Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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04-30-09
Leaders in Sustainability Honored at Rainforest Alliance Gala
New York, NY - April 30, 2009 - The Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit conservation organization, announces its 2009 honorees at its annual gala on May 6 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Sustainability commitments from global businesse...
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04-29-09
Call for Applications: Three Open Seats on National Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee, User Interest Category
Madison, WI - April 29, 2009 - Leonardo Academy is seeking applications for three vacant seats on the National Sustainable Agriculture Practice Standards Committee within the 'User' Interest Category. Individuals or representatives of entities that use agricultural products ...
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04-29-09
Kohl's Recognized for High-Performance Green Buildings
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - April 29, 2009 - Kohl's Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) announced today that 110 additional Kohl's stores earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR label, a nationally recognized symbol for superior energy efficiency and envi...
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04-29-09
Putting an End to Tomatoes Tinged with the Bitter Taste of Exploitation
- April 29, 2009 - Bon Appétit Management Company becomes the first food service company to establish game-changing fair labor requirements that integrate: minimum fair wage, worker empowerment stipulations, and incentives to growers who exceed minimum requirements of the...
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04-28-09
Overcoming Systemic Roadblocks to Sustainability
BURLINGTON, VT. April 28, 2009 - Imagine a new culture framed around quality of life not limitless growth and consumption. That is, arguably, a fair summary of the article, co-authored by Rachael Beddoe, UVM graduate student, Joshua Farley, an economist at the University of...
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04-28-09
Mohawk Named #1 Top Green-IT Organization by IDG's Computerworld
Cohoes, NY - April 28, 2009 - Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. has been ranked as the number one Green-IT Organization for 2009 by IDG's Computerworld.
For the second year in a row, Computerworld set out to identify organizations that are implementing s...
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04-28-09
Aveda Sets Groundbreaking Standard in Sustainability for Beauty Industry
BLAINE, Minn. - April 28, 2009 - Global sustainability leader Aveda(TM) today announced it has become the first beauty company in the world and only the second U.S. company in any industry to receive a Cradle to Cradle (C2C) sustainability endorsement, with seven Aveda produ...
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04-27-09
Nathan Shedroff, Design Professor and Author on Sustainable Business to Keynote Green Media Conference
Highlights:
1. Shedroff will speak on the unique principles that design offers business strategy with a vision of the future of business as sustainable, meaningful, and truly innovative-as well as profitable.
2. Sustainabilit...
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04-27-09
Kohl's Department Stores Number One on EPA's List
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - April 27, 2009 - Kohl's Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) announced today that according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) quarterly listings, Kohl's is the num...
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04-23-09
'Farming First' Film Launched
- April 23, 2009 - A coalition of scientists, business and farmers have launched the 'Farming First' website, a campaign to promote the cause of farmers in helping solve the world's most pressing development problems.
At the site
