Minnesota’s Cargill accused of ignoring law in Indonesian palm oil harvest

Minnetonka-based agribusiness giant Cargill is taking heat from environmental and human rights activists who say the company’s palm oil enterprise is violating laws in places like Indonesia and Borneo. A Rainforest Action Network report finds that the company has cleared and burned rainforests without permits, leaving a wake of destruction. Cargill outright denies the report’s findings.

Minneapolis corporations top LGBT buying guide

Just in time for Black Friday, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, has released a shopping guide that ranks hundreds of businesses on whether their policies support LGBT employees. Many of Minnesota’s top companies —…

Polluter PR 101: Buy glossy magazine ads promoting green values

What do you do if you’re an oil company, an auto maker or an agricultural giant taking criticism for your environmental practices? You buy ads touting your environmental practices in glossy, well-respected, national-circulation magazines.

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