Occupy Wall Street has grown into a movement that has spread throughout the country and around the world. Ben & Jerry’s, producers of ice cream with a social mission, have announced their support. Read their statement. In the course of a month, Occupy Wall Street has evolved from a handful of protesters taking over a small piece of New York’s financial district to a movement that…

Hershey remains in the headlines. The  "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" Campaign has spread the word about Hershey’s labor issues. Last week, reports surfaced about Hershey. This time the exploitation was not occurring on cocoa farms in West Africa, but much closer to home. On August 17th hundreds of foreign student workers organized a sit-in at a Hershey packing plant in Pennsylvania to protest…

  Aubrey W. Hampton, founder and CEO of Aubrey Organics, a GBN member for many years, passed away on May 9th after a brief illness. A true pioneer in natural hair and skin care, he paved the way for the natural products industry by making plant-based, synthetic free personal care products. Today, his hair and skin care line is sold around the world. Growing up on an organic farm in…

  The Green Eco Show, an eco-fashion show in its third year, will be held in Seattle, August 27 and is seeking eco-fashion designers to enter. The show will accept six garments per designer which represent green fashion. Fair Trade garments are encouraged. All designers are screened. The fee to enter garments is $75.00 and all garments will be returned, via shipping to non-local…

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Adidas plans to reduce its environmental impact by 15% by 2015 and source all of its cotton sustainably by 2018, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The report details the company’s plans over the next five years. With most of their production outsourced, Adidas has teamed up with other industry giants to build critical mass for the need of decreasing…

Two years after Coca-Cola Co. unveiled a bottle made partly from plant materials, PepsiCo says it is introducing a better one: the world's first plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based materials. Pepsi announced a new "green" bottle that is 100 percent recyclable and made from bio-based raw materials, including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks.  In the future, the company…

Seventh Generation, leading producer of sustainable household products, announced that its Board of Directors has named John Replogle to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer and President. Repogle has served as the CEO of leading green personal care products company Burt’s Bees since 2006, and was previously the general manager of Unilever’s skin care division in North America.…

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Last Monday, Hershey, one of the largest and oldest chocolate manufacturers in the US, released its first-ever corporate social responsibility report. According to a counter report released at the same time by Green America, Global Exchange, ILRF, and Oasis USA, Hershey failed to outline a credible plan for ensuring that its supply chains are free of forced labor, human trafficking, and abusive…