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Promoting new studies, research findings and CSR and sustainability reports from leading companies.
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05-03-12
Boston College brings Institute on Corporate Citizenship to Minneapolis, June 13-15
Community involvement professionals have a critical role to play in making their companies better corporate citizens. Boston College’s
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05-03-12
Ethikus Presents Shop Your Values Week to Encourage Consumers to Shop with Their Hearts
Recently, silicon-alley startup Ethikus set out to make it fun and easy for New Yorkers to align their purchases with their values, and support NYC stores and restaurants that ‘do good.’ The effort began in September with a pilot program in the East Village that successfully connected conscienti...
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05-02-12
Video: Sales, Profit, Consumer Cost Impacts of New 54.5 MPG Standards
A new video explains the profits, sales and consumer cost impacts of the proposed 54.5-MPG federal fuel economy standards, which are set to be finalized this summer. Under the proposed standards, the average new vehicle in 2025 will achieve ...
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05-02-12
World Energy Forum Taps Infinite Resource: Intellectual Capital
The World Energy Forum is holding a high-level international conference of leaders from all energy sectors commemorating the 2012 United Nations International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. This histor...
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05-02-12
New BSR Report: Companies Roll up Their Sleeves on Ecosystem Services
With an increasing number of companies and public agencies evaluating their impacts on ecosystem services—the flows from natural systems that provide raw materials for business—BSR’s new
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04-25-12
Major Investors and Companies Tackle Climate Change and Sustainability at Ceres Conference in Boston
Companies and investors are tackling climate change and other global sustainability threats head-on—and are finding it profitable to do so. That’s the clear message emerging at the Ceres Conference 2012: Igniting Innovation, Scaling Sustainability at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.
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04-24-12
Missing Voices: Visionary Eco-preneurs Share Lessons Learned
Join a lively discussion with founders and leaders of socially and environmentally responsible businesses as we explore the opportunities and obstacles of growing an equitable green economy for all.
The event will feature key members of triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) bus...
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04-23-12
Humana Publishes Corporate Social Responsibility Report Highlighting 2010-2011 CSR Activity
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health care companies, today released its 2010-2011 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report. It is the first such publication among major U.S. health...
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04-23-12
Science-based, Practice-driven Resources Advance Dairy Industry Sustainability
Since the launch of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment in 2008, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy — established under the leadership of America’s dairy producers — has united the dairy value chain in a collective effort to measure and improve the environmental, social and economic sustai...
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04-19-12
CWT's "Impact on the Gridiron" Event Wins <i>PR News</i> Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a global leader specialized in managing business travel and meetings and events, has been recognized nationally by PR News’ CSR Awards in the Event: CSR/Green Focus category.
In 2011, CWT decided to shift the focus of its annual client event toward a...
