Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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12-08-10
Target Outlines Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
Target today announced its comprehensive company-wide sustainability commitments, designed to guide the company's ongoing efforts toward environmental sustainability. Target also set several key milestones which the company aims to achieve over the next five years.
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12-08-10
Business Leaders: Tax Compromise Has Some Great Aspects, But Expiration of Tax Break for Very Rich Will Not Hurt Small Business
The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) today said the agreement on the tax reduction reached between the Obama Administration and the Republican leadership "has some great aspects" but at the time the organization cast doubt on claims that letting the tax relief ex...
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12-07-10
Time-Honored MARTINI Asti Traditions Yield Sustainable Business Practices for Centuries to Come
/PRNewswire/ - MARTINI Asti, the world's favorite Italian sparkling wine, sustains a nearly 150-year-old business through innovation and a passion for keeping Italian traditions alive.
On the steep hills in the heart of the Asti region of Northw...
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12-06-10
Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) Released
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) issued a report today on the status of retail electricity competition in residential and commercial/industrial markets. The report identifies the successful markets in North America and explains the policy choices that led to those s...
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12-06-10
P&G Announces its First North American Manufacturing Plant to Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced that its Auburn, Maine site became the first P&G manufacturing plant in North America to achieve zero waste to landfill.
The feminine care facility worked with both employees and sup...
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12-06-10
Former Dow Jones Executives Form Social Venture 'MoJo' to Aid Underprivileged Women
/PRNewswire/ - Two former Dow Jones executives have launched a social venture designed to address issues facing single mothers who are poverty-stricken in the United States. Founders Tom Aley and Darr Aley have formed Moms and Jobs (
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12-02-10
Sustainability Beyond 2010
Coca-Cola Canada today unveiled its 2009-2010 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report. In its second CRS Report for Canada, Coca-Cola Canada highlights its progress since 2007 on a series of sustainability and well-being initiatives implemented across the or...
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12-02-10
BD - Canada Headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Environmentally Responsible Design, Construction and Operations
/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that its new BD - Canada corporate office in Mississauga received Gold Certification from the Canada Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and En...
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12-01-10
New caterpillar.com Designed to Elevate Enterprise Messages and Company Image
/PRNewswire/ - Caterpillar Inc. has launched a new corporate website, caterpillar.com, designed to elevate the company's image online as an enterprise that exhibits global leadership and applies innovative thinking as it helps build a more sustainable world.
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12-01-10
Cargill's Work to Improve Cocoa Farmers' Livelihoods Recognized With US National Award
/PRNewswire/ - When we pop a piece of chocolate into our mouths, most of us aren't thinking about the supply chain that converts cocoa beans into delicious treats. But ...
