Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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07-26-02
Business and the Summit: Corporates Find Themselves in Spotlight as Commitment to Sustainability is Questioned
UNITED KINGDOM - Business' current inability to offer a concerted, long-term solution to the problems of sustainability is inflicting serious reputational damage on companies. That is the conclusion of a report released today by Infonic, the Internet research and communicati...
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07-25-02
SustainableBusiness.com Launches The Progressive Investor by Naming The Top 20 All-Star Green Stock Picks
NEW YORK, New York - To serve the rapidly expanding worldwide sustainable investment community, SustainableBusiness.com announces this year s Top 20 All-Star Sustainable Stock Picks, known as the SB 20. The list is presented in The Progressive Investor, a new monthly newslet...
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07-25-02
TIAA-CREF Praises Nasdaq Actions To Strengthen Corporate Governance
NEW YORK, New York - TIAA-CREF today praised Nasdaq's reform proposals, approved by the organization's board yesterday, on a broad spectrum of corporate governance issues.
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07-24-02
AEP´S Community Involvement Activities Presented In Community Report
COLUMBUS, Ohio - American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) new community involvement report highlights education and other major community activities the company supports through $8.3 million in corporate contributions, sponsorships and employee volunteerism.
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07-23-02
BAXTER Highlights Economic, Social and Environmental Progress in its Third Annual Sustainability Report
DEERFIELD, Illinois - Baxter International Inc. launched today its third annual sustainability report, "Seeing Tomorrow Today," which reflects that Baxter met its aggressive toxic and chlorofluorocarbon air emissions target reduction four years early and introduces its posit...
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07-23-02
Innovest Oil and Gas Study Shows 17.3% Five Year Outperformance by Higher Rated Companies.
NEW YORK, New York - 2002 study of corporate environmental positioning in the global oil and gas sector by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc., released today, indicates that leading firms posted superior results across a number of financial metrics including price-to-ear...
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07-18-02
Ethical Corporation Retail Supply Chain Conference to Explore Managing Sustainability in European Retailing
London, UK - Retailers and their supply chain partners who want to learn how to provide effective solutions to consumers' needs should attend Ethical Corporation's Retail Supply Chain Conference, September 25, 26 and 27, 2002 in London, UK. Throughout the three-day event lea...
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07-18-02
Patagonia, Toyota, DuPont, MTV Networks, Citigroup, Intel, Novo Nordisk, Hewlett-Packard and BP Meet to Discuss Managing Corporate Rresponsibility October 2-4 in New York, USA
New York, New York - The worldwide business community who want to learn how to implement and manage corporate social and environmental responsibility should plan to attend the Ethical Corporation magazine conference on "How to manage corporate responsibility, Why its importa...
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07-16-02
Free Guide Helps Investors Select Ethical and Responsible Investments
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont - A new guide aimed at helping individual investors align their investments with their values has just been published by SRI World Group. The 20-page guide, entitled Investing in Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, is part of a free socially responsibl...
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07-11-02
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Expands Fair Trade and Organic Certified Coffee Line
WATERBURY, Vermont - Green Mountain Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced today that it has fully integrated coffees formerly marketed under the Frontier(R) Organic Coffee brand into its line of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Fair Trade and organic certified coffees. This co...
