Green Businesses, Sustainability and Social Responsibility: A Cynical and Hopeful Review
*This article was also published on Medium.com Quite frankly, I was going to come here and write some article pandering to the masses about 7 ways to reduce your plastic use. But the more I thought about it, the less appealing it sounded, which isn’t good for the environment (nor for me as the writer). …
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With a substantial portion of the world committing to net zero green house gas emissions by 2050 and the increasing implementation of climate legislation, the demand for renewable energy is greater than ever. There has been a steady increase in the production growth of solar energy when compared to other renewables, especially as technology advances …
*edit this is a copy for a homepage that I did for the Paperclip people company. There were walls of text and the purpose of the company was lost among them. A lot of things were very unclear so I fixed it. Who Are We? At Paperclip People, we combine innovation and creativity to design …
*Edit this is a copy I did for Ninoshka, a sustainable fashion brand. Their text was long and had minimal structure. It was difficult to get what the brand was trying to convey. It’s still longer than I’d like due to stay true to the integrity of the original text. Hopefully, I fixed that.
Your business is more than just a vehicle to drive profits-it influences social change. In the same vein, imagine the impact that can occur from a business trying to do good. There’s a perception that, achieving social good in business will make it difficult for you to be profitable, either due to rising costs or …
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edit: this is a revised piece I completed for an app called my green space, that specializes in growing your own food. I’ll attach the original pages in the post. As you can see, I kept the integrity of the post, however a few changes were made (making the language more personable and persuasive, restructuring …
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That’s right, Microsoft has met and exceeded business expectations in social responsibility and this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Just Capital nonprofit recently released the 2018 Rankings of Businesses based on the impact each company has on the environment, products, jobs, communities and shareholders. Microsoft shows that it’s entirely possible to be …
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Positive environmental change is largely predicated on the need for sufficient legislation. Governments are largely responsible for the steps that need to be taken to achieve their goals of a low carbon emissions economy and legislation will always be the first one. Furthermore, just hearing the words ‘cap and trade’ and ‘carbon taxes’ is enough …
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Picture this. You’re planning a vacation, somewhere where the weather is hot and sky is clear. Where the people are foreign and so is the language, you’re excited and nervous because it’s the first time you’re leaving the country in a while. You start thinking about packing your belongings but you refuse to take anything …
What’s ‘Eco-Living’ you may ask? Ecological living is simply carrying out your day-to-day life in a way that’s beneficial to the environment. Now you may think you’re just not an environmental person, or the hippy type that went to Burning Man, or the neurotic environmentalist that thinks the world is going to end tomorrow. You …
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The Eco-Business 