Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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10-29-07
Fair Factories Clearinghouse Announces New Members
NEW YORK, NY - October 29, 2007 - The Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting factory compliance through the sharing of factory audit information, today welcomed its newest members. ASICS America Corporation, Patagonia, and S...
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10-29-07
Finalists Named For Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit
GLENDALE, AZ - October 29, 2007 - Ten teams from top business schools around the world have made the final round of an innovation competition held in conjunction with Thunderbird School of Global Management's Sustainable Innovation Summit to be held November 8-10 at Thunderb...
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10-24-07
Corporate Responsibility Publication Names Entergy Best Corporate Citizen in Utility Industry
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine has selected Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) for its 10 Best Corporate Citizens in 2007, an annual list that provides clear visibility to corporate citizenship leaders within the chemica...
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10-24-07
Over 400 Top Executives and Experts to Meet at 1st "CEO & CSR 2007" Conference in Athens on October 31, 2007
CSRwire (www.csrwire.com) and Ethical Corporation (www.ethicalcorp.com) are International Communication Sponsors of this one-day, invitation-only conference ...
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10-23-07
Hokura Introduces TransparentCMS at BSR Conference
SAN RAMON, CA - October 23, 2007 - Hokura LLC will introduce the TransparentCMS Compliance Management System for the retail supply chain at the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR, www.bsr.org) Conference, "Designing a Su...
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10-19-07
Grameen Foundation Elects Paul Maritz to Chair Board of Directors
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 19, 2007 - Grameen Foundation today announced the election of Paul Maritz as chair of its board of directors. He replaces Susan M. Davis who will remain on the board after serving as chair for six and a half years.
The...
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10-10-07
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Becomes First Law Firm to be Named a Community of Respect(R)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has achieved several firsts in the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL's) Community of Respect(R) program, a program designed to encourage commitment to diversity and rejection of bias a...
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10-09-07
Display of Unity Further Raises Prospects for the Ethiopian Fine Coffee Sector
ADDIS ABABA - October 9, 2007 - At an exuberant event at the Addis Ababa, 40 Ethiopian coffee exporters joined with H.E Yakob Yala, State Minister of Agriculture & Development and Mr Getachew Mengistie, Director General of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIP...
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10-08-07
Dole Announces that it Will Discontinue the Use of Paraquat in its Agricultural Operations
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - October 8, 2007 - Dole announced today that it is discontinuing the use of paraquat in its agricultural operations worldwide, by implementing an immediate phase-out program except in Costa Rica for Dole's pineapple operations where the targeted phase-o...
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10-03-07
Verité Convenes Landmark Conference on Worker Participation in Corporate Responsibility in China
AMHERST, MA - October 3, 2007 - Verité, the US-based non-profit which advances the cause of supply chain labor rights throughout the world, is convening a landmark one-day Symposium in Shenzhen, China, to build support for workers' involvement in corporate responsibility in ...
