Awards and Rankings
Showcasing companies and professionals dedicated to progress and leadership in sustainable business.
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12-24-08
Whole Foods Needs a Holistic Approach on Climate Change
Why would a new Ceres report give low scores to Whole Foods, one of the nation's largest purchasers of renewable energy, for the way it is responding to the challenge of climate change?
Precisely for the word that Whole Foods uses to describe it...
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12-23-08
Bennett Jones Earns Top Three Position on Canada's 50 Best Employers List
December 23, 2008 - For the seventh year, Bennett Jones LLP, one of Canada's leading business law firms, is named among the "50 Best Employers in Canada" in an in-depth study conducted by international consulting firm Hewitt Associates and the Globe and Mail's Report on Busi...
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12-23-08
Gowling Lafleur Henderson: National Law Firm Makes Canada's Best Employers List for 2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 23, 2008) - The Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine announced today that Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP ranked as number 36 on its 2009 - 50 Best Employers in Canada list. This recognition is especially meaningful for Gowlings bec...
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12-17-08
EcoSecurities triumphs in the 2008 Environmental Finance Awards
DUBLIN. - 17th December, 2008 - EcoSecurities, one of the leading companies in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits worldwide, has been voted 'Best CDM/JI Project Developer "“ Kyoto Projects' for the second year in a row alongside the award for 'Be...
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12-15-08
Procter & Gamble Wins Environmental Stewardship Award for Detergents from U.S. EPA
WASHINGTON, DC. - December 15, 2008 - The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Design For Environment program awarded the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) its highest level of recognition, Champion, for P&G's work in developing safer detergents under the Safer ...
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12-15-08
Apollo Group, Inc., Awarded Top Honor from National American Red Cross
PHOENIX,AX. - December 15, 2008 "“ The American Red Cross presented Apollo Group, Inc., parent company of University of Phoenix with its national 2008 Circle of Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes the company's generous support and commitment to the Red Cross' overall ...
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12-11-08
Rabobank Grant Awarded to Help Create Improved Data Collection System for Microenterprise Industry
WASHINGTON, DC. - December 11, 2008 - Researchers at the Aspen Institute working to develop a more advanced method of collecting data on the domestic microenterprise industry have gotten a boost from a $75,000 grant from Rabobank, N.A., part of the Rabobank Group, a full-ran...
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12-11-08
Novartis Receives China Charity Award for Relief Efforts to Chinese Earthquake Victims
- China Bureau of Civil Affairs recognizes Novartis for providing immediate and long-term relief to the earthquake region
- Novartis provided immediate medical supplies and financial donations to the YaAn disaster area in...
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12-10-08
Metabolix Co-Founder Oliver P. Peoples Receives 2008 Personal Contribution to Bioplastics Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - December 10, 2008 - Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) today announced that its co-founder and chief scientific officer, Oliver P. Peoples, Ph.D., has been recognized for his "Personal Contribution to Bioplastics" at the
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12-08-08
Henkel Named Germany's 'Most Sustainable Brand'
DUESSELDORF, Germany and ROCKY HILL, Conn., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- At the first ever German Sustainability Congress, the award for Germany’s "Most Sustainable Brand" went to Henkel, providing the company with yet another major accolade for its activities in this field. "We a...
