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...quotes stand out in your section on responsibility pioneers. Amy Domini says, "The future of the planet is as important as an earnings report." I had hoped the planet ranked a bit higher. Trash-free Melissa Schweisguth says, "I live my life in a way that aligns with my values." So do the rest of us, Melissa. That's the problem. Tom Hoogterp, Engadine, Mich...
...quotes stand out in your section on responsibility pioneers [Sept. 21]. Amy Domini says, "The future of the planet is as important as an earnings report." I had hoped the planet ranked a bit higher. Trash-free Melissa Schweisguth says, "I live my life in a way that aligns with my values." So do the rest of us, Melissa. That's the problem...
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...Everyone has their own standards," says Greg Carlson, an analyst at investment tracker Morningstar. "There's no clear line between what's socially responsible and what's not." That's how two respected socially responsible benchmarks--Calvert Social Index and Domini 400 Social Index--wind up holding different groups of companies. While Calvert doesn't hold McDonald's because it fails the index's labor-practices screen, Domini does. And though Domini rejects Pfizer partly on the basis of its environmental record and product-safety issues, Calvert includes the drug giant. "You have a lot of companies where reasonable people...
Activists have managed to push two major wholesalers into Fair Trade. Sara Lee began offering Fair Trade coffee after institutional clients--hospitals and universities--demanded it. Meanwhile, groups led by Domini Social Investments, which manages $1.8 billion, jolted P&G, the nation's biggest coffee company, with a shareholder resolution demanding that it consider Fair Trade. After protest rallies and a grass-roots campaign, P&G last September launched a Fair Trade line under its gourmet Millstone brand. So far, it is sold only by mail order, but P&G signed an agreement with activists to begin offering...