Environmental Resources

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This fall, several companies from the energy efficiency, agriculture, and construction sectors in three countries are being recognized as prime candidates for venture capital investment. The companies are being announced as finalists for New Venture...

BOSTON -- Ceres today announced it has formed new partnerships with state environmental agencies in Georgia and Washington to expand participation in its new Facility Reporting Project aimed at improving sustainability reporting and performance at individual facilitie...

ICMM releases a guide for mining operations on how to develop an emergency response plan. It calls for companies to work with local communities to prevent accidents.

ICMM and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have re...

LOS ANGELES - Precious metals and stones are in the news these days - and not always in a good way. Mountains are removed to extract gold dust with cyanide leaving behind a toxic, strip-mined landscape. Diamonds and other gemstones are mined in environmentally damagin...

All leprosy patients in the world will continue to benefit from free medicines under an agreement signed today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG. This extends the current agreement until the end of 2010 and is valued at...

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 3, 2005 - Jonathan Lash ended his days as a motorcycle enthusiast when his youngest daughter began to show a similar interest. These days, the president of the World Resources Institute still pours his enthusiasm into protecting people - but...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2005--The initial signatories to the International Cyanide Management Code for the Manufacture, Transport and Use of Cyanide in the Production of Gold (Code) were announced today by the International Cyanide Management Institute (I...

ARMONK, NY - While technology is hailed by many for its potential to advance today's society, Native Americans are encouraged by the promise it holds to help sustain languages and cultures several centuries old. The 2005 Native American Family Technology Journey (The ...

STRATHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2005--The Timberland Company (NYSE: TBL) today issued its third corporate social responsibility (CSR) report highlighting Timberland's CSR priorities, programs, progress and challenges related to global human rights, environmen...

SAN RAMON, Calif., - Six pioneering environmental initiatives and individuals, including a program to protect endangered parrots in Mexico, the first biologist to study seahorses under water and an organization that brings solar energy to rural areas of Africa, are th...