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• KFC Cuts Trans Fats - As people begin to be more concerned with the food they eat, big businesses are also having to adapt to these changes. KFC is the latest to give in to consumer demand and activist led campaigns that demand change.
• Suing Big Corporate Polluters - First it was tobacco, then fast food, now lawyers are looking at big car makers, oil companies, and utilities. With more than fifteen cases pending, big corporations with a history of polluting the environment are nervously looking over their shoulder.
• Hybrid Car Incentives - While hybrid cars remain more expensive than regular gasoline driven cars, there are corporations and local governments that are offering incentives to think green when buying a vehicle.
• Business Roundtable Report - The Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change has recently reported that if businesses act early, they can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at an affordable price. The report come up with the following points..
• Chevy Tahoe Competition - Sounds like a pretty good marketing gimmick for Chevrolet, and it probably would have been a few years ago. But people are starting to see big gas guzzlers for what they are: a blight on the environment.
• Oil Company wants Ethanol Subsidies Removed - Businesses like to compete on level playing fields, but when you are a major oil company like Exxon Mobil and your company has been reporting ridiculously profitable financial results, it is probably not a good idea to be suggesting the ethanol subsidies should be removed.
• Enron's Andrew Fastow in Court - The Enron drama is unfolding daily on every news channel recently, with the media making it sound more interesting than it probably is. The star prosecution witness, Andrew Fastow is the main man at the moment.
  Fastow was the chief financial officer for Enron that profitted by millions while the company fell down around him.
  
• Starbucks Coffee Challenge - Green LA Girl has challenged Starbucks by setting up an experiment/competition to see if the giant coffee shop chain does what it promises.
• Toyota Camry Hybrid - It's really only motorists that feel strongly about the environment and the impact they have on it that are prepared to pay the extra to own a hybrid, and having such small selection of makes and models to choose from makes them even less attractive.
• General Motors Energy Solution - One of the largest auto makers in the world GM, recently announced its plan to work towards energy independence. Rather than releasing something "cool" and hybrid like Toyota's Prius vehicle, they are taking the path of fuelling the current vehicles on the road and those to come with plant-based ethanol fuel.
• Hybrid Car Demand - The Japanese car manufacturer Toyota is struggling to keep up with the demand for its hybrid powered cars. The environmental blessing of a gas crisis has encouraged consumers to look for more gas friendly vehicles like the popular Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid.
• The Five Steps of Corporate Responsibility - Nike and Nestle learned the hard way: As society changes, we must constantly rethink how we do business. Most corporations pass through five stages as they move toward social responsibility.
• Hybrid Car Talks - GM and Toyota - With oil on the up and oil supplies always on the way out, I'm surprised big car makers havnt pursued more economic cars with a passion! They are starting to trikle out, but hybrid cars should be a part of the mainstream.. for the environment.. and for the sake of leaving a bit of oil in the ground.
  

Posts that are related to Major Companies, but do not focus on the subject..

• 100 Best Corporate Citizens - The engine making company Cummins Inc. has topped the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list for 2005 over at the Business Ethics magazine.
• Record Oil Profits, Record Gas Prices - Big oil companies have been busy defending their recent big profits. Large oil companies have been reporting record profits while the American public have been paying record prices at the gas pumps.