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07-10-08
"Feeding Our Future" Provides 350,000 Summer Lunches to Children in 20 U.S. Cities
GAITHERSBURG, MD. - July 10, 2008 - During the school year 16 million children rely on school breakfast and lunch programs for subsidized and reduced price meals. Each summer, 12 million of these children are at risk of hunger.
To help bridge th...
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07-02-08
Only 62% Of The FT 500 Companies Reporting Emissions Have Carbon Reduction Targets
- July 2, 2008 - The Ethical Corporation Institute has launched a new report on how the FT 500 companies are reporting their GHG emissions to stakeholders.
The Ethical Corporation Institute's new 'Corporate GHG emissions reporting 2008' report s...
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06-30-08
New IBM Consulting Offerings Help Clients Be Greener, More Ethical
SOMERS, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/30/08 -- New IBM (NYSE: IBM) consulting offerings can help clients understand and improve their societal impact -- from carbon management to labor practices -- increasing their competitive position and appeal to consumers and other interest...
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06-30-08
Ball Issues Sustainability Report
BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today issued the company's first sustainability report.
The 42-page report, titled "Toward a Sustainable Future," identifies Ball's sustainability successes, goals and related data about ...
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06-19-08
Deloitte Foundation Renews Commitment To Accounting Education With $1 Million Pledge
WILTON, CONN., - June 19, 2008 - The Deloitte Foundation, the nonprofit arm of leading professional services firm Deloitte, has renewed its commitment to addressing the accounting Ph.D. faculty shortage by pledging $500,000 to the American Accounting Association(AAA)/Deloitt...
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06-12-08
A New Generation Joins the Fight Against Hunger in America; Five K-college Students Honored by Sodexo Foundation in Washington, D.C. on June 11
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its commitment to the 35 million Americans who are at risk of hunger, the Sodexo Foundation honored a new generation of activists who are making a difference in the fight against hunger and its root causes. The Foundatio...
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06-12-08
Deloitte's Barry Salzberg Receives New York City YMCA's Top Honor
Champion of YMCA Youth & Teen Programs-
New York, NY, Ju...
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06-12-08
Sodexo Foundation Honors Eight Employee 'Heroes' in the Fight Against Hunger
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sodexo Foundation, independent charitable arm of Sodexo, Inc., a leading foodservice and facilities management company, today named eight employees as their 2008 "Heroes of Everyday Life," an award now in its ninth year that ho...
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06-06-08
Hundreds of Nonprofits Nationwide Receive Deloitte's World-Class Business Counsel and Skills-Based Service on Ninth Annual Impact Day
NEW YORK,NY,. - June 6, 2008 - Today, tens of thousands of Deloitte employees are setting aside their regular work and contributing their time and business skills to local nonprofits for the organization's ninth annual IMPACT Day, a one-day celebration of its year-round comm...
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06-03-08
CSRwire Announces Support of The Green Media Show
SPRINGFIELD, MA "“ June 3, 2008 - Today CSRwire announces its sponsorship of The Green Media Show, one of the largest sustainable media conferences in the world.
The two day Boston-ba...
