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12-12-08
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.
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12-11-08
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...
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12-10-08
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...
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12-08-08
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...
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12-08-08
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...
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12-03-08
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...
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12-02-08
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...
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12-01-08
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...
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11-24-08
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
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...