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B Corporations to the Earth’s Rescue

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer accountability, B Corp, B Lab, Badger, Ben & Jerry’s, beneficial, benefit, business, C Corp, Cabot Cheese, certification, corporation, environmental, equity, Etsy, for-profit, incorporated, King Arthur Flour, label, limited liability, LLC, New Belgium Brewery, Patagonia, performance, Plum Organics, S Corp, Seventh Generation, social, Stonyfield Farm, sustainable, transparency, Warby Parker, Yvon Chouinard

“B-Corp” is a certification awarded by the non-profit B Lab to for-profit companies which meet rigorous standards of social & environmental performance…

Eco Style

Sustainable Apparel: Greening Your Wardrobe One Garment at a Time

Sarah "Steve" Mosko American Eagle Outfitters, apparel, bamboo, certification, cloth, clothes, clothing, cotton, Eileen Fisher, fabric, fair trade, Fair Trade USA, Fairtrade International, H&M, Higg Index, Levi-Strauss, mussels, Nike, off-shore, offshore, organic, oysters, Patagonia, polyester, recycled, SAC, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, The North Face, Walmart, Yvon Chouinard, Zara

When it comes to sustainable apparel, we haven’t had this many good, affordable choices since before the Industrial Revolution…

Cut flowers. Credit: Chris Penny, FlickrCC

House & Home

Demand Sustainably Produced Cut Flowers

Sarah "Steve" Mosko BloomCheck, California Cut Flower Commission, CaliforniaOrganicFlowers, certification, Colombia, FairTrade USA, Florverde, flower, flowers, FlowersFromHawaii, GardeniaOrganic, Rainforest Alliance, Veriflora

Flowers add color and gaiety to any special occasion and are a time-honored way to say thank you or beautify living spaces. However, cut flowers have become a multi-billion dollar global trade industry with a not so pretty underbelly rooted in where and how they are grown.

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Green Label Confusion: Legit or Greenwashing?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer certification, cradle to cradle, eco label, ecolabel, ENERGY STAR, Federal Trade Commission, Forest Stewardship Council, FSC, FTC, Green Guides, green label, Green Seal, greenseal, index, LEED, organic, Rainforest Alliance, US Green Building Council, USDA Organic

As sustainability becomes more mainstream, more and more products today advertise their green credentials—with many displaying third-party certifications on their labels. But how can consumers know which certifications are legit?