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Business Network News
March 9, 2006
Co-op
America Seeks Partnership on Fair Trade Coffee
Co-op America is seeking to develop a Co-op America branded Fair Trade coffee program in partnership with a coffee roaster that is a member of Co-op America’s Green Business Network™. If you think you would like to partner with Co-op America on this project, addressing the points outlined below, please submit a proposal to Erin Gorman no later than March 17, :
- Fair Trade certified and/or provided by a member of the Fair
Trade Federation buying from coffee cooperatives on the FLO registry
- Organic certified. Transitional organics will also be considered
with proper verification.
- Available to consumers through the internet AND by phone.
- Packaged with Co-op America's name and logo (specifiy how your
business would address the presentation.)
- Regular, caffeinated coffee—additional decaf and flavored
options a plus.
- Co-op America receives a donation of 5% to 20%.
Co-op America’s Mutual Funds Campaign Gains Momentum
Co-op America’s campaign to get the largest American mutual funds—Fidelity, Vanguard, and American Funds—to vote in favor of shareholder resolutions encouraging companies to address global warming is picking up steam, with coverage in the Boston Globe and Financial Times.
Co-op America and our allies at Ceres
are leading the charge to get mutual funds to wake up to global
climate risk and save American retirement funds and the environment.
Climate change is a growing threat to our planet and poses tremendous risks to our economy, but most major corporate polluters fail to take responsibility for their own climate change impact.
According to Alisa Gravitz, Co-op America Executive Director and
Vice President of the Social Investment Forum, “Investment
analysts and scientists have been warning corporate America that
the time is now to address global warming or else risk enormous
financial losses and lawsuits. Mutual funds, responsible for the
retirement investments of millions of investors, should be at the
forefront of shareholders encouraging companies to address global
warming.”
Tell mutual funds to act »
Wal-Mart
Guide Arrives In Mailboxes
The most recent issue of the Co-op America Quarterly is in the mail. Detailing Wal-Mart’s unsustainable business model step by step, the guide focuses on actions you can take on your own and with your community to stop Wal-Mart and build a more sustainable economy.
And don’t miss reading about Denise Hamler’s (Co-op America's Green Business Network™ Director) tale of fighting a WalMart development in her racially diverse neighborhood outside Washington DC.
Add your voice to our “No Wal-Mart” pledge »
Order extra copies of the Wal-Mart issue of the Co-op America Quarterly
by calling 800/58-GREEN.
Co-op America celebrates The Great Bear Rainforest Campaign Victory
The Great Bear Rainforest agreement which has been in the making for 10 years has been signed protecting 5.2 million acres of temperate rainforest —including 100 old–growth river valleys in Canada. It also changes logging practices and provides First Nations with more control over their territories. It has also helped to create a $120 million fund to invest in sustainable businesses on the coast.
The campaign was a collaborate of many non-profits including Co-op America, Greenpeace, ForestEthics, NRDC, RAN, Sierra Club and others.
Learn
more at www.forestethics.org »
Green Books, Films, and Flowers Help Build the Green Economy
Your purchases of books, films, and flowers through three of Co-op America’s partners trigger donations to Co-op America’s green economy campaigns.
BooksWeLike.net—get books and more and a portion of your purchase will go to Co-op America.
Ironweed Film Club—get great independent films.
Organic Bouquet—and make sure to purchase the special Co-op America Bouquet!