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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…

Reading List

Patagonia Business Library Lights the Way for Sustainable Businesses of the Future

E The Environmental Magazine business, Let My People Go Surfing, Patagonia, responsible, sustainable, Tools for Grassroots Activists, Yvon Chouinard

The three best-selling books that comprise the The Patagonia Business Library together provide a primer for the future of sustainable business.

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…

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Environmental Activism, the Patagonia Way

E The Environmental Magazine activism, activist, Annie Leonard, Bill McKibben, Jane Goodall, Patagonia, Tools Conference, Wade Davis, Yvon Chouinard

Ever wonder how the outdoor clothing company Patagonia become synonymous with environmental activism? The company’s original employees were a ragtag group of surfers and climbers. Founder Yvon Chouinard learned the power of activism in the early 70s after attending a city council meeting in Ventura to preserve their local surf break. As a company, they began supporting […]