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Grounds
for Change is proud to be a member of the Green
America Busniess Network, the original socially responsible
business network founded in 1982.
To qualify for membership in the Green America
Business Network, businesses are screened on the basis of
the following criteria (from the Green America website):
- Product quality
- Promotion and support of consumers' health and safety
- Organically grown contents
- Cruelty-free production
- Energy usage, efficiency, and promotion/use of renewables
- Waste reduction
- Promotion of positive education and social values
- Environmental impact and protection of the biosphere
- Minimal/reusable packaging
- Social and environmental responsibility of third-party
producers
- Employee safety and healthy working conditions
- Fair labor practices
- Decision-making, ownership, and financial equity within
the company
- Workplace ecology
- Transparency and openness in communications with stakeholders
- Community impact and commitment to Fair Trade
In addition, they consider each company's
impact on its four major stakeholders: their customers, their
employees (including workers in their supply chain), the environment,
and the communities in which they do businesses and where
their business has an impact. They also confirm whether the
company is "values-driven;" i.e., is there a focus
on using the business as a tool for positive social change? |
