Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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01-20-09
REI Adds bluesign Standard to its Product Sustainability Strategy
SEATTLE, WA. - January 20, 2009 - Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), a national retail cooperative providing quality outdoor gear and clothing, today announced its membership with bluesign technologies ag allowing the company to use the bluesign(R) independent standard as p...
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01-19-09
CSR Job Opening: Senior Manager of Business Development
January 19, 2009 -
SOURCE: Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR)
JOB TITLE: Senior Manager of Business Development
JOB LOCATION: Toronto
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01-19-09
CSR Job Opening: Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor
JANUARY 19, 2009 -
SOURCE: Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR)
JOB TITLE: Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor
JOB LOCATION: Calgary
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01-19-09
Wal-Mart Mexico Inaugurates Largest Sun-Operated Photovoltaic Installation in Latin America
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01-19-09
Transurban Launches its Third Sustainability Report
January 19, 2009 - The 2008 report charts the company’s ongoing management of its environmental, economic and social impacts.
It highlights the challenges, initiatives and commitments in the four 'pillars' of the sustainability agenda - Customers, Communities, En...
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01-16-09
ANSI Rules in Favor of Leonardo Academy
MADISON, WI. - January 16, 2009 "“ The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has ruled in favor of Leonardo Academy on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA) appeal of Leonardo's status as an ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer. The appeal focused on Leonardo ...
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01-15-09
Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, to be Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute
- January 15, 2009 - The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program announced today that Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2005 to January 20, 2009, will become a Senior Fellow to the Program beginning immediately upon his departure...
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01-14-09
World Cocoa Foundation Announces Sustainability Principles and Goals to Help Farmers, Guide Industry Efforts and Prioritize Development Projects
WASHINGTON, DC. January 14, 2009 - The World Cocoa Foundation today announced sustainability principles and goals to help the world's cocoa farmers, guide industry efforts and prioritize the Foundation's development projects in West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas. D...
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01-14-09
Equal Exchange Joins Critique of Fair Trade Plantations
WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA - January 13, 2009 - A recent article in The Times (London, UK), "Tea workers still waiting to reap Fairtrade benefits", reveals the contradictions ...
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01-13-09
Awards Opportunity for Sustainability Programs
WASHINGTON, DC. - January 13, 2009, BCLC, in partnership with the Siemens Corporation, will honor three U.S. communities with the 2009 Siemens Sustainable Community Awards. One small, medium, and large community each will receive an award.
The nomination dea...
