Multi-level ... and green?In response to your article by Roddy Scheer, "Greening Up the Downline, Multi-Level Marketing Multi-level marketing (MLM, now sometimes called network marketing) is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. Multi-level marketing businesses function by recruiting salespeople (also called Distributors, Independent Business Comes of Age" (Consumer News, July/August 2006) I will say that unfortunately the author has not been introduced to the new generation of environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] MLM MLM Multi-Level Marketing MLM Mailing List Manager MLM Marxism-Leninism-Maoism MLM Mid-Level Manager MLM Medical Liability Monitor (newsletter) MLM Multi-Longitudinal Mode MLM Military Liaison Mission companies. The business model is based on multi-level marketing, but it allows its independent representatives to approach retail stores and markets to carry the products. The compensation plan is fair and rewards people for their efforts. These companies are manufacturing the world's first extensive range of body, beauty, health and home products that are certified organic to food grade standards by the USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. and Australian Certified Organic. By using certified organic ingredients in the manufacturing of their products, they are supporting sustainable agricultural practices. Their manufacturing facilities operate on 100 percent green power and many have partnered with nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that plant native trees to offset the CO2 emissions caused by the planes and trucks that move their products around the globe. These are MLM companies that are truly green minded; a stated goal is to become an industry giant, and use that position of status to challenge other corporations to follow their lead and become more environmentally responsible. So let's continue to "green up that downline," and embrace MLM companies that honestly support green causes. Katheryn Rodler Manager, Organic and Natural Enterprise Group I'm very concerned about your silence in respect to the inhuman in·hu·man adj. 1. a. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel. See Synonyms at cruel. b. Deficient in emotional warmth; cold. 2. war in Lebanon. Is it that you only raise your voice when it's needed to defend the forest, water or animals? Isn't war one of the most contaminating con·tam·i·nate tr.v. con·tam·i·nated, con·tam·i·nat·ing, con·tam·i·nates 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. adj. activities in the world? I think the forest, water, animals and humans should all be on the agenda. Human rights should be one of your priorities, along with animals' rights and nature. Patricia Fernandez del Valle via e-mail |
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