http://www.hipinvestor.com Human Impact + Profit = HIP Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:36:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BY LEE COKER Whole Foods (WFMI) HIP practices:  Perishable items comprise 67% of sales, meaning fresh food for customers.  As the first mover, Whole Foods proved large demand for quality fresh foods, sparking food retailers to offer more organic, artisan, and/or local products – a benefit for more customers than they ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/whats-hip-and-not-so-much-about-your-grocer-by-lee-coker/ BY LEE COKER As consumers and investors alike begin to realize that the decisions we make with our money have a dramatic effect on the world’s social and ecological systems, there is increased pressure for our nation’s major grocers to go “green”.  People of all backgrounds are beginning to ask their ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/how-hip-is-your-grocer-by-lee-coker/ HIP Investor Roundtables Now Accessible on the Web HIP Investor’s popular Roundtable Series is now being delivered online and coming straight to your computer wherever you are! At each “webinar” session, a new industry or hot topic will be explored with thorough analysis and rich discussion led by HIP’s CEO + ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/hip-at-your-desktop-green-real-estate/ Enterprise Rent-A-Car, likely the most customer-friendly in the industry, is positioning itself to make more money. How? By appointing Pamela Nicholson, who's worked her way up from the front-line ranks when the company was only 200 people over 27 years ago, to the role of President in this family-owned private ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/want-to-make-more-money-hire-women-to-lead/ Wharton Professor Uncovers Link between Employee Satisfaction and Shareholder Value Dr. Alex Edmans, an assistant professor at the Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, just released a new analysis demonstrating that companies with high employee satisfaction and recognized by Fortune magazine's "Best Companies to Work For" list, tend to have ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/news/proving-hip-approaches-work/ HIP’s August 2008 Investor Roundtable featured a mix of real estate innovators: Ritesh Patel of Virtu Investments shared the company’s approach to sustainability through its Green Living Program, and described how energy conservation, water conservation, and waste reduction efforts across its properties have resulted in up to 20% cost savings; Virtu ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/roundtable-roundup-green-real-estate/ Sustainable or ‘green’ apparel represents $3 billion, a still small portion of the overall $450 billion global apparel market. Due to a convergence of global trends and consumer attitudes, however, the sector is poised for substantial growth through 2008 and beyond. In addition to emerging designers and small-scale producers, major ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/september-9-investor-roundtable-sustainable-apparel/ Join HIP Investor's rapidly growing Investor Roundtable Series and learn about some of the HIPpest companies in the sustainable apparel industry. Through speakers from leading and innovative apparel companies and discussion, the Roundtable will address how companies simultaneously solve customer needs, benefit society and the environment, and make money for ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/uncategorized/september-9th-sustainable-apparel/ As the world’s largest retailer, Walmart serves 200 million customers with nearly 2 million staff and a base of 60,000-plus suppliers, who provide the products to sell – which also contribute 90% of the chain’s total environmental footprint.  Byy one estimate, the total revenues of Walmart’s suppliers equal one-third of ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/hip-perspectives/walmarts-scorecard-on-sustainability-coming-soon/ “Transparency: Risk or Opportunity?” Sept. 22, New York City, NY; Organized and Moderated by Framework CR Chief Financial Officers and General Counsels are wondering about the upside returns (and downside risks) of more transparency, a core element of Trust. HIP’s CEO R. Paul Herman will join Framework CR’s Kathee Rebernak and others ... http://www.hipinvestor.com/events/sept-22-nyc-transparency-risk-or-opportunity/