Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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04-04-07
New Equal Exchange Snacks Bring the Benefits of Fair Trade to American Family Farmers
WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA - April 3, 2007 - Equal Exchange, known for Fairly Traded coffee, tea and chocolate, has introduced a line of packaged snacks including Organic Dried Cranberries, Roasted Georgia Pecans, and Organic Tamari-Roasted Almonds. These "Domestic Fair Trade" pr...
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03-29-07
Fair Trade Product Certifier TransFair USA Partners with Whole Foods Market® to Help Launch Whole Trade™ Guarantee
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2007--TransFair USA, the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, and Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket, today announced the Whole Trade Guar...
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03-26-07
Deloitte welcomes new partner Johanne Gélinas
TORONTO - March 26, 2007 - Deloitte is pleased to announce the admission of Johanne Gélinas, former federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, to its partnership. She joins Enterprise Risk, Canada's largest risk management consulting practice, to le...
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03-26-07
Earth Day Dinners Sprout Up Nationwide
LA FARGE, WI "“ March 26, 2007 "“ What do Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day, even St. Patty's Day have in common? They all have traditions involving family, friends, and of course, food. Earth Day deserves a celebration too-a fun food tradition that revolves around l...
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03-26-07
Organic Valley Names Haberman & Associates as its National Public Relations Agency
LA FARGE, WI - March 26, 2007 "“ Organic Valley has named Minneapolis-based Haberman & Associates as its national public relations agency.
For nearly four years, Haberman & Associates has led Organic Valley's public relations efforts in ...
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03-26-07
Investors Continue to Challenge Dean Foods' Approach to Organics
BOSTON, MA - March 26, 2007 - Socially concerned investors for the second year in a row have filed a shareholder proposal asking Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) to report to shareholders how it is responding to widespread concern that industrial-scale organic dairies, supplying m...
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03-21-07
Duraflame Discontinues Use of Petroleum Wax in its Firelogs
STOCKTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2007--By the end of April 2007, Duraflame, Inc. will no longer use petroleum wax in the production of its duraflame brand firelogs. After over 30 years in business, the company is going all-natural by making the switch to non-petr...
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03-21-07
CVS/pharmacy to Introduce One Million Inner-City and Rural Youths to Careers in Pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, RI - March 21, 2007 - CVS/pharmacy, America's largest retail pharmacy, today announced the company's commitment to introduce one million inner-city and rural youth to careers in pharmacy as part of its partnership with America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth. ...
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03-20-07
Bon Appetit Management Co. Stays Ahead of the Curve, Naturally
PALO ALTO, CA.- March 20, 2007 "“ Moving to expand its far-reaching antibiotic reduction policy from poultry to beef, Bon Appétit Management Company announces the exclusive use of all-natural hamburger beef in all 400 of its restaurants and cafés in 28 states, amounting to n...
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03-20-07
Rainforest Alliance Works with Scholastic in Making Historic Commitment to Using FSC-Certified Paper in U.S. Printing of <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i>
March 20, 2007 - The Rainforest Alliance today commended the commitment by Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing, education and media company, to use paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in printing the seventh and final book in the Harry Po...
