… In 2014, the four largest palm oil trading companiessigned an agreementto end deforestation, … their own operations, but also from all of their suppliers. For environmental NGOs, the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (asthe agreement was named) represented a dramatic advance in … many environmentalists believed thatthe agreement represented a breakthrough. The events of 2015 suggested otherwise, forcing businesses, NGOs and sympathetic government …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might … the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops gettranslated into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon … it had partnered with the Carbon Trustto calculate the carbon footprint of itsTropicana-brand orange juice. While the company has extolled its work online and the media, it has …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancienttimes, it is only in the past few decadesthatthistropical product hastaken off in the international market. An invisible component of … the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in 1996 by the influential Widjaja family (operators of the Sinar Mas …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first … had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen setto work buildingSuzlon’s international presence. While Suzlon pursued wind farm projects in …
… “What we want isthe book that every vice presidentthrew in the trash because he would be embarrassed to show itto a partner.” In 2008, this wasthe investmentstrategy of Adam Blumenthal, founding partner of Blue Wolf Capital … as high as 70 percent. The Nova Scotia mill had been on the market for a year, but few buyers were interested, and it wasslated for closure. But as Blumenthal considered the …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power to India's … and deviating from its mission to help the poor. Asthe company was recovering from this move, the price of solar panelsspiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on … how the company might expand. The company decided to institutionalize its design process by building an innovation center. SELCO also added productsthat provided energy solutions …