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		<title>Are North American Automakers Ready for a New Paradigm?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The state of the North American auto industry has become an internationally relevant crisis that few of us can ignore. Of course, many of us will say ‘they had it coming’, and we environmentalists will secretly welcome the prospect of an end to business models and marketing responsible for spewing forth parking lots full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=67&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LCA is the answer, but who bears responsibility?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately there have been some interesting headlines. &#8220;Hybrids less sustainable than Hummers&#8221; was the general gist of a CNW report analyzing so-called &#8216;dust to dust&#8217; emissions impacts from manufacture and use, a full life-cycle analysis (LCA) if you will. Are there some tenuous assumptions at the root of this? Probably. Is there any truth to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=66&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Towards a Sustainable Model for Mining Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The announcement last week about the Clinton-Guistra Sustainable Growth Initiative got me thinking again about a recurring subject of interest- how to meet the challenge of sustainability in the mining and resource sector. The Clinton-Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative, a plan to bring together mining companies to provide funds for sustainable third-world development is significant not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=20&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dion&#8217;s Environmental Bull (Market)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that hearing a political leader talking about market-based mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions in a way that makes sense gets me.. right.. there.. I start to get all teary and dream of the possibility that this country (or any country for that matter) might actually elect someone who can do something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=58&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s about risk, stupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Anda, in a recent article in the Financial Times, proves that climate change action isn&#8217;t just for environmentalists anymore. A legislated carbon cap-and-trade system is in my mind the no-brainer of the decade.. I have yet to see an argument convincing enough to persuade me otherwise. While it seems that by now each side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=46&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tata &amp; The Constructed Limits of Social Enterprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tata has been in the news recently with its announced acquisition of Corus steel, making it a major global player in the industry. For anyone interested in social enterprise and social responsibility you should definitely take a look at this company. Also, for those who have the time, here is a reflection piece I wrote [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=37&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article of the Week</title>
		<link>http://danders.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/article-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a little old, but I just came across it today. If you&#8217;re like me and love a good CSR dust-up, you should check this article out on Reason Online &#8211; CEO&#8217;s of Whole Foods and Cypress Semiconducter square off with each other and Milton Friedman.
My Scoring of the bout:
Mackey: 2
Friedman: 1
Rodgers: 0
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		<title>Between the Lines: Recognizing the middle ground in the SRI debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), championed by specialized research firms such as Innovest, has been promoted as not only fulfillng an ethical and moral role of contributing to sustainable business practices, but also as a way to realize financial returns above those of more traditional market indices. However, there are many on both sides of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=23&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Trading &amp; the Entrepreneurial Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of US States have agreed to implement a carbon trading systems despite opposition of such from the federal government. Now Australian states are heading in the same direction by contemplating opening a carbon market, despite outright opposition from prime minister John Howard, who argues that such a system would impact Australia&#8217;s coal industry. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=16&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart as Sustainability Champion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Anders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April, I noticed an article in the Globe and Mail about Wal-Mart stores beginning to practice eco-efficiency, using less packaging, and even installing wind turbines outside stores. At the time, this seemed like a step in the right direction, but too early to tell whether this was the beginning of a sustainable strategy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danders.wordpress.com&blog=324294&post=9&subd=danders&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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