The Greenwash: Recent Episodes
Vicente Escriva
There is a growing understanding that companies do not exist in a vacuum. They live in communities, affect the lives of their consumers, suppliers, and employees in deep and meaningful ways. Sometimes this is positive, sometimes this is a disaster, but how they communicate about these interactions is often subpar compared the products they create. This podcast attempts to demystify and put into plain language the CSR reports almost every major company produces and almost every consumer ignores.
Starbucks: 2018 Global Social Impact Report
CEO: Kevin Johnson
Founded: March 31, 1971, Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA
2018 Revenue: $24.72 Billion
The report can be found here: https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/global-report
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In this episode, we review Wells Fargo. This longstanding financial institution has had some brushes with less than traditional values in their more recent history. Does the report put out by their CSR department clear the air or get that stagecoach stuck in the mud?
Established on Mach 18, 1851
Revenue in 2018: $86.41B
Report Link: https://www.wellsfargo.com/assets/pdf/about/corporate-responsibility/2018-corporate-responsibility-report.pdf
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2018 Nintentdo CSR report: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/csr/en/index.html
Recorded March 2019
Nintendo:
$9.95 Billion in revenue 2018.
Established 1889
Employees: 5501
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