Tag Archives: stakeholders

The Paul Newman Way to Buy Office Supplies: The ‘Give Something Back’ Story

Give Something Back, an office supply company with an unusual business model, won two accolades from Inc. Magazine in the same year; it was billed as one of the country’s fastest growing companies and lampooned as the worst corporate name in America. I spoke with Give Something Back’s Mike Hannigan about a new set of […]

What Capitalism Can do for Do-Gooding Companies: B Corporation is Setting the Standard

Jay Coen Gilbert of B Lab, the non-profit that certifies and supports B Corporations, distinguishes between good companies versus good marketing, and how B Lab is supporting the broader social shift from green businesses to good businesses. What are B Corporations? B Corporations are a new kind of company that use the power of business […]