News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the business services industry.
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06-22-10
In spite of the recent economic downturn, an overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs - 93 percent - say that sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies. Furthermore, CEOs believe that, within a decade, a tipping point could be reached that fully...
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06-17-10
The United Nations Global Compact today launched the UN Globa...
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06-11-10
While the economy shows signs of improvement, countless nonprofits continue to strain under the weight of the recession fall-out. Today, in what has become an IMPACT Day tradition, Deloitte is providing hundr...
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06-07-10
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) today awarded Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Brazil and its CEO Hector Nunez the inaugural C.K. Prahalad Award for Global Sustainability Leadership for their historic work to preserve the Amazon. Mr. Nunez will accept the award to...
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06-03-10
Eradicating malaria, fighting hunger and outfitting classrooms while contributing to the bottom line are among the many challenges tackled by the winners of the eighth annual Cause Marketing Halo Awards.
Twenty-two category-specific awards were...
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05-26-10
VolunteerMatch has honored Hagerty Insurance, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) for leadership in employee volunteer program management in VolunteerMatch's annual survey of corporate volunteering in the United States.
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05-20-10
In ongoing efforts to strengthen its commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability, BrownFlynn recently participated in two very important conferences. First, Principal and Co-owner Barb Brown shared her expertise of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the mos...
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05-20-10
Accenture has published its 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, “Our Journey, Our Progress,” which explores the company’s global corporate citizenship activities and sustainability initiatives, as well as its progress and challenges.
The report also serves as Accenture’s first Commu...
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05-10-10
Communities large and small were called upon to tell what is great and exceptional about their sustainability initiatives. Of the 21 nominations, nine were honored as Siemens Sustainable Community Awards 2010 finalists.
The Siemens Sustainable ...
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05-04-10
Tetra Pak and WWF-UK have today launched a three year partnership to raise awareness and understanding of renewability*, and the importance of choosing goods made from responsibly managed renewable sources.
As part of the partnership, Tetra Pak UK and WWF-UK are ...