Awards and Rankings
Showcasing companies and professionals dedicated to progress and leadership in sustainable business.
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01-15-09
Groom Energy Declares 2009 the 'Year of Enterprise Carbon Accounting'
SALEM, Mass., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As the U.S. welcomes a new presidential administration, companies are preparing for increased pressure to improve and report on their sustainability efforts. According to a research study released this week by Groom Energy and Pure Strat...
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01-09-09
Clear Vistas: New Saskatchewan Development Engages Urban Planning Students for Designs
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/09/09 -- The lights dim as the President of Clear Vistas, Ken Lagasse, prepares to announce the winners of the Clear Vistas Design Competition. Anxiously awaiting his words from the podium are the two finalists who have dedicated ...
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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...
