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Dondald Liss: 3 Environmentally Friendly Companies

Donald Liss
Donald Liss

This document discusses three environmentally friendly companies - IKEA, Unilever, and Patagonia. IKEA aims to source all wood from sustainable sources and cotton from suppliers following Better Cotton standards by 2020. Unilever adopted a Sustainable Living Plan in 2010 to decouple environmental footprint from growth while increasing social impact. Patagonia encourages reducing consumption and instituted a repair program to extend product life, and is B Corp certified for meeting environmental standards.

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3 Environmentally Friendly Companies Donald Liss
Overview While there are many organizations that focus on protecting the environment, its also important that more businesses focus on environmentally-friendly practices. Fortunately, a number of companies do care about sustainability and attempt to be as green as possible. This presentation looks at three companies that should be commended for their attempts to become more sustainable.
IKEA IKEA sells more furniture than any other company on the planet. Fortunately, the company understands how important sustainability is to their continued success. On the People & Planet section of their website, the company states that it is working towards 100% renewable energy producing as much as we consume in our operations and sourcing all of our wood from more sustainable sources by 2020 (People & Planet). Additionally, the company sources all of its cotton from suppliers that follow Better Cotton standards, and many of its stores utilize solar panels.
Unilever Unilever is a consumer goods company that sells its products all over the globe. In 2010 the company adopted a Sustainable Living Plan. Unilever says that the Sustainable Living Plan is our blueprint for achieving our vision to grow our business, whilst decoupling our environmental footprint from our growth and increasing our positive social impact (Sustainable Living). Since first adopting the plan the company has seen success with reducing waste. In fact, CEO Paul Polman was awarded the 2015 Champion of the Earth Award by the United Nations.
Patagonia Patagonia is a popular clothing retailer headquartered in California. The company is very concerned about the environment and consumers habits. In the past, it has released ads that actually urge people to refrain from buying things they dont need, and this includes Patagonia products. Patagonia also instituted a repair program so that customers can get extended use out of their products instead of buying additional items. The company is B Corp certified which means that an outside organization (B Lab) assess its performance to ensure it meets a certain level of environmental performance.

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Dondald Liss: 3 Environmentally Friendly Companies

  • 2. Overview While there are many organizations that focus on protecting the environment, its also important that more businesses focus on environmentally-friendly practices. Fortunately, a number of companies do care about sustainability and attempt to be as green as possible. This presentation looks at three companies that should be commended for their attempts to become more sustainable.
  • 3. IKEA IKEA sells more furniture than any other company on the planet. Fortunately, the company understands how important sustainability is to their continued success. On the People & Planet section of their website, the company states that it is working towards 100% renewable energy producing as much as we consume in our operations and sourcing all of our wood from more sustainable sources by 2020 (People & Planet). Additionally, the company sources all of its cotton from suppliers that follow Better Cotton standards, and many of its stores utilize solar panels.
  • 4. Unilever Unilever is a consumer goods company that sells its products all over the globe. In 2010 the company adopted a Sustainable Living Plan. Unilever says that the Sustainable Living Plan is our blueprint for achieving our vision to grow our business, whilst decoupling our environmental footprint from our growth and increasing our positive social impact (Sustainable Living). Since first adopting the plan the company has seen success with reducing waste. In fact, CEO Paul Polman was awarded the 2015 Champion of the Earth Award by the United Nations.
  • 5. Patagonia Patagonia is a popular clothing retailer headquartered in California. The company is very concerned about the environment and consumers habits. In the past, it has released ads that actually urge people to refrain from buying things they dont need, and this includes Patagonia products. Patagonia also instituted a repair program so that customers can get extended use out of their products instead of buying additional items. The company is B Corp certified which means that an outside organization (B Lab) assess its performance to ensure it meets a certain level of environmental performance.