While past incubators may have given life support to start-ups that may not have deserved it, a new generation of these organizations (both for- and non-profit) are springing up to support eco-minded start-ups.
Companies touting their social and environmental responsibility have flocked to the web to get the message out and engage with potential customers.
Surveys on business and the environment aren't particularly new -- the first one on consumers' willingness to purchase green products came out in 1989 -- but the people behind the Green Confidence Index aim to provide more that just snapshots.
Consumers want more fresh, organic, and/or local foods, and farmers markets and community supported agriculture arrangements are springing up everywhere, but a few entrepreneurs are going beyond the traditional models.
Free Range Studios, the creative firm responsible for truly viral video campaigns such as The Meatrix and The Story of Stuff, has decided to mark its 10-year anniversary by giving away $30,000 in creative services
Do "green seniors" represent a (currently) missed opportunity for consumer products?
The conundrum surrounding green claims has become so pronounced that a new term, "greenhush," has been coined for the practice of downplaying or staying silent about the environmental benefits of a company's offerings.
Does Twitter's flexibility, which allows users to access the service from a variety of applications, lend itself to this kind of centralization... even around a niche?
Bringing sustainable thinking into an organization doesn't have to be a "top-down" proposition, argues Leigh Stringer in the new book: The Green Workplace.
Most company sustainability initiatives start at the top: executives, managers, and/or board members recognize the business case for "greening" operations, products, and services, and issue directives for implementing those initiatives. The implementation itself, though, takes place 'in the trenches.'
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