Richard Telofski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Telofski is a competitive strategy analyst. Specializing in anti-corporate activism, he examines the actions of "irregular competitors" (i.e., activists and NGOs) and how those organizations impact business from within online and offline media.

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Kvetching Activists Complain About Activism

As Monty Python used to say . . . and now for something completely different.

Through the miracle of Google Alerts, I recently noticed a unique type of social media protest. This one is a situation where activists are targeting for protest other activist organizations because those organizations are, in the opinion of the protesters, too [...]

Know More About NGOs. After All, You Pay For Them.

Today, let’s discuss responsible consumption, which can cut in more directions than one. Let me explain.

A current topic discussed in the news is for consumers to assume responsibility for their purchases, taking steps to be as certain as possible that their purchases don’t support companies committing environmentally harmful acts or companies that may behave in [...]

How Not to Win Friends and Influence People – Greenpeace Style

I saw this brief news article the other day: “Greenpeace Closes Down BP Petrol Stations in Central London Energy Protest.” Posted on Bloomberg News, this article described how Greenpeace closed between 35 and 46 London BP stations, depending upon which source you believe – Greenpeace or BP, during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, July [...]

Greenpeace Hypocrisy Continues

Recently Greenpeace announced it’s corporate campaign against Facebook. The reason for the protest? Back in February of this year, Facebook announced that it will build a new server facility in Oregon, which will be powered by an electric utility that burns coal for power generation. This presents an interesting conundrum for Greenpeace, one that I [...]

More Thoughts About Tatas

Last Thursday I wrote about the case of Tata Industries suing Greenpeace for defamation.  As I said toward the end of that article, it will be interesting to see how this case, brought by the Tatas, plays out because it is being adjudicated in a developing country. In this respect, this case differs from previous [...]

Another “Piece of Crap” Report by Greenpeace

On this blog I have several times written about the questionable “research” that sometimes issues from the Greenpeace offices. To have a look at those other posts, simply click here. Today’s post is another entry in that series of articles.

Greenpeace’s latest installment in their string of sloppy research is their ranking of U.S. supermarkets in [...]

Corporate Accountability CEO Makes “More” Than Mickey D CEO?

Back in January of this year, I wrote a post about the compensation differences between the CEO of Greenpeace and the CEO of Exxon Mobil. From the research which was the foundation of the article, I found that, as a percentage of revenue, the Greenpeace CEO makes far more than the Exxon Mobil CEO. You [...]

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