Posts tagged as marine-stewardship-council

Consumers are paying more attention to their seafood choices—particularly where it’s from and how it’s sourced. More people are choosing products with labels that show an item’s country-of-origin or how it was caught, demonstrating demand for more transparency in the food industry. But without solid standards defining what various terms like organic or sustainable means, labels certifying seafood products can often be confusing or misleading. Read more…

[This is the first in a three-part series exposing the truth about several American companies that have been depicted as leaders of environmental sustainability.]

Late last year, the New York Times ran an op-ed about “corporate sustainability” that shocked me with a handful of egregiously misleading depictions of three major American companies. The author, Jared Diamond, is a respected historian and author of several books. But Diamond’s article is all about how some businesses can be “among the world’s strongest positive forces for environmental sustainability.” The three examples he cites include Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, and Chevron.  Really? Read more…