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6 strategies to promote gratitude in the workplace
Expressing gratitude in the workplace, even for the small things, is a big strategy for improving productivity and making employees feel appreciated and valued. Creating a grateful company culture can help beat burnout and keeps people excited about coming to work and succeeding as a team. This Read More...
Flashfood app benefits stores, customers, and the environment
Canadian grocery stores have evolved past pink-tagged discount shelves and have come up with a higher-tech discounted food program that benefits shoppers, stores, and the environment. The Flashfood app allows participating grocery stores to list foods that are up to two weeks from expiring at a Read More...
Alphabet launches new project to protect our oceans
Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is famous for its ambitious projects, but its latest mission might be the biggest of all: protecting the sea and its aquatic inhabitants. The new project, which is called Tidal, is starting with a camera system that can help fish farmers monitor and, Read More...
Parents can now compost baby diapers through this subscription service
Disposable diapers, though a blessing for convenience, have been a blight on the environment; in the United States alone, an average of 20 billion disposable diapers are tossed into the trash annually, and they take about 500 years to decompose. Now parents have another option: shipping their Read More...
Plant-based meat sandwiches will be available in Canadian Starbucks stores
From pumpkin spice lattes to frappuccinos, Starbucks is famous for its signature menu items. Next week, a fake meat meal will join the menu as the coffee giant unveils its Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich in stores across Canada. Earlier this year, Starbucks announced its new corporate Read More...
Yelp will now let users search for women-owned businesses
If you’re looking for anything from the best local cuisine to a great nail salon, Yelp is the place to go. The popular business rating and review platform is making some changes in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8 and will allow users to search specifically for women-owned Read More...
The bubbles in your beverage could be helping mitigate climate change
Yesterday we shared our ultimate guide to choosing the best carbon offsets. Another increasingly popular carbon reduction strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change is carbon capture. Climeworks is a carbon capture company based in Switzerland. The vast majority of the CO2 they remove Read More...
How to make fun a real part of your company culture
Besides making working lives more enjoyable, there is strong evidence that fun in the workplace packs a powerful punch in terms of organizational benefits. For instance, one study in the restaurant industry found employee turnover was reduced when employees perceived their work environment as being Read More...
Kellogg’s pledges to clean up its act with palm oil reforms
Green pledges from companies such as Starbucks and H&M show that consumer pressure does have an impact on corporate behavior. In another win for consumer activists this week, Kellogg’s is responding to an online petition started by two sisters a year ago and taking a stand against Read More...
Kickstarter becomes first major tech company to unionize
Full-time employees at Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding website, have voted to unionize after nearly a year of staff organizing. That makes Kickstarter the first major tech company to unionize, paving the way for other companies in the industry to do the same. The organizing group has Read More...