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How the company treats its surrounding community (also see local)

 

This would be a good place to have some information about how to find out about a company's relationship with the surrounding community(ies).

 

Companies with community relations reviews

Involved with Local Food Co-op and Wintergreen. —Source: company contact, 6/14 “Communities for a Better Environment sued Chevron, Unocal (also an initiative funder), and other oil companies for polluting Latino and African-American communities in Los Angeles.” ...
  • Donates 1% of all profits to ecological and humanitarian projects
—Source: www.emeraldvalleykitchen.com
ExxonMobil has been accused of several unethical business practices negatively affecting the world community. ExxonMobil has further alienated many people through PR missteps and a ... Food for Lane County is heavily involved in its community. It is actively engaged in food banks, community gardening, food and fund drives, and working ...
  • HP demonstrates excellent community relations practices. They provide opportunities within their communities, as well as to small women- and minority-owned businesses.
  • HP donated
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Holy Cow buys local ingredients. —Source: http://www.holycowcafe.com/Pages/Cafe.html “Toward the end of the season each year, we host an Annual CSA Farm Day – a cozy gathering of members sharing food, company ... “The company has taken great initiative in revitalizing its hometown of New Brunswick, New Jersey.” —Source:The Women’s Equity Fund: http://www.womens-equity.com/profile/activism.html#T30 For every barrel of beer sold in each area, New Belgium Brewery donates $1 towards local philanthropic causes. —source: http://www.newbelgium.com/ Patagonia is very involved with the community through many of its environmental programs as well as: Creating a National Park: In addition to ... Dairy is supplied from organic valley farmers within 2 hours driving distance from the creamery —Source: Phone call to Employee Assuming this isn't Organic ...
  • Starbucks created the Starbucks Foundation in 1997, which provides grants for literacy programs. So far the foundation has provided over $11 million to more
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Donations to various community groups and organizations (unspecified.) —Source: company contact, 6/19 The Timberland Company is also active in community service, mostly through its sponsorship of the Boston-based City Year (a program labeled as an ...
  • One study found that while local businesses contribute on average 53% of their revenues within local and state economies, Wal-Mart spends just 14% of
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Participate in Rogue River Cleanup and other community involvement, not specified. —Source: company contact, 6/19 “The Community Farm program helps connect consumers directly to our farm and helps us meet one of our goals of producing quality basic foods for ... “We have developed a close link with our local food bank, and through the combined effort from our labor and donations from the community we ...

 

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