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BrownFlynn Selected by Global Reporting Initiative as U.S. Based Training Partner
Cleveland, OH - Following a competitive selection process, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) recently entered into an agreement with BrownFlynn to begin the process of becoming their U.S.-based GRI Certified Training Partner. Once certified, BrownFlynn can begin to offer...
IBM and Researchers From Harvard Launch Project to Discover Lower Cost, More Efficient Solar Cells
BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/08/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will use idle com...
Deloitte and The Tech Museum of Innovation Team up to Create Renewable Energy Exhibit
NEW YORK, NY & SAN JOSE, Calif. - December 3, 2008 - As part of its commitment to invest $50 million in skills-based pro bono professional services, Deloitte today announ...
Sodexo Expands Corporate Citizenship Team to Provide Client-Focused Sustainability Training
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - December 2, 2008 - Sodexo, a leading food and facilities management services company, has appointed Holly Fowler as senior director of corporate citizenship training and innovation, a move intended to more deeply connect the company's sustainability strat...
VolunteerMatch And Kenneth Cole Partner To Encourage Service And Social Change
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - November 24, 2008 - In a partnership that brings together the fashion world's most visible proponent of social change with the Internet's most popular volunteering network, Kenneth Cole and VolunteerMatch have teamed up to inspire Americans to make a dif...
Despite Economic Crisis, Consumers Value Brands' Commitment to Social Purpose, Global Study Finds
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from this year's goodpurpose(TM) global study of consumer attitudes reveal that nearly seven in 10 (68%) consumers would remain loyal to a brand during a recession if it supports a good cause, and 71% say that when they think ab...
Federal Breakfast Funds Unused by Thousands of U.S. Schools Leaves Millions of Children Ill Prepared to Learn
GAITHERSBURG, MD. - November 17, 2008 - Millions of American children may be attending school without the nutrition necessary to learn despite the fact that Congress has made the funds available, according to researchers at Harvard. A new study sponsored by the Sodexo Fou...
Sodexo Green Cleaning at Colorado College Wins Kudos
GAITHERSBURG, MD. - November 14, 2008 - Sodexo facilities management experts helped propel Colorado College to a leadership position in sustainable cleaning practices by being named one of only two colleges honored by American School & University magazine, the Gre...
IBM Issues Corporate Responsibility Report
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) - November 12, 2008 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) issued its 2007-2008 Corporate Responsibility Report, detailing the company's performance results and strategies in the areas of governance, supply chain, environmental performance, employment policies...
Junior Achievement and Deloitte Open Fifth Annual College Scholarship Contest
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. - November 11, 2008 - Junior Achievement and Deloitte today announced the launch of their fifth annual "Excellence through Ethics" essay contest, in which U.S. high school seniors are asked to apply their knowledge of ethical decision-making and share t...