Citizens is a Good Corporate Citizen
March 1, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
This week Citizens Insurance proved to be a good corporate citizen of their home town Howell, Michigan. Partnering with the local parks and recreation authority, the financial firm opened the Howell Teen Center Internet Cafe. Let’s hope the impressionable young people spend a little of that online time building financial literacy.
In addition to a $15,000 grant from Citizens’ parent company’s foundation, The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation, several Citizens employees along with other community members worked together to help build and furnish for the teen resource.
“I am very pleased that Citizens was able to support our community’s youth through this donation. But, …read more
Sustainable Advice from Honest Tea’s TeaEO
March 26, 2008 by Ali
Filed under Small Business
Seth Goldman is the TeaEO of Honest Tea, one of the most successful organic bottled beverage companies which after just a decade of brewing up business has become a hot commodity in a very crowded industry. In February 2008, Honest Tea sold 40% to Coca-Cola for $43 million.
Behind the success of the USDA organic Honest Teas is a sustainable philosophy, but there’s a lot more to it says founder Seth Goldman and he’s sharing his secrets of sustainable success over at Green Biz:
More and more entrepreneurs are striving to strike such a balance between profit and principle, asking themselves, …read more





