{"id":1053,"date":"2020-05-28T13:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T13:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:51:44","slug":"vegan-corporates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/work-and-life\/vegan-corporates\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Corporates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vegan-Corporates.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vegan-Corporates.png 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Vegan-Corporates-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many businesses including\nmultinational organizations are increasingly adopting a vegan policy given the\nenhanced sensitivity to animals, environment, health and climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy doing this (i.e. by\nadopting a plant based lifestyle), we would increase the amount of grains and\nfood available to feed people elsewhere who are hungry, reduce pollution, reduce\nclimate change &amp; global warming, save water, save energy, and stop contributing\nto the clearing of forests\u201d, says Peter Singer, an Australian philosopher and &nbsp;Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University.\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forbes, in 2018, reported, \u201cVegan Initiatives Are Taking off in the Corporate Workplace and It&#8217;s Good for Business\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v1.png 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v1-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, New York\n-based WeWork, $20 Billion Start-up went Vegetarian citing Environmental\nConcerns.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WeWork, which has built its business around shared workspaces, has done away with meat and poultry from corporate dining functions.&nbsp; The company of around 6,000 will no longer serve meat at events or reimburse employees for pork, red meat or poultry, as per Eco Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another London based\ncompany Playtypus has adopted climate friendly vegan food policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vegan Leaders in Corporate Management \u2013 VLCM a global community for vegans working in corporate functions, continues to grow quickly and expansively. It has more than 4,000 members including those from Google, Boeing, Amazon, Intel and Accenture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v2.png 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v2-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per Forbes, Facebook\nand Dropbox have seen successful employee-driven vegan initiatives. Dropbox has\nembraced a vegan employee program called \u201cVegbox,\u201d turning it into a vibrant\nvegan meal and sustainability platform for employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People working in large\ncorporates like Microsoft, IBM, GE, Tesla are increasingly embracing vegan\npolicies at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <a href=\"http:\/\/helloleads.io\" title=\"\" crm=\"\"><strong>HelloLeads<\/strong><\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/marketing-and-sales\/choosing-best-crm-for-your-small-business-a-beginners-guide\/\" title=\"CRM\"><strong>CRM<\/strong><\/a> software product company, which I have been part of, we have gone vegetarian, as a first step towards a vegan journey, from February 14, 2020, i.e. on valentine\u2019s day. Yes, our love includes love for animals as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size:19px\">Organizations can follow\nbelow polices:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Food sponsored to customers, government representatives or business guests, by the company can be vegan. <\/li><li>Food expenses of employees borne by the company while traveling or during outstation business trips will be for vegetarian or vegan food.<\/li><li>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/best-practices\/zoom-ceo-advice-for-remote-video-meetings\/\" title=\"Video Meetings\"><strong>team meetings<\/strong><\/a> or annual events, organizations can go vegan.<\/li><li>Employees can be encouraged to bring vegan or vegetarian lunch. <\/li><li>Organizations can show enhanced sensitivity to animals, environment, health and climate change as part of their business culture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well known business leaders who are vegan include Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr., Canadian media tycoon Mort Zuckerman, Binatone founder and chairman Gulu Lalvani, Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn and Eleveneleven\u2019s Ellen Degeneres. The list is endless and there are many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v3.png 697w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/v3-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many businesses including multinational organizations are increasingly adopting a vegan policy given the enhanced sensitivity to animals, environment, health and climate change. \u201cBy doing this (i.e. by adopting a plant based lifestyle), we would increase the amount of grains and food available to feed people elsewhere who are hungry, reduce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[180,176,172,174,170,169,171,177,168,178,173,49],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work-and-life","tag-climatechange","tag-plantbased","tag-plantbasedlifestyle","tag-playtypus","tag-stayhealthy","tag-vegancorporates","tag-veganleader","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegetariandiet","tag-vlcm","tag-wework","tag-helloleads"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9950,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/9950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}