Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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07-02-08
Innovative Insect Control Technology Earns Dow Another Green Chemistry Award
MIDLAND, MI, - July 1, 2008 - Underscoring its commitment to sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) recently received its sixth Green Chemistry Award since 1996. Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of Dow, was presented with the 2008 Presidential Green Chemistry Chall...
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07-01-08
National Sustainable Agriculture Standard -- Last Call for Standards Committee Applications Deadline: July 7, 2008
MADISON, WI, - July 1, 2008 - This week marks the final opportunity to submit applications to serve on the Standards Committee that will finalize a national standard for sustainable agriculture under the auspices of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Applicati...
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07-01-08
Science Education Bayer USA Foundation Supports Summer Programs in Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Houston and Tyler, Texas
PITTSBURGH, PA - July 1, 2008 - High school "green" chemistry and diversity/workforce development in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields are the focus of two innovative programs for teachers and students that the Bayer USA Foundation is sponsoring ...
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06-30-08
Communications And Media Next Targets For Going Green
News Highlights
"¢ "Going Green" is now reaching down into the methods corporations and governments use to communicate "“ via print, web, advertising, meetings and tradeshows. What's the carbon footprint of a national newspaper ad? What's the footprint of an ema...
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06-25-08
Dairy Industry Commits to Reducing Greenhouse Gases, Increasing Business Opportunities Across Value Chain
ROSEMONT, ILL. - June 25, 2008 - Dairy leaders today announced an industry-wide commitment and action plan to reduce fluid milk's carbon footprint while increasing business value, from farm to consumer.
The action plan is an outcome of the indus...
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06-25-08
United Nations Global Compact: 630 Companies Delisted as Part of Integrity Measures
New York, NY - 25 June 2008 "“ The United Nations Global Compact Office announced today that a total of 630 companies have been removed from its list of participants for failure to communicate progress.
The delisting of companies is part of ong...
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06-25-08
New Sustainability Program Helps Executives Accelerate Organizational Integration of the Triple Bottom Line "“ People, Planet and Profit
MADISON, NJ - June 25, 2008 - This fall, Fairleigh Dickinson University's Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) will bring together executives from diverse corporations, consulting firms and small businesses to partic...
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06-25-08
Dow Performance Fluids Chemistry Contributing to the Manufacture of Photovoltaic Cells
MIDLAND, MI - June 24, 2008 - More than 400,000 pounds of SYLTHERM ⯠Silicone Heat Transfer Fluids from The Dow Chemical Company were delivered to Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. in Thomas Township, Mich., in January 2008. This large order will help enable the manufacture of ...
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06-24-08
Marks & Spencer Expands Sustainable Development Capability By Joining World Environment Center
WASHINTON, D.C., - June 24, 2008 - Marks & Spencer, a leading global retail company, today announced that it is joining the World Environment Center (WEC), a global non-profit organization that advances sustainable business performance, to increase its capabilities to im...
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06-24-08
PricewaterhouseCoopers Appointed Global Advisor and Report Writer to Carbon Disclosure Project
NEW YORK, June 24, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of 385 institutional investors with assets under management of US$57 trillion, today announced the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as its global adviser.
