Our ideas spread organically through our products, our website, this report….. They take root and regenerate themselves in the larger community and the cycle begins anew – each time extending and transforming the spheres of influence.
spheres of influence
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40 Towards Systems Thinking 43 Educating Others
Letter from Jeffrey Hollender Our Company Our Global Imperatives This Report
Making a Difference
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10 Achievements and Goals
Highlights of 2007 Corporate Consciousness Goals Corporate Consciousness 2007 Progress towards our 2010 Goals Change it, 2007
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14 Our Products
New Products Collaboration with WAGES The Science Behind Our Product Improvements Labeling Label Us Responsible Collaboration with MBDC Reviewing Our Labels and Claims Reviewing Product Safety
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47 Our Advocacy Climate Change
22 Our New Scents 24 Creating a Regenerative System Sustainable Ingredient Sourcing Traceability Study Manufacturing Partners Annual Report (MPAR) Our Warehousing Partners Product Transportation Our Supply Chain Strategy Materials and Packaging Packaging Our Materials Recycled and Renewable Materials
Our Website Web Redesign Educating Consumers: Home Healthy Home Our Chief Inspired Protagonist on Tour New Ways of Reaching Out Educating Retailers: The GIVE Program Wee Generation Tampontification
57 Awards and Memberships
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49 Soap and Detergent Association 50 Economic Performance and Giving
Economic Performance Giving Our Giving Philosophy Our double digit sales growth Planting Trees in New Orleans
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53 Our Community
Growth Diversity Our Work Life Building Connections Our Benefits Governance Our Workplace Environmental Stewardship in Our Burlington Office Our Recycling Efforts Our Purchasing Criteria
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2007 Awards Fast Company Social Capitalist Award Memberships B Corporations Partial List of Other Memberships
GRI—C Standard Elements Profile Disclosures Standard Disclosures Organizational Profile Report Profile, Scope, Boundary, and Global Reporting Initiative Index Economic Performance Indicators Environmental Performance Indicators Labor Practices and Decent Work Performance Indicators Society Performance Indicators Product Responsibility Performance Indicators and Marketing Report Assurance
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62 Appendix A—Report Glossary
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35 2X Concentrate Laundry Detergent
37 C42: Reducing Our
Environmental Footprint
Carbon Reduction Greenhouse Gas Accounting
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Letter from Jeffrey Hollender
Jeffrey Hollender, President & Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation
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Seventh Generation, Inc. | Corporate Consciousness Report for 2007
Letter from Jeffrey Hollender
In the pages that follow, you will read of our progress and setbacks
over the past year in making Seventh Generation as responsible and sustainable as it can possib
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