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    VolunteerMatch Offers Tongue-In-Cheek Alternative to 12 Days of Giving Image

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    12-12-08

    VolunteerMatch Offers Tongue-In-Cheek Alternative to 12 Days of Giving

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - December 11, 2008 - With a recession eating holes in everyone's pockets, this Christmas is a critical time to make volunteering a priority -- and VolunteerMatch is your resource for making change, helping others, and spreading good cheer.

    IBM Ranks #1 on Climate Change Strategies in Ceres Report Image

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    12-11-08

    IBM Ranks #1 on Climate Change Strategies in Ceres Report

    ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/11/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) was today
    named the top company for climate change strategy and practices, in a report released by the Ceres investor coalition. The report issued today analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the...

    Nutritious Rice Project on IBM World Community Grid Yields Promising Results Image

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    12-10-08

    Nutritious Rice Project on IBM World Community Grid Yields Promising Results

    ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/10/08 -- The landmark project between IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Washington to develop new strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields is now set to analyze data on the genes -- three months ah...

    BrownFlynn Selected by Global Reporting Initiative as U.S. Based Training Partner Image

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    12-08-08

    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 Image

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    12-08-08

    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 Image

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    12-03-08

    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 Image

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    12-02-08

    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...

    CSRwire Welcomes New Members to Its Global Network of CSR News and Information Image

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    12-01-08

    CSRwire Welcomes New Members to Its Global Network of CSR News and Information

    SPRINGFIELD, MA. - December 1, 2008 - This week CSRwire welcomed Bullfrog Power, Forest Stewardship Council(FSC), Jordan Brand, Lexus, The National Football League/NFL, Ringier AG, U.S. Department of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Union Settlement Associ...

    VolunteerMatch And Kenneth Cole Partner To Encourage Service And Social Change  Image

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    11-24-08

    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...

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    11-17-08

    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...

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