By automatically examining your online purchases and then suggesting safer, healthier ones, the company is creating what it calls a "Mint.com for ethical shopping."READ»
To complement your online shopping, you can now download a toolbar that rates your purchases on health and environmental impact. Thinking of switching toothpastes? You might want to know what you're really buying.READ»
The maker of bleach, pipe cleaners, countertop scrubbers, and more has made all the ingredients in all of its products available for perusal. Is this corporate transparency at its finest or just a greenwashing stunt?READ»
Unlike other VC firms, the four-year-old San Francisco-based firm doesn't focus on just one kind of business. Instead, Physic takes on companies that leverage innovative ideas in big markets, then opens its Rolodex of corporate contacts.READ»
GoodGuide, a website and iPhone app that offers environmental and ethical information on thousands of household products, just got a major upgrade.READ»
The SF List of over 1,000 required or suggested products is intended primarily to assist city staff, but it's also a helpful tool for anyone seeking unbiased information about green products.READ»
When I first learned about GoodGuide last March, I was excited at the prospect of a Web site that lets consumers get detailed environmental, health, and social info on more than 50,000 products and companies. Then came the obligatory ...READ»
Joining an energy conservation Facebook group and then smugly dusting off your hands--Well, that's settled!--is not social activism. Social media makes it increasingly easy to look environmentally responsible, for both individuals ...READ»
Ocean Spray 100% Cranberry Juice has more sugar than a can of Coke? Beef has a carbon footprint three times the size of chicken? Companies like Nestle and Dole have been implicated for labor rights violations recently? That's what ...READ»
