When co-author Bill Breen and I wrote our new book, The Responsibility Revolution, we intended it to function as a how-to manual that would introduce the corpor
Twenty two years ago, Seventh Generation was born into a world much different than today’s. There were no websites and no e-mail. No cell phones and PDAs driv
Corporate responsibility—the notion that companies should include the public interest in all their decision-making—has never been so popular. Nor has it so
“We want bigger houses and more cars, not because we need them, but because we use them to express our status. Material goods are how we show the world we
As should be expected, Jeff Swartz, Timberland CEO, opened the conference with a humble discussion of Timberland’s accomplishments and his perspective on
SAS was just named the best employer in the U.S. by Fortune Magazine in its annual Best Companies to Work for survey. While the award is limited to very large c
I’ve received an overwhelming amount of deeply thoughtful feedback about my post on transparency, which recounted a public session on compensation with em
Nell Minow, coauthor of Corporate Governance, introduces a lesson in corporate transparency from The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Busin
In my new book, The Responsibility Revolution, I look at companies that conduct internal business with transparency. Seventh Generation is one of those companie
When it comes to reputation, perception is everything, and my home state of Vermont certainly has the art down to a science. In the popular imagination, it’s
I was giddy with hope back in November 2008 when Barack Obama won the presidential election. Like many, I believed that we stood at the edge of potentially enor
On Monday, December 14th, Arthur Gray passed away. Arthur was a member of the board of directors of Seventh Generation since 1991. Arthur was a humble man, neve
