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Relan
Turning Local Garbage Into Packaging Materials Turning Local Garbage Into Packaging Materials
We partner with a local food shelf to reuse the cardboard boxes from their food shipments for shipping our products. We partner with a local business to reuse their bubble wrap in our packaging. The bubble wrap was being discarded into the dumpster. Not a bad way to recycle and reduce shipping costs!
Relan
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Zenith Talent
Uniting, Informing & Sharing Uniting, Informing & Sharing
Competition in the recruiting industry can be fierce, but we adamantly believe that there’s a place for everyone together. We attend industry conferences as keynote speakers, sharing our wisdom, insight, and information to show how people can unite to make a difference, while still profiting and producing optimal results for clients. We give motivated individuals…
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Etsy
Using Materials Mindfully Using Materials Mindfully
We strive to understand the impact of all our business decisions, including the everyday materials we use. Our Brand Design team creates Etsy’s functional, promotional, and marketing materials—from tote bags to large trade show displays. In accordance with our values, the team challenges themselves to approach each project with sustainability in mind. We consider the…
Etsy
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Getaround
Using Technology to Help the Planet Thrive Using Technology to Help the Planet Thrive
Using Technology to Help the Planet Thrive We help the planet thrive by being a realistic alternative to car ownership. Our on-demand community powered cars let you instantly rent a car near you. We do this through technology called the Getaround Connect™ which empowers car owners to share their cars. This impacts the local economy…
Getaround
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Mindvalley
Video Cover Letters Video Cover Letters
Because of the sheer number of resumes and applications we were receiving, we decided to innovate on our hiring process by requiring all applicants to record a short video cover letter telling us about why they deserve to fill the role and what their values are in life. As a result, there are hundreds of…
Mindvalley
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Vancity
Vision Check Vision Check
We launched an employee-led process called V-check (for vision check) to identify systemic contradictions between what we say and what we do. We focused on policies and procedures for lending and account opening for personal members and small-business lending. In most cases, the process identified that contradictions were not an issue but that we had…
Vancity
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Mindvalley
We Encourage Role Customization & Provide Mentorship We Encourage Role Customization & Provide Mentorship
Because employee growth and transparency are important to us at Mindvalley, most of our meetings are open for anyone to attend regardless of their current teams. Employees are also encouraged to customize their own roles in the company to develop their skills – even if it means joining a new team and a new department…
Mindvalley
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Mindvalley
We Inspire Local Talent We Inspire Local Talent
We launched Project Renaissance in January 2013, an initiative to provide an effective platform for local talents in Malaysia. Aimed to inspire new startups and movements in tech and creative fields. We’re intending to turn Kuala Lumpur into one of the world’s Top 20 places in the world to start a dot com business in…
Mindvalley
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Mindvalley
Weekly Facetimes Weekly Facetimes
Every week our founder, Vishen, sits with 25 different teams to review the progress of Mindvalley projects and launches so that any changes or approvals can be discussed openly and made on the spot. This ensures synergy and consistency between the team’s goal with the CEO’s vision and enables an instant feedback process.
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Etsy
Weighing Our Waste Weighing Our Waste
We take trash seriously. Every night we weigh our landfill waste, e-waste, recycling, and compost at each of our primary office locations. We even built our own dumpster scales to facilitate these measurements. Continuous tracking helps us measure the effects of programs designed to lower our overall waste and increase recycling and compost rates. For…
Etsy