By Scott James, Fair Trade Sports This month I spoke with Matt Bogoshian in DC. He is the Senior Policy Counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency. One of the ways I reconcile being apolitical and staying as far away from DC as possible is because I know I have kindred spirits like Matt fighting the [...]

By Scott James, Fair Trade Sports This month I spent time with serial entrepreneur Dal LaMagna to ask him about his new book, “Raising Eyebrows, A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right.” He’s been called an irrepressible capitalist (among other things) which made for an interesting conversation. Scott: In your book you suggest that you were [...]

By Scott James, Fair Trade Sports This month we have a tale of civil disobedience and the corporate response that touches nearly every household in North America.  It stretches from old growth forests of Canada to corporate boardrooms in Dallas. Oh, and a visit from Dr. Seuss’ Lorax. But first, my guest for this month’s [...]

Capitalism with Purpose, not Profit at its Center By Andrew Kassoy The Occupy Wall Street movement has captured a great deal of attention as it spreads beyond New York City to major cities across the globe.  While some critique the protests as diffuse in message or lacking in substance, it is clear that the movement [...]

By Jay Coen Gilbert   Governor Jerry Brown heard the shouts from his congregation of business leaders and signed California benefit corporation legislation into law late Sunday night. More than 200 individual businesses (like Patagonia and Revolution Foods), a dozen business associations from the mainstream (Silicon Valley Leadership Group) to the green team (U.S. Green Building Council), [...]

By Evelyn Contre, Springleaf Strategies Lately, it seems that “B Corporation” has become a buzz word around these parts. I wrote a post on B Corps back in June when the North Carolina General Assembly began considering to establish B Corps as officially recognized corporations (we also just happened to be going through the B [...]

By Scott James, Fair Trade Sports This month I take a break from my normal topic of conversation (soccer) with Tom De Blasis to discuss our other passion: CSR. Tom is the Global Design Director for Nike Soccer. Scott: Tell me about a company that is doing something in CSR that would be a model [...]

By Risa De Ferrari, Green Chamber of Commerce Certified Benefit Corporations and B Corps are a new classification of business joining the ranks of certifications such as: sole proprietorships, standard incorporations (C Corps or S Corps), and limited liability corporations (LLCs) to name a few.  Benefit Corporations are unique in that they build upon the [...]

by Donald Simon, Wendel Rosen “We make soap.”  That was the response of Method Home Products co-founder and chief greenskeeper Adam Lowry when asked what his company does.  Of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  Method is well known as a model “green business.” One of the founding B Corporations, in 2007 Method [...]