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Beyond Boycotts
Hertsgaard, Mark | March 7, 2005 issue

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Offers a look at boycotts that target corporations for environmentally destructive behavior. History of anticorporate activism in the United States; Reference to boycotts against Ford Motor Company and Victoria's Secret led by the grassroots groups Rainforest Action Network and Forest Ethics; Report that anticorporate campaigns are meant to push an entire market sector in a more environmental-friendly direction; Discussion of a campaign against Home Depot, a lumber retailer, that led to the protection of forests; Competition between Staples and Office Depot to be the most environmentalist-friendly office supply industry.

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GREEN movement; BOYCOTTS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; CONSUMER behavior; GREEN business; AUTOMOBILE industry & trade -- Environmental aspects; RETAIL trade -- Environmental aspects; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; FORD Motor Co.; LIMITED Brands Inc.; UNITED States
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