Editor’s note: Sarah Kaeck is the founder and CEO Middlebury manufacturer Bee’s Wrap. For a long time, conventional wisdom had it that companies shouldn’t tackle hot-button political issues. It’s advice borne out of fear: the fear that, in exchange for voicing our opinions, we risk angering customers or losing sales. As the founder and CEO of Bee’s Wrap, I’m motivated these days by a greater fear: that, should our elected officials fail to act on the crisis of climate change, the damage we cause to our pl … (read more)
