RECENT CSR NEWS - April 2007
New York Times – Home Depot. 1
Wharton School of Business – DeBeers on Conflict Diamonds. 1
WorldWatch – The Buy-Local-Food Movement 1
W P Carey School of Business (Arizona) – Ads to Teens Create Tobacco Addicts. 1
Cadbury-Schweppes CSR Managers Consider Obesity. 1
BUSINESS | April 17, 2007
Home Depot to Display an Environmental Label
By MICHAEL BARBARO
The new environmental initiative would become the largest green labeling program in American retailing.
How to Succeed in the Multi-faceted Diamond Business: The Gospel According to De Beers
During a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, De Beers managing director Gareth Penny presented the history, strategy and mystique of the international diamond company, and offered his views on what it takes to be a leader in today's global society. In response to questioning from the audience, he also addressed the issue of "conflict diamonds" and noted De Beers' efforts to eliminate the sale of these products as well as improve the health of communities where diamonds are mined.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1714.cfm
Do You Know Where Your Food is From? - Apr 03, 2007. [The stigma of long-distance food could be used to beat up on organically labeled food that travels.]
Study Supports Reining in Smoking Ads
Research co-authored by marketing Professor Rajiv K. Sinha of the W. P. Carey School of Business shows that the later in life people start smoking, the more likely they are to quit. http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=1384
A major chocolate brand ponders its responsibility for adult and child obesity. [One approach under consideration by U.S. CSR unit is limiting advertising of chocolates to children.] The LIBRA study - Insights into Improving Understanding of Adult and Child Obesity |