[Sdpg] Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Win First Green Business Leader Award Coop America
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Mon Nov 24 13:01:40 PST 2003
NEWS RELEASE http://www.coopamerica.org/newsroom/releases/111203.htm
November 12, 2003
For Immediate Release Contact: Amanda Johnson
Co-op America; (202) 872-5344
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Win First Green
Business Leader Award
Recognized for demonstrating outstanding
leadership in advancing the
Green Business Movement
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Green Business Leader
Award was given by
Co-op America's Business Network to Dr.
Bronner's Magic Soaps at the first
annual Green Business Conference held November
4th-7th in San Francisco.
The Green Business Leader Award was created to
recognize an extraordinary
company or business leader that has led the way
in creating a just and
sustainable society, and whose efforts are at
the forefront of the green
business movement.
Co-op America, a national nonprofit consumer
education organization for
environmentally responsible purchasing and
investing, works with over 2,200
green businesses nationwide, and Dr. Bronner's
was selected for the award
from these businesses, for its outstanding and
long-time commitment to
socially and environmentally responsible
business practices.
Alisa Gravitz, executive director of Co-op
America, said, "This award
recognizes a business that exemplifies
sustainable practices for many years.
While the Green Business Movement has
increasingly reached a broader
consumer audience, -- with more and more
consumers purchasing organic,
natural, and energy efficient products from
responsible companies -- the
movement is where it is today only because of
the hard work and dedication
of the movement leaders like Dr. Bronner's, and
they deserve our recognition."
Five businesses were nominated for the award,
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps,
Maggie's Organics, Organic Valley, Seventh
Generation, and Thanksgiving
Coffee, and all are taking steps to further the
green business movement. The
winner was chosen through a ballot process, with
each person attending the
Green Business Conference getting one vote.
Dr. Bronner's was selected, due to their
dedication not only to the movement,
but also to the environment and the community.
For over 50 years Dr.
Bronner's has been making ecological soaps and
recently introduced certified
organic oils. These often-called 'magic' soaps
can be used for everyday
washing, dishwashing, laundry, toothpaste, and
much more. David Bronner,
President of Dr. Bronner's said, "Coop America
has been an inspiration for us
to become an ever more socially and ecologically
responsible company. All
of us at Dr. Bronner's are deeply honored to
receive this award."
The award was crafted by Rivanna Natural
Designs, a green company.
About Co-op America
Co-op America is the leading national nonprofit
organization for responsible
consumer and business education.
Co-op America's Green Business Conference is a
first-time gathering of
hundreds of environmentally and socially
responsible companies from across
the country to work together to learn from each
other and advance the green
business movement.
About Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps
Dr. Bronner's was founded with a commitment to
providing healthy products
manufactured through socially and
environmentally responsible means. Their
dedication to the green business movement can be
seen all the way to the
top executive. David Bronner, President of Dr.
Bronner's, is a board member of
both Vote Hemp and the HIA, and is the chair of
the HIA's Food and Oil
Committee. David is the primary coordinator of
the hemp industry's legal
battle with the DEA over the legality of hemp
foods. He also is the primary
architect of the hemp industry's TestPledge program.
Dr. Bronner's joined over 400 other Co-op
America business members in
signing the Co-op America WoodWise Pledge to
reduce company impact on
forests. In the spirit of this pledge, their bar
soap paper label and inner liner
are now a 10 percent hempflax and 90 percent
post-consumer recycled blend.
Their work for the environment and the community
also includes:
To support sustainable agriculture, farm
worker health and ecological
processing methods, Dr. Bronner's bar soaps
are now all made with
organic oils certified under the USDA's
organic food regulations by
Oregon Tilth.
Dr. Bronner's qualifies for the Coalition
for Consumer Information on
Cosmetics' rabbit and stars logo, which
certifies, via independent audit,
that all ingredients are not tested on animals.
The Bronner family and company supports
industrial hemp as a
sustainable crop, through efforts including
Vote Hemp and the Hemp
Industries Association (HIA).
In the last five years, Dr. Bronner's
charitable gifting to social and
environmental causes has roughly matched
their total after-tax income.
They annually give profit sharing and
bonuses totaling over $10,000 per
employee for warehouse positions.
Executive compensation is capped at five
times that of the lowest-paid
position. Employees annually receive 15
percent of salary paid into a
retirement/profit-sharing plan, up to 25
percent of salary as a bonus,
and a no-deductible PPO health insurance
plan for themselves and
their families.
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