This article has three aims. The first is to make clear that, contrary to prevailing mindsets corporations do have an important role to play in moving themselves, nation-states, and citizens toward a more peaceful planet using what I call corporate environmental citizenship. Part II also includes the second aim of this article, which is to provide examples and categories of dubious corporate environmental citizenship that detract from peace building. The third aim is to provide positive examples of corporate environmental citizenship; this is done in Part III. Some of these corporate exemplars will be controversial; companies that have just begun their path toward environmental citizenship are not beyond criticism but in making a turn toward more enlightened practices, there is hope that peace through commerce can be more than an empty, hopeful phrase.
Trustworthy Capitalism: Co-creating a more peaceful planet
