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  August 23, 10:19 AM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Whole Foods defines and labels "locally grown" as, "Only produce that has traveled less than a day (7 or fewer hours) from the farm to our facility." But even organic produce has a carbon footprint. So what is a "localvore" to do when Whole Foods

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  August 18, 8:42 AM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  SUVs and trucks are big sellers, even with the recent drop-off in sales. Yet when polled, three-quarters of Americans support increased fuel-efficiency, and this includes those who own the gas-guzzling, carbon-emitting trucks and such. Why the

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  July 27, 12:17 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Waiting to pull the trigger on financials might be a good call. During the 1998 Asian Credit Crisis and the 1994/95 Mexican Peso devaluation, once the disturbance was over,

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  July 18, 10:55 AM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Have you been itching to buy FirstSolar (FSLR), but nervous to get on board with the stock going hyperbolic? If yes, Barrons just did a front page story on how FSLR "may get singed." Given the stock's unbelievable run over recent weeks, investors are

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  July 13, 1:24 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  The backlash on the green trend has finally arrived, and the question now is if the current wave of environmentalism has staying power. Our favorite recent article for clarity and wisdom comes from an article in the New York Review of Books about

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  June 26, 1:18 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  SRI has become the de facto term for investing for both financial and (purportedly) social return. Whether by avoiding investments in companies that one dislikes, purposefully investing in companies that one likes or investing in companies that are

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  June 20, 4:07 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Scotts Miracle-Gro, the stodgy, 139-year old lawn chemicals company that has annual revenues of $2.7 billion and an approximate 59% share in the plant food market, has decided it needs to place a lawsuit against TerraCycle, a three-year old,

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  June 14, 10:56 AM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  It is apparent that fears of overcapacity in the ethanol sector are worsening, stalling the progress of major US ethanol players such as Aventine Renewable Energy, VeraSun, and US Bioenerg. An April 27 report issued by Lehman Brothers indicated that

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  June 5, 10:35 AM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Big Oil is getting more money from your pocket that you might imagine -- in the form of your tax dollars. As we know, Big Oil has enjoyed record profits for more than a year now. Indeed, this year first quarter earnings for big oil companies was one of

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  May 30, 12:25 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  In a program on NPR, Innovest Group analyst Greg Larkin mentions that Citigroup, among others, are undertaking sizable plans to assess the opportunities and risks associated with addressing climate change, and that this is more than just good public

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  Polysilicon Shortage, Cloth Diapers, Solar Stocks & More . . .

  May 21, 3:35 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  The polysilicon

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  Citigroup Makes Nice with the Environment (Sort Of) & More...

  May 16, 3:04 PM by The Panelist in Corporate Responsibility

  Citigroup

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  May 1, 12:09 PM by The Panelist in About TreeHugger

  The Panelist is a socially conscious investing site that believes that investing and expressing one's personal values do not have to be mutually exclusive