| 天天商务词汇 |
| nepotism (noun) 裙带关系 |
解释 | the practice of giving unfair advantages, particularly jobs, to one's family members |
例句 | The new store manager has no qualifications except for being Max's niece. It's a clear case of nepotism, if you ask me. |
| 天天商务报道 |
| Climate score：McDonald's 'not good' but winning 气候分数：麦当劳分数糟糕却是赢家。 |
| Some new corporate rankings came out today. A group called Climate Counts is scoring popular companies based on their response to climate change. It's starting with fast food and the scores are low. Really low. Sarah Gardner has details. TEXT OF STORY MARK AUSTIN THOMAS: As more consumers look for ways they can help fight climate change, there's a growing interest in what different companies are doing as well. Beginning today it will be easier to figure that out. A group called Climate Counts is ranking some of America's most popular companies based on their response to global warming. Sarah Gardner: Climate Counts is the brainchild of Gary Hirshberg. He's the environmentally-savvy CEO of Stonyfield Farm, the organic yogurt company. The idea behind this campaign is to let consumers know whether their favorite brands are engaged in the fight against global warming. Gary Hirshberg: Are companies measuring their impact on climate? Are they reducing, are they disclosing their efforts? And finally, are they supporting or are they blocking progressive legislation to reduce our climate footprint as a country? Sarah Gardner:Climate Counts scores companies on a scale of 1 to 100. Of the four fast-food giants they judged, McDonald's scored highest - a 22. Burger King, Wendy's and Yum Brands, owner of Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, all rated a big fat zero. Climate Counts project director Wood Turner: Wood Turner: None of the other companies in the sector have even taken the first step to measure their climate footprint. Sarah Gardner:Turner described McDonald's score as "not good," but gave the fast-food leader credit for starting to experiment with green building, biofuels and other eco-friendly changes. McDonald's said it welcomes the scrutiny. Yum Brands didn't comment by deadline, but Burger King and Wendy's said they were addressing global warming with energy efficiency measures. Wendy's Denny Lynch: Denny Lynch: Early results are showing we're decreasing the amount of usage . . . energy usage by 10 percent. Sarah Gardner:But Climate Counts says in this day and age, companies can't be shy about publicly reporting their green efforts. How else can activists and consumers judge them, after all? Morningstar analyst John Owens, however, wonders whether fast food's core audience - young, hungry guys - will care. John Owens: By and large I would say that fast-food customers probably aren't as engaged on this issue. And I mean, maybe they're getting more news about what Paris Hilton's doing rather than what's going on with global climate change. Sarah Gardner:Climate Counts will score more companies next week, including Coca-Cola, Apple and Starbucks. Gary Hirshberg's own company, Stonyfield Farm, will be rated as well. He says his organic yogurt biz ranked "in the upper tier," but he was still disappointed in the score. |
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