Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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01-18-07
Starbucks Leads Global Coffee Industry in Paying Premium Prices for Sustainably-Sourced Coffee
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2007--Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced today that the average price per pound it paid for all its coffee increased from US$1.28 in fiscal year 2005 to US$1.42 ($3.12 per kilogram) in fiscal year 2006. During the same period ...
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01-17-07
Presidio School of Management Ranks Among Top Bay Area MBA Programs
San Francisco, CA "“ January 17, 2007 "“ As prestigious B-schools everywhere update their MBA curriculum to respond to today’s educational focus on socially and environmentally responsible business practices, one Bay Area college has been quietly gaining momentum for its inn...
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01-16-07
Alcoa Signs MOU With India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
NEW DELHI, India & NEW YORK, January 16, 2007--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to partner in collaborative research projects that address critical g...
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01-16-07
New Data from cMarket Reveals How Online Auction Bidders Think, and Why Celebrity Goods, Fun Trips and Coffee Makers Will Raise More Money Than Ever for Non-Profit Organizations in 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2007--What do George Clooney's Academy Award Gift Bag, a customized Saturn SKY Roadster, lunch with Grey's Anatomy star, Ellen Pompeo, and a Cuisinart coffee maker all have in common? They were among the hottest items featured last...
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01-12-07
Dole Food Company, Inc. Strengthens Its Tuberculosis Treatment Program for Philippine Employees
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2007--Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it will strengthen its widely successful Tuberculosis (TB) initiative in 2007 at the company's two Philippine divisions, Dole Packaged Foods-Dolefil and Dole Fresh Fruit-St...
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01-11-07
UN Secretary-General Ban Commits to Carry Forward the Global Compact
NEW YORK, January 11, 2007-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the New York business community yesterday at an event hosted by the UNA-USA Business Council for the United Nations and the Association for a Better New York. In his first speech outside of the United Nations...
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01-09-07
Web Conference on The McNulty Memorandum presented by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
MINNEAPOLIS, MN., January 9, 2007---On January 18, 2007, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) will present a Web conference to review the recent memorandum released on December 12, 2006 by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty and discuss its ramifica...
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01-09-07
Deloitte & Touche Named to FORTUNE’s '100 Best Companies to Work For' List for Eighth Year
NEW YORK, NY January 9, 2007 "“ For the eighth year, Deloitte & Touche LLP has been named to FORTUNE magazine’s list of "100 Best Companies to Work For." The 10th annual survey, which appears in the January 22nd issue of FORTUNE and on www.fortune.com, is the national b...
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01-09-07
Aperio Group Selects IW Financial to Provide Research & Support for Custom ESG Indexes for Separate Accounts
PORTLAND, MN., January 9, 2007 - Aperio Group LLC, a financial advisory firm that delivers customized asset management services for taxable investors, has selected IW Financial to provide the research, analytics, and consulting services that will allow the firm to create inv...
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01-08-07
Reflecting Trend Toward Global Companies Embracing Sustainability, McDonald’s UK Puts Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee On the Menu
NEW YORK, NY - January 8, 2007 - Sustainably grown coffee takes a giant leap forward today with the announcement that McDonald’s UK will be sourcing all of its coffee beans from farms certified by the New York-based global nonprofit Rainforest Alliance.
