Business Insight Zone

A BoingBoing post put me on to this animation, made by the good folks at GOOD Magazine, which offers some interesting facts about the multibillion-dollar “death care” industry in the U.S.

Hoover’s has long covered the titans of this industry — household names like Service Corporation International, Stewart Enterprises, and Matthews International. Okay, they’re not household names, but they are surprisingly big companies for an industry that most people don’t think about until they have to.

In keeping with GOOD’s environmental bent, the video points out some of the ecological costs connected to the ways we typically inter the dead. Plus there’s some amazing tidbits, like the fact that the average Japanese funeral costs $40,000.

Here’s the video.

(Very catchy music track, too.)

Category: Green & Clean