Tag Archives: environment

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Don’t accept pirate products part II: Crédit Agricole, it’s time for greenwashing

You’ve probably seen the ads if you watch the Beeb or CNN: a dreary-postindustrialised world in CGI that is thoroughly transformed into a tree-hugger paradise when Sean Connery pronounces the magic words “Back to common sense, it’s time for green banking” in that lovely Scottish accent of his.

I’m terribly sorry to say this but if you don’t explain to me properly why would I believe you as a bank stand for sustainable development and a reduced carbon footprint, even if I have no chance of becoming your retail customer I’d say you’re full of it (and quite some people agree).  These are the kinds of campaigns that give marketing a bad name, really.

in english

The fish I can’t eat anymore


The fish I can’t eat anymore, originally uploaded by Chiva Congelado.

Tuna stocks have declined worldwide to an alarming extent. While searching for fish for sushi, my girlfriend didn’t allow me to buy tuna because “she wants our children to be able to eat it as well”. I agree, but I think that, hopefully, market economics will kick in and make it more expensive to buy, so less people will buy it until supplies replenish.

But in case that doesn’t work as markets aren’t perfect, there is an international meeting going on focusing on tuna stocks.