Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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07-19-07
Business Leaders Cheer Raise in Minimum Wage
NEW YORK, NY- July 19, 2007 -- On July 24, for the first time in ten years, the federal minimum wage will go up -- marking the end of the longest period without a raise since the minimum wage was enacted in 1938. Contrary to conventional wisdom, many American businesses are ...
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07-17-07
Indigenous Designs Featured Today in Wall Street Journal and on CNBC
SANTA ROSA, CA - July 17, 2007 - Indigenous Designs, a Santa Rosa, CA-based apparel company that has been pioneering organic, fair trade fashion since 1994, is prominently featured in today's Wall Street Journal and on CNBC "“ and not just for its socially conscious practice...
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07-11-07
Equal Exchange Brings Fair Trade to Small-Scale Tea Growers
WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA- July 10, 2007 -In a move intended to catalyze changes in the tea industry, Equal Exchange announces today seven new premium, organic, Fair Trade Certified(TM) teas sourced almost entirely from democratic co-operatives of small-scale growers in India, Sr...
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06-28-07
Daley to Lead JPMorgan Chase's Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2007--JPMorgan Chase today named William M. Daley to head its new Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, effective immediately. Daley also joins the firm's Operating Committee, the company's senior leadership team. As head of Corporate...
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06-21-07
Innovest Releases New Ratings for Transportation Infrastructure
NEW YORK, June 21, 2007 "“ Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has released Intangible Value Assessments for the 21 companies in the Transportation Infrastructure sector.
The Transportation Infrastructure sector comprises a diverse mix of compan...
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06-20-07
Starbucks and Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) Partner to Promote Ethiopia's Coffee and Benefit the Country's Coffee Farmers
SEATTLE & ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20,
2007--Representatives of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and senior leaders from Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) today announced that they have concluded an agreement re...
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06-20-07
Inquiry Report Advocates Wider Role for Tomorrow's Global Company
June 20, 2007- Tomorrow's global companies should work with governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and others to create stronger frameworks of law and regulation for the world's markets, according to a report launched this week by a group of prominent business an...
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06-19-07
Real Estate Industry Quietly Embracing Green Development, Progressive Investor Reports
New York, June 18, 2007 "“ Although much less public than the major media announcements of the world’s largest corporations, GE and Wal-Mart, the real estate industry is quietly transforming by embracing sustainable business practices and green technologies.
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06-18-07
Social Venture Network Invites Emerging Enterprises to Imagine What's Next
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 18, 2007 - Social Venture Network (SVN), the country’s leading network of socially responsible business leaders, is launching Imagine What's Next: Ideas that Will Change the Way the World Does Business; a contest that seeks to support the lead...
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06-14-07
100 Young Leaders Assemble at The Responsible Business Summit in London
NEW YORK, NY- June 14, 2007 - StartingBloc (www.startingbloc.org) will bring together one hundred undergraduate students and young professionals from as far as Argentina, Benin, China and France. They will take part ...
