Word: timberland
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...realities of climate change can't be ignored - a world where resources are scarcer and temperatures are rising will demand other ways of doing business, or companies will go out of business. "We all should realize that carbon has a cost," says Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of the shoe company Timberland...
...some of the ostentatious antics rappers are best known for, including “steady chasing the fame,” “oversize clothes and the chains,” those that are “still makin’ it rain,” rims, and Timberland boots.Paired with the distinctly tweaked soul sound of Kanye West, “The Blueprint 3” plays out like a smoky reminiscence of days gone by with equal parts bravado and modesty. On “A Star is Born,” he graciously plays the part...
...effect a code of conduct for them. Since 2004, Gap has been publishing information about the factories it uses and those it has stopped doing business with. Last year HP followed suit, becoming one of the first computer manufacturers to apply similar transparency to its global supply chain. Timberland now prints a detailed label for its shoes, noting on each pair the company's material and energy usage...
...ethical consumerism. Only 59% of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies have publicly available environmental policies. Fewer than 8% of companies go to the trouble of having a third party verify their CSR reports, which many consumers don't bother to read. As Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland and a leader in corporate responsibility, noted recently, "The vast majority of our consumers buy Timberland products because the shoe fits ... not because we maintain a measurably higher standard of human-rights practice...
...very challenging, but it has a lot of inherent variety and intellectual interest.”A SHORT HIATUSIn her early years at HMC, Mendillo gained experience investing nearly all of the endowment’s major asset classes. She also assembled the University’s pioneering timberland portfolio, which helps hedge risk from traditional equity investments. When Mendillo took the helm at HMC last summer, real assets—like timber, agricultural land, and real estate—comprised roughly a quarter of the then-$37 billion endowment.Eventually, during these early years, she became vice president of external...