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Is Recycling Proving to be Too Onerous and Expensive?

Is Recycling Proving to be Too Onerous and Expensive?

WE PAY FOR PACKAGING - ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment

We recently read with great interest an article by Michael Corkery in the New York Times about the mounting waste crisis. Entitled “Recycling Efforts Stall as the Cost Skyrockets”, he thoughtfully examines a problem that is soon going to hit us all in the...
Entrepreneur – It’s Official: Customers Prefer Sustainable Companies

Entrepreneur – It’s Official: Customers Prefer Sustainable Companies

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

When we built the Barefoot Wine brand, we lived and died on the latest Nielsen ratings. So if you are in the packaged goods space, you want to pay careful attention to the latest Nielsen report “How and Why Sustainability is Gaining Momentum with...
A Wish for the New Year: Let’s Have More “B” Corporations

A Wish for the New Year: Let’s Have More “B” Corporations

IT'S TIME FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

As we make our wishes, resolutions and plans, we would like to suggest that we see more “B” Corporations in the New Year ahead. “B” stands for “benefit,” and this new type of corporation distinguish itself from the traditional “S” and “C” Corps because B Corps are not...
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