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Research the Websites of two major corporations in different industries (examples: manufacturing, retail, transportation, utilities, healthcare, communication). What conclusion do you reach about whether an environmentally conscious (or green) person would fit in these companies?

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Environmentally conscious or "green" organizations and people advocate delivering goods or services while conserving natural resources in the most efficient way possible. This 700-word solution includes information gathered on four different businesses and their "green" policies that can be used as examples for completing this assignment. Links to the websites are also provided, as well as a definition of "green" in industry and how an environmentally conscious employee would fit into any of the four sample industries cited.

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Environmentally conscious or "green" organizations and people advocate delivering goods or services while conserving natural resources in the most efficient way possible. The sample companies researched in this solution were chosen at random without prior knowledge of their "green" policies.

I. "Research the websites of two major corporations in different industries (examples: manufacturing, retail, transportation, utilities, healthcare, communication)."

Below is information gathered on four different companies and their social responsibility or "green" policies, along with their web addresses where you can find more information should you choose to use any of them to complete your assignment:

1. Google, Inc.
http://investor.google.com/company/index.html

Google, Inc. is a billion dollar corporation that was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin who say its mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." It offers an online search engine where you can find information on almost anything you can think of, software, applications, email, its own web browser, web browser toolbars, and other tools and services for use on the worldwide web. Of their third quarter ...

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