Like millions of people, I like to shop at Amazon. But the more I learn about the company, the less I like it.
Amazon's performance on environmental and social issues has been truly dismal, as a I wrote in a story on Guardian Sustainable Business. Here’s how the story begins:
Jeff Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric and one of American’s most influential business leaders, likes to say that "if you want to be a great company today, you also have to be a good company."
Another celebrated chief executive named Jeff -- Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO -- is putting that proposition to the test.