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01-12-09
CSRwire Welcomes New Members to Its Global Network of CSR News and Information
SPRINGFIELD, MA. - January 12, 2009 - This week CSRwire welcomed Darden Restaurants, LBG Associates, Green Mountain Roasters Coffee Inc., and Points of Light Institute.
CSRwire membership of more than 1000 organizations includes public and priv...
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01-12-09
As President-Elect Obama Calls on Nation to Serve on MLK Day, VolunteerMatch Prepares to Welcome Millions of New Volunteers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - January 12, 2009 - The Martin Luther King Day of Service is Monday, January 19. In preparation for what many experts say will be the largest Day of Service in history, VolunteerMatch is reminding individuals, organizations, and business leaders that now ...
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12-29-08
CSRwire Welcomes New Members to Its Global Network of CSR News and Information
SPRINGFIELD, MA. - December 29, 2008 - This week CSRwire welcomed ASSET4, Fairgreentrade.com, Financial Times, Hormel Foods Corporation, and Chloregy.
CSRwire membership of more than 1000 organizations includes public and privately held compani...
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12-22-08
Sodexo National One-Day Food Drive Garners One Year's Worth of Food for 250 Families
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - December 22, 2008 - Sodexo, a leading foodservice and facilities management company, organized a national food drive with 600 of its clients and collected nearly 370,000 pounds of food in November through its annual "Cans Across America" program. In its t...
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12-16-08
Sodexo Foundation Accepting Applications for 2009 STOP Hunger Scholarships
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - December 16, 2008 "“ As economic hard times shrink college savings accounts for many Americans, the Sodexo Foundation has increased the amount of its STOP Hunger Scholarships to $5,000. The Foundation will begin accepting applications on January 1,...
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12-15-08
National Poll: More Than One-In-Four Teens Think Violent Behavior is Acceptable; Many Say it's Ok to Settle a Score
Colorado Springs,Colo. - December 15, 2008 - While today's teens are learning the Three "Rs" of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in school, new research shows that many are justifying violence to practice a fourth -Revenge. In a youth culture where violence is often believed ...
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12-15-08
CSRwire Welcomes New Members to Its Global Network of CSR News and Information
SPRINGFIELD, MA. - December 15, 2008 - This week CSRwire welcomed Bentall Lp., Futureye Pty Ltd.,Golite, HRIA Steering Committee, Unitus, Rogue Element, jhr(Journalist for Human Rights), Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Association Partnership for Corporate Soc...
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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.
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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...
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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...
