - 1,000,000 of them left. Per this video and this article, the value to us of a Baleen [...]
Per this article Nearly 4% of SMEs measure carbon emissions Almost 5% of SMEs measure their renewable energy use 27% have sustainability leadership positions And, almost 33% have social / environmental committees Are these numbers lower than we want? Of course. But are these numbers much larger than they were a few years ago? Absolutely! [...]
Unlimited Auto Wash located at Frenchman’s, in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, is part of the seven-location Unlimited Auto Wash Club that serves South Florida. Unlimited Auto Wash is a 100% Full Service Hand Car Wash with over 170 employees. It cares deeply about the environment and the community it serves, and has pursued and attained [...]
