LS&Co. Unzipped
May 10 2011
Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason
“Leaders of Tomorrow" -- that’s how Time magazine characterized my father, Peter E. Haas, Sr., and my uncle, Walter Haas, Jr., in 1953.
Posted By: Peter E. Haas, Jr., Director, Levi Strauss Foundation |
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May 05 2011
Giving Back Never Goes Out of Style
It’s Community Day in Levi Strauss & Co. offices in many parts of the world. And while volunteering in their communities is a regular part of many employees’ lives, this is the day when they head out en masse to a variety of projects.We talked to employees at San Francisco headquarters as they began their day. Here’s what they had to say…
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Apr 27 2011
30 Years of AIDS
HIV/AIDS presents us with two interrelated issues: a medical epidemic and the associated scourge of stigma and discrimination.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped |
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Apr 22 2011
The Evolution of Earth Day
Despite what some might think, Earth Day isn't dead. It's evolving.Today’s world is a much different place than it was when Earth Day was first celebrated 41 years ago. We’re lucky to live in a world where, more and more, making environmentally friendly decisions is becoming the norm, not the exception.What’s more, consumers actually now expect corporations to not only make great products, but also be socially responsible and do good for the community and the environment.
Posted By: Amy Leonard, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Levi Strauss & Co. |
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Apr 18 2011
Getting It Covered: Improving Access to
HIV/AIDS Care
It may be hard to imagine, but many local insurance plans around the world still do not cover HIV/AIDS. Levi Strauss & Co. is one of only a handful of global employers working hard with local insurance plans globally to make such coverage the rule – not the exception.And they're making progress.Recently, the company negotiated with Mexico’s largest health insurance provider to drop a four-year waiting period for HIV/AIDS benefits. That waiting period was a local standard of coverage.
Posted By: Gilles Ascensio-Parvy, GMC Services |
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Apr 14 2011
Stop the Presses!
If you printed our just-released 2010 annual report … and placed the pages end-to-end …they would stretch more than half the length of a football field.That’s a lot of paper. It’s also one reason why we’re not printing it.This year, for the first time, the Levi Strauss & Co. annual report is strictly electronic. You may download it here. Or view the interactive version here.
Posted By: Kris Marubio, Levi Strauss & Co. Corporate Affairs |
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Apr 12 2011
In It for the Long Haul
I must admit, there were times when coming to work was tough.When my organization -- ACHIEVE, or Action for Health Initiatives, Inc. -- was in its infancy, we lost our first group of advocates to AIDS. This was a decade ago, when affordable, life-saving medicines to treat HIV and AIDS weren’t readily available in the Philippines.
Posted By: Malu Marin, ACHIEVE Executive Director |
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Mar 25 2011
Why We Remember the Triangle Factory Fire
If you have a good job – decent hours, safe working conditions, health benefits – it’s easy to take it for granted. But today might be a good day to give it some thought and recall when worker rights weren’t as common as they are today.Why today?
Posted By: Terrie S. Norris, President-elect, American Society of Safety Engineers |
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Mar 25 2011
Fire Safety and Levi Strauss & Co.
In her thoughtful post today, Terrie Norris reminded us of the Triangle Factory Fire and why that tragedy 100 years ago is so important to remember.As president-elect of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Terrie understands the importance of a safe workplace -- and the price paid when companies place profits above the safety of workers.
Posted By: Choke Huckuntod, Levi Strauss & Co. Social & Environmental Sustainability |
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Mar 22 2011
Safe Water for All
Today is World Water Day. You may give it only a passing thought. Not Kebedech Hagos, though. For her, it’s a reminder of how far she’s come.Until the Water.org water project, which resulted in a well in her Ethiopian village, Kebedech would walk miles to a river to fetch and carry—on her back—the five gallons of contaminated water that would barely sustain her family’s needs for the day.
Posted By: Gary White, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Water.org |
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