Posted by Amanda on 12 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Other Stuff, Social Responsibility
Well, it’s been a few days since our River Cleanup Week wrapped up. Liz Dohrman, our Enterprise Volunteerism Specialist and Paul Comey, VP of Environmental Affairs spent all week on the river, 12 hours a day and are just starting to dry out.
This year’s River Cleanup saw the largest amount of employee turnout with 153 [...]
Posted by Amanda on 05 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
We’re closing out Day 4 of our Vermont River Cleanup week on the Winooski River. Although we had some rain in the beginning of the week,the skies have been clear enough for us to be on the river morning and afternoon.
We’ve already hauled some interesting objects from the river – (a stove, car axle, bicycles). [...]
Posted by Amanda on 02 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
August is here – which brings mixed feelings in Vermont. August is one of my favorite months, but also signals the slow close of our short summer. Another earmark of August is that its River Cleanup time. As we announced this morning in a Press Release, Green Mountain Coffee has joined a nationwide effort to [...]
Posted by Amanda on 11 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Events, Social Responsibility
Year Three of Green Mountain Coffee folks have trekked from Vermont to Manchester, Tennessee to teach music lovers at the Bonnaroo Music Festival how to reduce their Carbon Footprints.
Posted by Amanda on 03 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
Volunteerism is at the heart of our Corporate Social Responsibility programs. Every full-time employee can take up to 52-hours of paid time-off to volunteer for an organization they feel passionate about (read more about our Workplace Volunteerism).
A company tradition in Vermont has been to cleanup one of the nearby rivers as part of American River’s [...]
Posted by Amanda on 04 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Other Stuff, Social Responsibility
GMCR employees knit for their 52-hours of volunteer time.
Posted by Amanda on 13 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Life In Vermont, Social Responsibility
As we announced this morning in a Press Release, Green Mountain Coffee has joined a nationwide effort to keep America’s waterways clean for a 5th year. As a sponsor of American Rivers’ National River Cleanup™, employee volunteers will use paid time off to clean a section of the Winooski River from July 20-24, 2009.
For me, [...]