Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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02-23-09
Groundbreaking Conference Focuses on Building an Ethical Organizational Culture
- February 23, 2009 - The Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) announces the first-ever "Building and Benefiting from an Eth...
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02-23-09
Significant Years for Ingeo Natural Plastic Bottles Made From Plants, Not Oil
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. - February 23, 2009 - From early 2007 through 2008, NatureWorks LLC, maker of Ingeo(TM) natural plastic resin, and the packaging and recycling industry made significant strides toward the adoption of bottles made from renewable resources rather than import...
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02-20-09
International Facility Management Association Offsets Pollution Caused by FM-3D Conference
SAN DEIGO, Calif. - February 20, 2009 - Leonardo Academy announced today that the International Facility Management Association (IFMA)'s FM-3D conference, being held Feb. 23-25 in San Diego, Calif., has attained Cleaner and Greener(R) Certification, meaning pollution ...
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02-20-09
Environmentally Friendly Business on the Rise: Green America's Green Business Network(TM) Sees More than 10-Fold Increase In First 25 Years
WASHINGTON, DC. - February 20, 2009 - You can see how things have changed in American business in the following statistic: Since its founding in 1983, the Green America Green Business Network(TM) has expanded from 345 members to nearly 5000 members, a growth rate of about 1...
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02-19-09
The Choice is Yours: Make it Sustainable
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Feb. 19, 2009 - Neenah Paper (NYSE: NP) continues to broaden its ever-expanding digital offering with the addition of ENVIRONMENT(R) Digital PC 100 White, an FSC Certified, Green-e Certified 100 percent post consumer recycled paper. This warm white with a 9...
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02-18-09
Southern, Massey Energy and Chevron Among Nine 'Climate Watch' Companies Targeted by Investors
BOSTON, MA. - February 18, 2009 - Leading U.S. investors today named nine companies to a Climate Watch List, citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business c...
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02-18-09
Betsy Atkins Joins Clear Standards Board of Directors
February 18, 2009, Washington, DC - Clear Standards, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise carbon management and sustainability solutions, today announced the appointment of Betsy Atkins to the Clear Standards board of directors. Ms. Atkins is a renowned expert in corporate...
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02-18-09
Pioneers in Sustainability Form Advisory Board for Sustainable Brands '09
BURLINGAME, Calif. - February 18, 2009 - Sustainable Life Media today announced a substantially expanded board of advisors assembled to help steer and play host to Sustainable Brands '09, taking place May 31 - June 4, 2009 at the Monterey (CA) Conference Center. Now in its t...
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02-18-09
TIAA-CREF Says One Thing and Does Another: Corporate Social Responsibility Leader Falls Short
- February 17, 2009 - Educational pension giant TIAA-CREF regularly touts its achievements in providing "financial services for the greater good." Yet it continues to fail on the most important way it can contribute to corporate social responsibility: changing the abusive be...
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02-18-09
The Lastest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Green Mountain Climate Solutions
Over the past week, Vermont's Green Mountain Coffee Roasters took two steps forward in addressing climate change. First, according to Vice President for CSR Mike Dupee, GMCR is "psyched" to ...
