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		<title>Sustainable Companies Stocks Outperform the Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies striving for sustainable outcomes outperform their competition in nearly every financial measure. And most importantly in this case, stock performance. Canadian publisher Corporate Knights recently published its 8th annual list of &#8220;100 Most Sustainable Companies.&#8221; According to the Corporate Knights Global 100 website: The graph below measures the monthly total return of the Global 100 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Lowitt, Author of &#8220;The Future of Value&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s podcast we hear a great story from Eric Lowitt about how he is following his dreams and helping move sustainability forward in the business sector. I can&#8217;t wait to get my hands on his new book &#8220;The Future of Value&#8221; when it comes out in late September. Eric has a passion for sustainability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Fowler, Founder and Executive Director at SyracuseFirst</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first podcast of the new series &#8220;Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship&#8221; is up on iTunes. The series will consist of interviews with social entrepreneurs and sustainability leaders that are doing real work in the real world. Today we interview social entrepreneur Chris Fowler, Founder and Executive Director of SyracuseFirst. Chris was on the fast track [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees forego pay for carbon neutrality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think employees only care about money and time-off. Think again. New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins Colorado is most famous for its wonderful Fat Tire Amber beer. But it is also one of the leading companies in the world for creating a sustainable business. But the story of how it went to clean renewable energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 13:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think sustainability is important in our human systems, then you have some vision of what your company should be doing about it. Whether you are a line worker, middle manager or senior executive, your vision has some relationship to current reality. Here is a graphic I absconded from the excellent book &#8220;The Sustainability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Green Business to the Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to make your company more profitable with each transaction AND worth more during your exit? Then make it truly green and the money will follow. As of January 2008, a 0.15 oz tube of Burt&#8217;s Bee&#8217;s lip balm cost $3.00. The same size tube of Chapstick cost 1.69. Sure, Burt&#8217;s production costs were about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Proof: Social Responsibility Adds to Bottom Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you still stuck in the old paradigm that acting ethically might hurt your bottom line? Think again. &#8220;Between 1995 and 2007, socially responsible investmanet assets expanded by 324 percent, sharply outpacing growth in the broader universe of investments, which increase by less than 260 percent over the same period. Social Investing is thriving as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Business or Not, Wise Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this a great guide for starting any venture; green, high-tech or low-tech. Brand new or spin-off. Rock band, green business or non-profit venture. Key Points: Get a great team Get committed partners Offer something unique that meets a need Build slowly with low risk tests/installations/engagements Continue to improve Scale when ready Thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is your greenest choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is happening slowly but surely&#8230; It is getting easier to find out which vendor is greenest. May people don&#8217;t know the phrase &#8220;Greenwashing.&#8221; It is the practice of simply using green in marketing materials but not following through with any real commitment to the green movement. Welcome ClimateCounts.org. On this site they are begining [...]]]></description>
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