After a deadly earthquake hit the Sichuan Province of China on May 12, 2008, many consumer goods companies supported the relief efforts through the Red Cross, which are currently still underway.
New media offers both marketing challenges and opportunities. Consumer goods companies are notoriously late adopters, but as successes are increasingly realized, manufacturers are coming around.
The Clorox Company releases new Green Works brand of natural cleaning products and celebrates an alliance with the Sierra Club that will help deliver the organization's environmental message to mainstream consumers interested in living a more natural lifestyle.