Category: Social Responsibility

Where was the passion?

Posted by Timothy on 06/16/2008 at 10:58 AM

I recently had the privilege to be invited to speak at a conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability with Jem Bendell and Marco Bevolo. The event was being held by a number of different MBA schools from around the world and boasted some top speakers working in the field. I was excited.

Here was a chance to not only speak alongside established practitioners and thinkers, but to be in an environment buzzing with the change leaders of tomorrow; Graduates filled with boundless enthusiasm, perceptive visions, and genuine concern about society and the environment.

And yet I can’t help but walk away from it having felt not only a little disappointed, but worse angry about our direction for tomorrow.
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Organic Soy Wax....

Posted by Timothy on 04/05/2008 at 12:15 AM

When we first started producing our candles we were really the only company on the market. But now there are countless so-called natural candles on the market, many of them preaching about the fact that they make organic candles.

Well as somebody who has been creating 100% natural candles for over four years, let me tell you a secret.... there is no such thing as an organic candle!
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Clooney presses Omega

Posted by Timothy on 03/15/2008 at 2:25 PM

I was interested to read on the BBC that George Clooney was taking a stand against Omega for whom he is a spokesperson.
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