Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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06-28-10
CEOs regard sustainability as a top priority
A major global survey of 750 chief executives undertaken by Accenture in partnership with the UN Global Compact initiative, revealed that far from falling down the corporate agenda during the recession, the low-carbon economy is now firmly ingrained as a high priority for bu...
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06-28-10
Equal Exchange Expands Unique Organic, Fair Trade School Fundraising Program with Crafts
Equal Exchange is expanding its unique organic and Fair Trade fundraising program for schools by teaming up with Ten Thousand Villages, t...
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06-28-10
Bright Green Academics at the Forefront of Sustainability
Alliant International University's Marshall Goldsmith School of Management (MGSM) has been confirmed as ISOS Group's regional collaborating partner in Southern California and the surrounding region. Due to a growing demand for certifications in Sustainability Reporting align...
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06-25-10
Women in Iraq Create Prosperity Candles for U.S. Market
With its unique mission to support thousands of women entrepreneurs living in distressed areas of the world to build thriving businesses, Prosperity Candle inaugurates its first handmade pillar candles - in partnership with enterprising women in Baghdad, Iraq.
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06-25-10
Global Impact Named Honorable Mention Recipient of The Washington Post 2010 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management
The Center for Nonprofit Advancement selected Global Impact as the 2010 Honorable Mention recipient of The Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. Global Impact, a leader in international phi...
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06-25-10
NaturCert announces new presence in Ecuador
NaturCert operates through the international network of NaturCert Representative Offices and subsidiaries. Each network member is a separate and independent legal entity and operates locally in countries around the world. NaturCert's local partners provide NaturCert programs...
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06-24-10
Global Design Organizations Partner to Launch Online Community for Sustainable Design
/PRNewswire/ - The design community is invited to co-create for the collective good with the debut of The Living Principles for Design website, the online home for the sustainability framework created in October ...
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06-24-10
Organic Valley Supply Management Program Pays Off!
Organic Valley, America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today announced it will raise its supply quota in a move to get farmer-owners from 93% to 100% of their active base on August 1, 2010. A year ago, the farmer owne...
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06-24-10
UK Government offers support to BP
US scientists warned that the amount of oil spilled by BP at the centre of the Gulf of Mexico could be twice that previous estimated. This would upgrade the liabilities faced by BP and the other firms at the centre of the issue.
The figures are ...
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06-23-10
Corporate Sustainability Becoming "Force of its Own" in Global Marketplace
New conference report from AltaTerra Research and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group highlights growing force of corporate sustainability in the global marketplace, and how leading companies are creating business advantage through innovation in products and operations.
