Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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10-23-07
Hokura Introduces TransparentCMS at BSR Conference
SAN RAMON, CA - October 23, 2007 - Hokura LLC will introduce the TransparentCMS Compliance Management System for the retail supply chain at the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR, www.bsr.org) Conference, "Designing a Su...
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10-19-07
Grameen Foundation Elects Paul Maritz to Chair Board of Directors
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 19, 2007 - Grameen Foundation today announced the election of Paul Maritz as chair of its board of directors. He replaces Susan M. Davis who will remain on the board after serving as chair for six and a half years.
The...
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10-10-07
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Becomes First Law Firm to be Named a Community of Respect(R)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has achieved several firsts in the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL's) Community of Respect(R) program, a program designed to encourage commitment to diversity and rejection of bias a...
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10-09-07
Display of Unity Further Raises Prospects for the Ethiopian Fine Coffee Sector
ADDIS ABABA - October 9, 2007 - At an exuberant event at the Addis Ababa, 40 Ethiopian coffee exporters joined with H.E Yakob Yala, State Minister of Agriculture & Development and Mr Getachew Mengistie, Director General of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIP...
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10-08-07
Dole Announces that it Will Discontinue the Use of Paraquat in its Agricultural Operations
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - October 8, 2007 - Dole announced today that it is discontinuing the use of paraquat in its agricultural operations worldwide, by implementing an immediate phase-out program except in Costa Rica for Dole's pineapple operations where the targeted phase-o...
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10-03-07
Verité Convenes Landmark Conference on Worker Participation in Corporate Responsibility in China
AMHERST, MA - October 3, 2007 - Verité, the US-based non-profit which advances the cause of supply chain labor rights throughout the world, is convening a landmark one-day Symposium in Shenzhen, China, to build support for workers' involvement in corporate responsibility in ...
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10-03-07
Planet Bean Signs Trademarking and Licensing Agreement with Ethiopia
GUELPH, ONTARIO - October 3, 2007 - Planet Bean, a Canadian pioneer fair trade coffee roaster joins the growing network of licensed distributors of Ethiopia's trademarked coffees.
Planet Bean is a company that buys and roasts only 100% certified...
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10-03-07
Farmers Launch Five-City U.S. Tour to Build Global & Local Unity, Celebrate Fair Trade Month
BOSTON, MA - October 2, 2007 - Farmers from Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Georgia, along with local farmers from each region, will tell their stories in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. between Oct. 18 and Nov. 1st as part of the "Fac...
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10-03-07
Premiere Eco-Lifestyle Event, EcoNouveau, Kicks Off LA Fashion Week
LOS ANGELES, CA - October 2, 2007 - EcoNouveau, a co-production spearheaded by Rob Ganger of Pollinator Media Group and Sarah Shewey of Pink Cloud Events, will feature the Spring/Summer '08 collection of the most innovative eco-fashion designers in a non-traditional runway s...
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10-02-07
Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers to Hold Annual Conference in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
PORTLAND, OR - October 2, 2007 - Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers, a U.S.-based importer of certified organic, fair trade and shade grown coffee working to integrate small family farmers and cooperatives in Africa and Central and South America into the global market will...
