News Articles |
There Are Ethical Corporations
Dec 13, 2004
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Think of a company where the virus that infects people isn’t greed but sustainability. That’s Clif Bar Inc., the $100 million maker of (nearly) organic energy bars. Or imagine a $16 billion retailer taking the risk to expose where its own overseas vendors pay substandard wages and have safety violations. That’s Gap Inc. and its one-of-a-kind Social Responsibility Report. Conjure up a 200-year-old flour maker that’s 100 percent employee owned (King Arthur Flour), and a $45 billion computer maker going door-to-door to take back its products for recycling (Dell, Inc.).
The Creative Economy in Bellows Falls
Dec 01, 2004
Bellows Falls - Lamont Barnett, owner of "The Rock and Hammer" jewelry store in Bellows Falls, exhales as he recalls what downtown Bellows Falls looked like 15 years ago. "At one time, we had a situation where there were only four businesses on this side of the street," he said, pointing to a block where there is now quadruple that number. "Approximately 75 to 80 percent of the retail spaces were vacant." But that was in the dark ages of the early-90s, before what is being called the "creative economy" took hold.
Chroma Happy Being Green
Dec 01, 2004
By investing in energy efficiency when it built its new facility in Rockingham last year, Chroma Technology is now saving money as well as protecting the environment. "Chroma takes great pride in being a 'Green' company," said facilities manager Rick Holloway. "And our efforts in building our new facility are not only paying off in dollars and cents but in cleaner water, cleaner air, and knowing that we have reduced our overall impact on the environment. Although it did cost a little extra up front, the long-term payback is significant."
16th Annual Business Ethics Awards
Nov 11, 2004
For exemplifying the living economy with practices of employee ownership, fair wages, and environmental stewardship. Now in its third year, the Living Economy Award was created to recognize companies that are bringing into being the new economy we seek—the living economy, where firms are locally rooted, human scale, stakeholder-owned, and life-serving. To the people at Chroma Technology of Rockingham, Vt., being such a firm came naturally, almost by accident.
Paul Millman of Chroma Technology Corp.
Apr 01, 2004
Paul Millman's life raises some interesting questions. Like how did a Red-diaper baby from Brooklyn find himself running a $15 million technology company in Bellows Falls? Or, how did a man whose favorite job was tending bar, who was fired from almost every job he ever had, and who was described in a national magazine as "abrasive and opinionated," end up being an "icon" in the high-tech optics industry. Or, why is moving your business from Vermont to New Hampshire like having an affair?
