eBay Give.Good.Green launches this week, the first eBay promotion to link all five of the company’s social good initiatives (eBay Foundation, eBay Giving Works, MicroPlace, WorldofGood.com and the eBay Green Team) with all eBay users to make a difference through a number of different activities on eBay. I managed to sit down with Jennifer Ibarra to talk a little more about it. I apologize in advance for the shaky camera work – I filmed it early in the morning on my third cup of coffee and I think I had a tough time keeping the camera straight! (Need to invest in a stand maybe?). Regardless, here you go…
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
UPDATED: Introducing Give.Good.Green; 5 Minutes with… Jennifer Ibarra
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
‘Tis The Season…
Times are tough for everyone at the moment. As a result, my mother has instituted a one-gift per person rule at Christmas this year for everyone in the family (both Brewer and Hay) with a price limit. So please don’t think me presumptuous for writing a post about charity heading into the season of giving when times are more difficult than usual.
That said, I’ve written about eBay Giving Works, WorldofGood.com, and MicroPlace in the past here on Ink and I just wanted to make folks aware of a new site that provides an easy link to all three at once called Gifts That Make a Difference. In addition to the three links and overviews, the site also encourages…
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Let your listings be a force for good this holiday season—donate part of the sale price to a worthy nonprofit. Simply look for the eBay Giving Works section in the Sell Your Item form. And when your item sells, eBay will credit your basic selling fees proportionally. Learn more or start selling now.Donate
Brighten the lives of those in need—use PayPal to make a charitable contribution to one of the organizations helping families all around the country and the world.To find out more, please check out Gifts That Make A Difference.
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Introducing Worldofgood.com
eBay launched a new eCommerce marketplace earlier today called Worldofgood.com by eBay that offers products that have a positive impact on people and the planet. The goal is to empower consumers to align their social values with their shopping.
eBay collaborated with World of Good, Inc., “a purpose-driven start-up dedicated to building ethical consumer experiences, by bringing its deep knowledge of the global ethical supply chain to mainstream retail partners.”
From the press release:
“WorldofGood.com by eBay gives shoppers who care about making a difference access to great products that help people and the planet,” said Lorrie Norrington, president of eBay Marketplaces. “Socially responsible shopping just got bigger and better.”“We created the WorldofGood.com marketplace to enable shoppers to purchase socially responsible products with confidence,” said Robert Chatwani, general manager of WorldofGood.com by eBay. “Regardless of the social causes most important to consumers, they can easily shop for items according to a variety of different attributes, allowing them to customize their shopping impact.”
WorldofGood.com is a one-stop-shop where the products and sellers are verified by third parties called Trust Providers – like TransFair USA (Fair Trade Certified), Co-op America and Aid to Artisans – to meet a core set of ethical and environmental standards. The key of course is that all Worldofgood.com listings are also available on eBay.com, making sure that all of the “socially responsible” products are available to the more than 84 million active users on eBay worldwide.
One of the coolest things about the site is the incorporation of the Goodprint labeling system. Essentially it acts as a nutritional label for each product on the site, allowing shoppers to see the positive social and environmental impact each purchase makes – whether it provides economic empowerment to people, conserves energy, supports animal species preservation, or is made of recycled, organic and/or sustainable materials.
Related Reads:
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eBay’s new WorldofGood.com site has green goalsCheers,
RBH
