Environment is the complex web of physical, chemical, biological, social, and cultural conditions that influence an organism or an ecological community.
ATLANTA, Nov. 13 /CSRwire/ - Today, The Home Depot(R) Foundation (THDF) announced the winners of its fifth annual Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly. The winners receive a total of $175,000 to further their goal of producing affordable, efficient and healthy...
PEORIA, Ill, Nov. 12 /CSRwire/ - The World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport, EMBARQ, has been awarded the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from Harvard University. The honor is recognizing EMBARQ's Mexico City Metrobus transit project that is designed...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12 /CSRwire/ - Bayer Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) today called for entries in the 19th annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC). The ICPC is open to 6- to 14-year-olds. Their art...
MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Nov. 12 /CSRwire/ - NewPage Corporation, North America's largest coated paper producer, announced today the release of a new On Paper podcast featuring Project POTICO. In this episode of On Paper, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and NewPage discuss the benefits...
NORTH HATLEY, Quebec, Nov. 12 /CSRwire/ - IET-Aquaresearch Ltd releases new BACTIVATOR(R) v.4 (http://bactapur.com/en/bactivator-ls-series-4.htm), using a purely biological process to digest grease in drains and sewers. The operating cost, for restaurants and food service establishments, is less than one half penny per...
RACINE, Wis., Nov. 11 /CSRwire/ - In its continuing initiatives around Doing What's Right, SC Johnson, A Family Company, recently announced its first commitment as part of its involvement in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Founded by former President Bill Clinton in 2005,...
RACINE, Wis., Nov. 11 /CSRwire/ - Looking to do some good? One good deed might be as close as your computer keyboard. SC Johnson, maker of well-known brands including Glade®, OFF!®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc® and Windex®, has launched a blog to collect environmental...
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii, Nov. 11 /CSRwire/ - Hydrologix® Systems LLC Is Awarded US Patent No. 7,615,156, Device For In-Situ Bioremediation Of Liquid Waste. Sold As The Hydrologix® Grease Reduction System, It Reduces Hazardous Wastewater At The Source To The Harmless By-Products Of Water And...
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 11 /CSRwire/ - Leonardo Academy announces a call for applications for five vacant seats on the National Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee, in the following stakeholder categories: Producer (1), User (2), Environmentalist (1) and General Interest (1). Individuals or representatives of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 /CSRwire/ - Kanal Consulting (www.kanalconsulting.com), a boutique management consulting firm, announced the formation of an expanded practice focused on sustainability, which builds on the firm's business strategy and marketing services. Managing Principal Vijay Kanal, said, "There is a...