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#Tshirt Tuesday is here! Congratulations to last week’s winner Heather (@NNUS on twitter) for helping to get the attention of Hewlett-Packard (HP) by thanking them for their continued climate action and support of DoSomething.org’s Green Your School Challenge.
HP topped the electronics portion of the Climate Counts scorecard this year scoring 85 out of a possible 100 points. HP was also one of twenty-five Climate Counts policy standouts recognized for their support of mandatory federal action on climate change that would lead to the growth of renewable energy capacity.
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#Tshirt Tuesday Connects with SustainU’s oneShirt Campaign
#Tshirt Tuesday is here! Congratulations to last week’s winner Heather (@NNUS on twitter) for helping to get the attention of Hewlett-Packard (HP) by thanking them for their continued climate action and support of DoSomething.org’s Green Your School Challenge.
HP topped the electronics portion of the Climate Counts scorecard this year scoring 85 out of a possible 100 points. HP was also one of twenty-five Climate Counts policy standouts recognized for their support of mandatory federal action on climate change that would lead to the growth of renewable energy capacity.
This week in the spirit of sustainable apparel we’re supporting a smaller company named @SustainU Clothing as they launch their oneSHIRT campaign asking thousands of people to recycle old t-shirts – very cool! In addition to supporting their work, we’re asking climate-conscious consumers to tweet to the apparel companies scored by Climate Counts.
http://blog.climatecounts.org/2011/02/tshirt-tuesday-connects-with-sustainus-oneshirt-campaign/##Tshirt Tuesday is here! Congratulations to last week’s winner Heather (@NNUS on... more
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Congratulations to Bill Connelly for winning last week’s #T-shirt Tuesday Twitter contest! The number one @ClimateCounts story from 2010 was (drum-roll please) our free iPhone app being featured in the NYC WIRED store and WIRED online store! As the winner of this week’s contest, Bill will be sporting a fresh ‘Vote With Your Dollars’ Climate Counts T-shirt!
What we’re doing: As part of our upcoming Green Watching Campaign this spring we’ll be giving away T-shirts on Twitter every Tuesday!
Why we’re doing it: Because some companies are misrepresenting their green initiatives and true corporate climate action deserves consumer support.
Here’s what to do: All you have to do is answer our Tuesday questions on Twitter about our Climate Counts scores and we’ll put you in the running for a FREE ‘Vote With Your Dollars’ Climate Counts T-shirt!
Our handy cheat sheets: Along with our website you can see all of the Climate Counts scores on Facebook and on our free iPhone app and smart phone site: m.climatecounts.org.
http://blog.climatecounts.org/2011/02/answer-our-questions-on-twitter-and-you-could-win-a-free-climatecountsorg-weaddup-t-shirt/Congratulations to Bill Connelly for winning last week’s #T-shirt Tuesday... more
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Climate Counts Blog
Most of us start our days the same way. We smack our alarm clock, wish it were Saturday, and get dressed. The scary thing is, the clothes we wear today reflect the votes we make for or against our climate’s future.
Every purchasing decision we make is a vote. Think about the number of socks, underwear, t-shirts, and jeans you’ve purchased over the years. If you are a parent, think about how many times your kids have tapped into your wallet for those same items. The numbers are staggering. MSN Money estimates that the average-income, dual-parent household, will spend over $170,000 on toys, education, food and clothes on a child from the time she is born until 17 years of age. In 2010, it is estimated that the average two-child family will spend over $1,200 on back-to-school shopping alone. Multiply this by the number of US families, and we’re looking at billions of dollars of revenue for clothing companies.
Amidst this segment of annual consumption cycle, two things are happening: first, kids are being told by huge corporations what is cool and green before going back-to-school shopping, and second, our planet is getting warmer – significantly in fact. Last year, NASA determined that the previous decade was the warmest on record, with 2005 the hottest year in recorded history, and it’s a record well on its way to being broken. According to the National Climate Data Center, we just experienced the warmest April, May and June on record. All of our driving, eating, flying, and shopping is having an impact on our climate. Feeling guilty? Hang in there — it gets worse before it gets better.
The bad news. Even if we scale back as much as possible and try to remove ourselves from the cycle of consumption, we’re still living on a warming planet. We can’t stop the greenhouse gases emitted in previous decades from trapping more heat.
The good news. We cast votes every day for our future. Every pair of shoes, every shirt, every dress, every hat is a choice, choices that can be turned into votes for climate action and yes, maybe even revived interest from Congress in moving on climate legislation that will ease the management of greenhouse gas emissions for businesses and communities.
http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/What-do-your-clothes-say-about-climate-change-More-you-think%E2%80%A6#Climate Counts Blog
Most of us start our days the same way. We smack our alarm... more
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Corporate Social Responsibility News: CSR Minute: Climate Counts Corporate Scorecard; Intn'l Oeko-Tex Assoc/Textile Insight's Sustainability Panel
http://blip.tv/file/2894107Corporate Social Responsibility News: CSR Minute: Climate Counts Corporate Scorecard;... more
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Despite a sustained economic downturn, leading corporations appear to be strengthening their voluntary response to climate change. With the release of its third annual corporate climate scores for 90 well-known consumer companies, the non-profit organization Climate Counts pointed to a 22% increase in scores by 81 of the companies, as well as significant gains among those previously in the index’s lowest tier.
For the second straight year, Nike’s score of 83 points (out of a possible 100) topped the list. For the first time all of the 12 companies scored in the electronics sector and the four companies evaluated in the consumer shipping sector have now earned a score above 50 points, or what Climate Counts considers “striding” companies (in contrast with those “starting” companies earning 13-49 points and those “stuck” companies with 12 points or less). In recent years, these two sectors each have seen significant competitive energy around corporate sustainability, which appears to have had the effect of elevating scores – and substantive innovation efforts.
“Competition – the most fundamental tenet of a thriving global marketplace – will define the future of corporate climate action and sustainability,” said Climate Counts Executive Director Wood Turner. “Our scores show that companies are motivated to act when they may not measure up to other companies on their response to issues that matter to people. Climate change is certainly one of those issues, and companies in every major consumer sector have dialed up their efforts in an evolving economy to make the reduction of global warming pollution a competitive advantage.”
Climate Counts also found that the improved scores of a number of the companies it evaluates were more than just incremental. Scores surged for previously low-scoring companies like eBay (a jump of 48 points), US Airways (up 43 points to match most of the top scorers in a relatively low-scoring sector), Apple (up 41 points), and Levi Strauss (up 36 points) when many such companies became much more engaged in quantifying and reducing their impact on climate change and in supporting public policy on climate (or opposing the climate positions of groups like the US Chamber of Commerce). Climate Counts uses a 22-criteria scorecard to track corporate climate action in four key areas: measurement of impact; reduction of impact; engagement on public policy related to climate change; and openness and transparency with consumers on corporate climate activities.
“Climate Counts is one the key external benchmarks we consider in evaluating our progress to address climate change,” said Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist from Microsoft, up 23 points in the latest round of scores. “We appreciate the work they do to provide the marketplace with a framework for assessing companies’ actions to address the pressing issue of climate change.”
“Our new scores show that many, many companies have begun to take their responsibility for climate action seriously,” said Turner. “But the onus is also on consumers. It’s time now for them to show business that corporate climate action does not go unnoticed. Companies will continue to see climate protection as an opportunity when consumers tell them in no uncertain terms that inaction is simply not an option.”
To augment consumer action tools on its website, Climate Counts will release an iPhone application later this year to help consumers not only access company climate scores while shopping but also send messages to those companies about their scores.
http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/Third-Annual-Climate-Counts-Scores-Show-Economic-Downturn-Doesn%E2%80%99t-Detract-Deepening-Corpo#Despite a sustained economic downturn, leading corporations appear to be strengthening... more
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