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    USAID, Walmart, TransFair USA and SEBRAE-Minas Gerais Sponsor Brazil Coffee Cupping Competition Image

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    11-20-09

    USAID, Walmart, TransFair USA and SEBRAE-Minas Gerais Sponsor Brazil Coffee Cupping Competition

    Winners for this week's Brazilian Fair Trade Certified coffee cupping competition have been announced. Sebastiao Reguim of the producer association, Unipcafem, and Marcos Antonio Nali of the producer association, Pro-nova, won first place in the natural and semi-washed coffe...

    Kraft Foods Eliminated More Than 50 Million Truck Miles Since 2005 Through Focus on Transportation Sustainability Efforts Image

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    11-19-09

    Kraft Foods Eliminated More Than 50 Million Truck Miles Since 2005 Through Focus on Transportation Sustainability Efforts

    Everyone hates traffic. It eats up time, wastes energy and emits harmful carbon dioxide. As population and urbanization increase, experts say traffic is only getting worse. Kraft Foods is addressing this challenge by finding alternatives to trucking and making its distributi...

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    11-19-09

    Traditional Medicinals(R) First U.S.-Based Manufacturer to Introduce New FairWild(R) Certified Herbal Products

    Traditional Medicinals, the leader in medicinal teas(1) and largest Fair Trade Certified Herbal Tea Company in the United States(2) is the first U.S.-based manufacturer to obtain the new FairWild certification. This sustainability standard, established in 2006, sets internat...

    Holy Cow! New Spring 2010 Kids Clothing Line Available Image

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    11-18-09

    Holy Cow! New Spring 2010 Kids Clothing Line Available

    ZOLD is proud to announce the release of Holy Cow's Spring 2010 Kids healthy clothing line in Canada. The Holy Cow Spring kids line features animal characters such as "Jerry the Giraffe" and "Amy the Elephant" both rich in color and pesticide free.

    The Holy Cow...

    Leonardo Academy Announces Opportunities to Participate in Development Process for Emissions Inventories, Offsets and Reduction Credits Standard  Image

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    11-18-09

    Leonardo Academy Announces Opportunities to Participate in Development Process for Emissions Inventories, Offsets and Reduction Credits Standard

    Leonardo Academy, a charitable nonprofit organization that works to advance sustainability, announced today five opportunities to participate in the development of the Emissions Inventories, Offsets and Reduction Credits Standard (LEO-5000). Interested parties can: (1) Apply...

    IBM Launches Consulting Service for Sustainable Assets Image

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    11-18-09

    IBM Launches Consulting Service for Sustainable Assets

    IBM (NYSE:IBM) Sustainable Asset Analytics is designed to help clients manage real estate, supplier performance, carbon data collection and analysis, asset lifecycle maintenance, and all processes and systems used to support these activities.
    Oliberté Footwear Launches 1st Premium Shoe Company Made in Africa Image

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    11-18-09

    Oliberté Footwear Launches 1st Premium Shoe Company Made in Africa

    Headquarted in Canada, Oliberté has launched the first international footwear company to work exclusively in Africa. Designs for men and women shoes are urban-casual inspired and sold online (www.oliberte.com

    Changing the Face of Apparel in the United States: TransFair USA to Open Up New Fair Trade Certified(TM) Apparel and Home Goods Pilot Program for Public Comment Image

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    11-17-09

    Changing the Face of Apparel in the United States: TransFair USA to Open Up New Fair Trade Certified(TM) Apparel and Home Goods Pilot Program for Public Comment

    TransFair USA, the third-party certifier of Fair Trade Certified™ products in the United States, today announced that it is extending the "Fair Trade lifestyle" into cotton clothing, bed and bath products. The first Fair Trade Certified apparel and home goods products are ex...

    AltaTerra Research to Moderate Web Conference on Making the Business Case for Sustainability Image

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    11-16-09

    AltaTerra Research to Moderate Web Conference on Making the Business Case for Sustainability

    AltaTerra Research is pleased to announce that President, Don Bray, will moderate the next in their series of online discussions with Bob Willard, author of The Sustainability Advantage and The Next Sustainability Wave. The web conference, "Making the Case for Sustainable Bu...

    First Book Awarded Charity Navigator's Highest Four-Star Rating for Third Consecutive Year Image

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    11-13-09

    First Book Awarded Charity Navigator's Highest Four-Star Rating for Third Consecutive Year

    First Book, the nonprofit providing new books to children in need, has been awarded with a 4-Star rating for the third consecutive year by Charity Navigator, the nation's leading charity evaluator. Only 13% of the charities rated by Charity Navigator have received at least 3...

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