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Corporate responses to social issues

10th April 2018
Here are some recent examples of businesses responding to growing consumer awareness and concern about environmental challenges such as plastic pollution, deforestation and the sugar content of foods and drinks.
In each case, businesses must consider their own commercial interests with a wider conception of the stakeholders involved in production and consumption. Ultimately one can argue that decisive steps to lower carbon footprint, reduce sugar content and address the negative externalities associated with waste is good for the bottom line too.
Examples:
- Iceland supermarkets to ban palm oil in all products
- Waitrose pledges to phase out disposable coffee cups in stores by the end of 2018
- Why Ribena fans have been left with a bad taste in their mouths
- Apple is now completely green
Follow the tweets below for more on each example.
BREAKING NEWS: We're the UK's first supermarket to commit to removing #palmoil from our own label products by the end of this year! Watch here to find out why...#PalmOilAlarmCall pic.twitter.com/hfGvH2QRDW
— Iceland Foods ❄️ (@IcelandFoods) April 10, 2018
Iceland supermarkets to ban palm oil in all products https://t.co/0yOE3xUBQ0
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) April 10, 2018
Waitrose to remove all disposable coffee cups from shops this year https://t.co/ODypAIUOoR
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) April 10, 2018
Why Ribena fans have been left with a bad taste in their mouths https://t.co/kRsOyZ85xk
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 16, 2018
Energy drinks: UK supermarkets ban sales to under-16s https://t.co/N9jJmdZAmX pic.twitter.com/5IrZ9UalAI
— Fergus Walsh (@BBCFergusWalsh) March 5, 2018
Topical example of sustainability! https://t.co/lmnxi0wQgN
— tutor2u Business (@tutor2uBusiness) April 10, 2018
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