Comments on: McDonald’s Counters Criticism With Green Marketing Effort http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/19/mcdonalds-serves-up-green-practices/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: andrew http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/19/mcdonalds-serves-up-green-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-127232 andrew Mon, 25 May 2009 21:57:18 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=15124#comment-127232 this is a stupid article and the criticisms aren't current 3 of your main criticisms are older than when the mcdonalds report was published they've made efforts before this is a weak argument noah pollock - wikipedia is as valid as any other published work, because everything has a writer and editor, so anything with words you can read has a bias wikipedia has the advantage of being able to be updated and have corrections fixed books don't you have to buy a revised edition this is a stupid article and the criticisms aren’t current

3 of your main criticisms are older than when the mcdonalds report was published
they’ve made efforts before
this is a weak argument

noah pollock – wikipedia is as valid as any other published work, because everything has a writer and editor, so anything with words you can read has a bias

wikipedia has the advantage of being able to be updated and have corrections fixed
books don’t you have to buy a revised edition

]]> By: josh http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/19/mcdonalds-serves-up-green-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-126643 josh Fri, 22 May 2009 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=15124#comment-126643 one of the sources is wikipedia? really? come on now.... one of the sources is wikipedia? really? come on now….

]]> By: Noah Pollock http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/19/mcdonalds-serves-up-green-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-126236 Noah Pollock Wed, 20 May 2009 00:08:02 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=15124#comment-126236 Sounds like McDonald's is doing some good things - but is still very much part of the problem. Its reliance on an industrial agricultural system built on cheap corn-derived products is "the gorilla in the room with this issue." The homogenization of global diets is another issue that, as Michael Pollan demonstrates, has surprisingly important impacts. While McDonald's efforts to green up their operations are certainly laudable, I find it difficult to see them become a truly sustainable business given their fundamental business model. Sounds like McDonald’s is doing some good things – but is still very much part of the problem. Its reliance on an industrial agricultural system built on cheap corn-derived products is “the gorilla in the room with this issue.” The homogenization of global diets is another issue that, as Michael Pollan demonstrates, has surprisingly important impacts. While McDonald’s efforts to green up their operations are certainly laudable, I find it difficult to see them become a truly sustainable business given their fundamental business model.

]]> By: Iain Robertson http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/05/19/mcdonalds-serves-up-green-practices/comment-page-1/#comment-126186 Iain Robertson Tue, 19 May 2009 17:51:14 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=15124#comment-126186 It is up to the consumers, McD's customers to change the habits of this giant. Notice much of the environmental successes have occured in Europe or outside of the US. Go figure... It is up to the consumers, McD’s customers to change the habits of this giant. Notice much of the environmental successes have occured in Europe or outside of the US. Go figure…

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