Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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04-02-09
Johnson Controls Releases Online Business and Sustainability Performance Metrics
MILWAUKEE, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), today announced the release of its latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) online sustainability report. The online matrix provides a detailed review of the company's financial, environmental and social perfor...
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04-02-09
Leigh Hafrey of MIT Sloan School of Management to Lead Colloquium for the Common Good on World Poverty Day
DENVER, CO. - April 2, 2009 - Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer, Behavioral and Policy Sciences, MIT Sloan School of Management and co-Master of Mather House, Harvard College, will lead the four-day Colloquium for Common Good, beginning October 17, World Poverty Day. The Colloqu...
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04-01-09
Standards Committee Selected to Develop Sustainable Gaming Standard for Slot Machines
Madison, WI. - April 1, 2009 - Following a significant outreach effort to notify stakeholders and interested parties about the opportunity to participate in the development process of the Sustainable Gaming Standard (LEO 8000-200x), the Standards Committee that will d...
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03-31-09
UTZ Honors IKEA at SCAA Conference for Sustainable Practice
ATLANTA, GA. - March 31, 2009 - UTZ CERTIFIED Good Inside will honor the IKEA Group for being the first retailer in the US to offer 100% traceable coffee, at this year's Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) 21st Annual Exposition being held at the Georgia Wo...
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03-30-09
Q's About QA? Organic Valley Shares Food Safety Protocols
La Farge, Wis. - March 30, 2009 - Organic Valley Family of Farms, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands, today is sharing its quality assurance protocols as part of its Transparency initiative.
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03-30-09
Aspen Institute Names Emerging Leaders As 2009 Henry Crown Fellows
SANTA BARBARA, CA. - March 30, 2009 - The Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program today announced its 2009 Class of Henry Crown Fellows.
The Henry Crown Fellowship is designed to engage the next generation of leaders in the challenge o...
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03-30-09
Vermont Organic Valley Farmer-Owners Recognized for Commitment to Quality, Sustainability, Organic Farming
La Farge, WI - March 30, 2009 - Organic Valley Family of Farms, America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands, announced today that four of its Vermont farmer-owners recently received local awards recognizing their commitmen...
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03-26-09
Twisted Limb Paperworks Receives EILEEN FISHER Business Grant for Woman Entrepreneurs
- March 26, 2009 - Twisted Limb Paperworks (www.twistedlimbpaper.com) of Bloomington, IN, a sustainable paper making company is one of five recipients of EILEEN FISHER's fifth Annual Business Grant Program...
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03-26-09
Media Impact releases 2009 Impact Data on Latin America Radio Programming
March 26, 2009 - PCI Media Impact, a not-for-profit organization with over 25 years of experience inspiring global social change through storytelling and broadcast media, has selected eight coalitions of grassroots organizations for the 2009 My Community progra...
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03-26-09
TIAA-CREF Announces Escalation in Efforts to Avoid Investments in Companies with Ties to Genocide
BOSTON, MA. - March 26, 2009 - In an important victory for the cause of genocide-free investing, Investors Against Genocide has announced it withdrew its shareholder proposal from the proxy ballot for TIAA-CREF's July shareholders' meeting. This announcement follows ...
