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Ma Jun

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How to clean up China's environment

Ma Jun's vision is to restore the clear skies of his youth in Beijing. As China's leading environmentalist, he is affecting change in Chinese factories, which are becoming cleaner and safer as a result of his work.

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Apple’s Supply Chain Still Has Issues With Underage Workers

The company has been increasingly trying to clean up the labor and environmental issues associated with making its products. But the latest revelations show that a giant company with such a sweeping international supply chain can’t control everything.

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The Top 14 Environment Stories Of 2012

Climate change is getting worse. No one is stepping up to fix it. But these great projects and ideas on how to consume fewer, cleaner resources will give you a little hope for 2013.

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Ma Jun Keeps Your iPhone From Killing People

The crusader for environmental and worker rights in China has worked for years to make sure that Apple’s production process isn’t poisoning workers or the environment. But Apple is just one of many companies who have been forced to do better because of Ma’s work.

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The Man Who Stood Up To Apple

Apple has recently made changes to its policies of withholding any information about the environmental impact of its factories in China. That’s largely thanks to Ma Jun, who this week won the Goldman environmental prize for his work.

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Is Tim Cook’s Apple Going To Stop Poisoning China?

The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers’ factories are treated, but what’s less known is those same factories’ incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may be starting to come around.

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Scientists found a low-cost way to make clean drinking water from air in the desert

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After experiencing wage theft, L.A. car washers started their own worker-owned business

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JetBlue is staging a hostile takeover of Spirit. What would a merger mean for flight attendants?

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Houston NRA protesters send a powerful message to the gun lobby in the wake of school massacre

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Loneliness, social isolation, and financial exploitation can go hand in hand for older adults

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How Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ brand partnerships can turn its fortunes upside down

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IKEA just redesigned one of its most popular products. Here’s why

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Inside Rotterdam’s quest to green 10 million square feet of rooftops

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What really killed Honest Tea—and what it means for mission-driven brands

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Too many people are working while sick. The Great Resignation could help change that

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This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)

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Ma Jun

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Stories about Ma Jun

Apple’s Supply Chain Still Has Issues With Underage Workers

The company has been increasingly trying to clean up the labor and environmental issues associated with making its products. But the latest revelations show that a giant company with such a sweeping international supply chain can’t control everything.

The Top 14 Environment Stories Of 2012

Climate change is getting worse. No one is stepping up to fix it. But these great projects and ideas on how to consume fewer, cleaner resources will give you a little hope for 2013.

Ma Jun Keeps Your iPhone From Killing People

The crusader for environmental and worker rights in China has worked for years to make sure that Apple’s production process isn’t poisoning workers or the environment. But Apple is just one of many companies who have been forced to do better because of Ma’s work.

The Man Who Stood Up To Apple

Apple has recently made changes to its policies of withholding any information about the environmental impact of its factories in China. That’s largely thanks to Ma Jun, who this week won the Goldman environmental prize for his work.

Is Tim Cook’s Apple Going To Stop Poisoning China?

The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers’ factories are treated, but what’s less known is those same factories’ incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may be starting to come around.

Impact

Scientists found a low-cost way to make clean drinking water from air in the desert

After experiencing wage theft, L.A. car washers started their own worker-owned business

JetBlue is staging a hostile takeover of Spirit. What would a merger mean for flight attendants?

News

Houston NRA protesters send a powerful message to the gun lobby in the wake of school massacre

Loneliness, social isolation, and financial exploitation can go hand in hand for older adults

How Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ brand partnerships can turn its fortunes upside down

Co.Design

IKEA just redesigned one of its most popular products. Here’s why

Inside Rotterdam’s quest to green 10 million square feet of rooftops

What really killed Honest Tea—and what it means for mission-driven brands

Work Life

Too many people are working while sick. The Great Resignation could help change that

This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)

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