Comments on: Do Companies Help the Environment by Going It Alone on Green Labelling? http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/do-companies-help-the-environment-by-going-it-alone-on-green-labelling-168/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:34:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/do-companies-help-the-environment-by-going-it-alone-on-green-labelling-168/comment-page-1/#comment-352293 Jennifer Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:16:21 +0000 http://www.commonsensepr.com/2008/02/17/do-companies-help-the-environment-by-going-it-alone-on-green-labelling/#comment-352293 Well, one might hope that consumers look into things before making a purchase. No matter what sort of green or fair trade label something has, it's still our responsibility to visit corporate sites and see what if anything the company is saying about their practices. Plus there are watchdog organizations that help monitor. Blindly buying because of a label is not very smart. That said, I think we should have a few labels across the board. Too many is confusing to many consumers I think. Plus, it's almost like false advertising. If your company is the sole monitor of your green efforts it doesn't say much to me. Although, there are companies with their own labels who do good things. I guess it comes back to consumers doing a little research. Well, one might hope that consumers look into things before making a purchase. No matter what sort of green or fair trade label something has, it’s still our responsibility to visit corporate sites and see what if anything the company is saying about their practices. Plus there are watchdog organizations that help monitor. Blindly buying because of a label is not very smart.

That said, I think we should have a few labels across the board. Too many is confusing to many consumers I think. Plus, it’s almost like false advertising. If your company is the sole monitor of your green efforts it doesn’t say much to me. Although, there are companies with their own labels who do good things. I guess it comes back to consumers doing a little research.

]]> By: Ike http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/do-companies-help-the-environment-by-going-it-alone-on-green-labelling-168/comment-page-1/#comment-352292 Ike Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:42:59 +0000 http://www.commonsensepr.com/2008/02/17/do-companies-help-the-environment-by-going-it-alone-on-green-labelling/#comment-352292 The truth is that life is about making waste. Everything has a cost. The sooner we're honest about those costs and tradeoffs, the better decisions we'll make. (And *that* is a true free-market solution...) I fear that most of this labeling and logomotion is the real enemy of transparency. Too many are assuaged by the label to bother reading the fine print. The truth is that life is about making waste. Everything has a cost. The sooner we’re honest about those costs and tradeoffs, the better decisions we’ll make. (And *that* is a true free-market solution…)

I fear that most of this labeling and logomotion is the real enemy of transparency. Too many are assuaged by the label to bother reading the fine print.

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