Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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09-26-02
Unsung Heroes of the Environment Honored at 2002 ChevronTexaco Conservation Awards
HOUSTON, Texas - Unsung heroes seeking to save endangered wildlife, beautify urban areas and educate youth about the importance of environmental protection were honored today at the 48th Annual ChevronTexaco Conservation Awards.
At a special ceremony at the Houst...
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09-19-02
BSR is Working to Create A Sustainable Conference
SAN FRANCISCO September 19, 2002 – The Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Annual Conference, to be held November 5-8 in Miami, Florida, promises to facilitate socially responsible business collaboration and highlight environmentally sustainable business practices throu...
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09-18-02
UPS Takes Its Safe Driving Message into High School Classrooms
ATLANTA, Georgia – Over the past 10 years, more than 68,000 teens have lost their lives in driving accidents on U.S. highways, according to 1999 statistics by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In an effort to educate and train first-time drivers to be safer...
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09-17-02
Multinational companies make corporate social responsibility their business
New York - International speakers will gather at the Ethical Corporation magazine conference and training seminar on 2-4 October 2002 in New York to explore the business case for effective management of corporate social and environmentally responsible issues.
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09-12-02
Mitsui Announces New Management Team
Mitsui & Co. announced today that Shoei Utsuda and Nobuo Ohashi have been named respectively, President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board effective September 30, 2002.
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09-06-02
Starbucks Commitment to Origins Expanded in North American Stores with Two New Coffees, New Packaging and Dedicated Retail Space
SEATTLE, Washington - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) reinforces its dedication to coffee origin countries and the farmers who produce Starbucks coffees through an expanded line of Commitment to Origins™ coffees that feature special packaging and dedicated retail spa...
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09-04-02
Panelists Urge Increased Shareholder And Board Activism In Response To Corporate Excesses
NEW YORK, New York - 2002-Panelists at the upcoming symposium, "Blueprint for Change: Corporate Governance for the Future," are calling for broad-based reforms that will result in better monitoring of managers, independent boards of directors, and increased shareholder and ...
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09-04-02
Large European Retailers Share Their Experience On Integrating Corporate Responsibility Into Day-To-Day Business Strategy On September 25-27, 2002, In London At The Thistle Marble Arch
London - Ethical Corporation, the global CSR information service for responsible business leaders, today announced new additions to the September 25-27, 2002 conference on managing sustainability for European Retailers. The Tea Sourcing Partnership, which represents 68% of t...
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09-03-02
New U.S. Oil to Bring 48% TFA Reduction in McDonald's Fries in Early 2003
OAK BROOK, Illinois - McDonald's USA announced today a significant reduction of trans fatty acids (TFAs) in its fried menu items with the introduction of improved cooking oil in all of its 13,000 restaurants -- a major step toward McDonald's goal of eliminating TFAs from its...
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08-30-02
e7 Electric Companies To Sign Pacts With Un, Others At World Summit
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - E. Linn Draper Jr., who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), will sign a sustainable development statement of collaboration and other related agreements with the United Nations Sunday in his r...
