News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the construction industry.
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05-10-11
Lafarge has released its 2010 Sustainability Report. To review the full online report, please visit www.lafarge.com/wps/portal/2_7-Rapport_de_developpement_durable?xtor=EPR-81
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05-09-11
/PRNewswire/ - Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and beverage can recycling, today announced a corporate-wide commitment to significantly reduce its carbon footprint as well as those of its customers. The new sustainability commitment calls for an intensifie...
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04-14-11
/PRNewswire/ - The global headquarters of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) in Toledo, Ohio, has become the third existing building in Ohio to earn the prestigious gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED...
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03-03-11
/PRNewswire/ - Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, has been named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 12th annual list of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens™." The company's ranking of 68th on the 2011 list...
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12-23-10
/PRNewswire/ -- In line with Caterpillar Inc.'s (NYSE: CAT) global commitment to sustainable development, two Caterpillar facilities achieved zero waste to landfill in 2010. The Caterpillar Remanufacturing & Components Division United Kingdom Hose Assembly (UKHA) plant ...
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12-01-10
/PRNewswire/ - Caterpillar Inc. has launched a new corporate website, caterpillar.com, designed to elevate the company's image online as an enterprise that exhibits global leadership and applies innovative thinking as it helps build a more sustainable world.
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11-22-10
/PRNewswire/ - Caterpillar Inc. has received The International Pipeline and Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) Environmental Award for its "Eco Operator Training" program. Cat Eco Operator Training is a one-day program designed to teach operators how to run equipment ...
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10-28-10
/PRNewswire/ - Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that the company's multi-functional research & development (R&D) center in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, has been awarded Gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design in the new constructio...
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10-14-10
PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, has been added to the 2010 Calvert Social Index, a stock market benchmark for measuring the performance of large, U.S.-based socially responsible companies....
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09-16-10
/PRNewswire/ - Holcim (US) Inc., one of the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of cement and mineral components, today announced that employees, friends and family from its Theodore plant located in Theodore, Alabama will join forces and participate for the thirtee...