Event Title
Turning Up the Pressure on Corporate Accountability
Description
Every product comes from somewhere and has an impact on some place. Targeting corporations, and key corporate constituents such as investors and customers, is a powerful way to protect these places, and the people and wildlife that inhabit them. Learn how one Bellingham-based organization harnesses the power and influence of Fortune 500 companies for good, and holds companies accountable for the sourcing of their products, while simultaneously supporting companies that are interested and willing to move toward better environmental practices. We’ll highlight the environmental impact of cups of a little coffee company you may have heard of - and the campaign to get it to do the right thing.
About the Lecturer: Jim Ace has been working with Stand Earth, formerly known as Forest Ethics, since 2012. He has been committed to environmental and social justice since 1990, and has worked with organizations like Rainforest action Network, Greenpeace, and the Rukus Society and the Alliance for Democracy.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
16-11-2016 12:00 PM
End Date
16-11-2016 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Economic development--Enviromental aspects; Social responsibility of business; Business ethics; Sustainable development; Environmental justice
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
Stand.earth
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Stand Earth
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Turning Up the Pressure on Corporate Accountability
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Every product comes from somewhere and has an impact on some place. Targeting corporations, and key corporate constituents such as investors and customers, is a powerful way to protect these places, and the people and wildlife that inhabit them. Learn how one Bellingham-based organization harnesses the power and influence of Fortune 500 companies for good, and holds companies accountable for the sourcing of their products, while simultaneously supporting companies that are interested and willing to move toward better environmental practices. We’ll highlight the environmental impact of cups of a little coffee company you may have heard of - and the campaign to get it to do the right thing.
About the Lecturer: Jim Ace has been working with Stand Earth, formerly known as Forest Ethics, since 2012. He has been committed to environmental and social justice since 1990, and has worked with organizations like Rainforest action Network, Greenpeace, and the Rukus Society and the Alliance for Democracy.
