Mount St. Mary’s University
School of Business
2nd Annual Symposium on Socially Responsible Investing
Soup Up Your Portfolio:
The Campbell’s Soup Company and Socially
Responsible Investing
Monday, November 16, 2009
7:00pm in Knott Auditorium
Panelists: Steve Lydenberg, Chief Investment Officer, Domini Social Investments
Dave Stangis, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Campbell’s Soup Company
In this second annual symposium, we will examine the issues that influence a responsible investor's decision to include a company's stock in an SRI portfolio. We will discuss recent trends in SRI, and we will profile the Campbell’s Soup Company. Campbell’s faces continuous challenges as it strives to deliver safe, high-quality food products. These challenges include human resource management, marketing and advertising, food quality and safety, and environmental stewardship. We will discuss how Campbell’s handles these pressures and manages to be an industry leader and corporate role model in the area of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
Useful readings to prepare for the symposium:
Learn more about
Socially Responsible Investing
Domini Social
Investments Home Page
Campbell’s Soup Company Just Means Web Site
www.campbellsoupcompany.justmeans.com
(This web site has a wealth of case studies, videos, reports, and information regarding the Campbell’s Soup Company and its commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability – it is a must read!)
Campbell’s Soup
Company Home Page
Campbell’s Charitable
and Outreach Programs
Campbell’s Grow Your Own Tomatoes Program (May 2009)
http://www.letscanhunger.com/ (Campbell’s SIFE partnership to end hunger)
Campbell's Labels for Education Program (January 2009)
Campbell’s invests $10 million in its hometown Camden, NJ, community (October 2008)
Campbell's supports agricultural research (October 2007)
http://goredwithcampbells.com/ (Campbell’s site to help fight heart disease)
Campbell’s Commitment
to Healthy Foods
As Soup Recipe Gets a Tuneup, Is It Still Mmmm-mmmm Good? (August 2009)
Campbell Soup Company Makes the Grade by Further Reducing the Sodium in Kids Soups (January 2009)
Campbell's pledges to provide more healthy food options (October 2008)
A Little Less Salt, A Lot More Sales (March 2008)
Campbell’s Soup
Company and the Environment
Campbell's Partner Profile as a Climate Leader with the Environmental Protection Agency
Campbell's settles Clean Air Act case with the EPA (March 2005)
EPA fines Campbell Soup plant $72,500 (March 2005)
Information on a Campbell's factory site that was once contaminated (October 2002)
Campbell's settles hazardous waste case with Ohio EPA (October 2001)
Campbell's settles Clean Air Act case with the EPA (October 1998)
Labor Issues at
Campbell’s
Class-action discrimination lawsuit filed against Campbell's (July 2009)
Another article on class-action discrimination lawsuit (July 2009)
CONDENSED CAPITALISM: Campbell Soup and the Pursuit of Cheap Production in the Twentieth Century (Book by Daniel Sidorick)
Campbell’s Challenges
with Food Quality and Safety
RUBBER IN CANS Campbell's soup recall (June 2009)
Campbell soups safe, says manufacturer (September 2008)
Campbell Recalls Chunky Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits (October 2007)
Campbell’s Executive
Compensation
CEO Pay at Food Companies (August 2009)
Those random CEO rewards; Campbell's pay-for-performance system too soft (February 2008)
Campbell’s Marketing,
Advertising, and Product Placement
NAD to General Mills: No Soup Claims for You! (August 2009) (General Mills is asked to stop negative ads regarding MSG in Campbell’s Soups)
Campbell Takes Health to Heart; Soup Maker Preps 2nd Campaign With ABC Daytime Shows (February 2009)
Campbell’s food products are popular in a troubled economy (January 2009)
Campbell's battles Progresso in ads regarding MSG in soups (Scroll down the page a little bit to get to the article.)
Campbell sells Godiva unit and focuses on core soup and snacks business (December 2007)
Creative Advertising during Soup Season (September 2007)
Campbell's wins the Grocery Manufacturers Association 2005 CPG Award (This is a great explanation of how Campbell’s has been innovative on store shelves in the supermarket!)
Campbell’s in Russia
Campbell’s enters Russia market (February 2008)
Campbell’s attracted to thriving Russia (September 2007)
Other
Campbell's profile at the website KNOWMORE.ORG
Campbell Soup Co.: Settlement of $35 Million Is Reached in Shareholder Suit (February 2003)