Consumer Services
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01-08-10
Cadbury Cocoa Partnership supports COCOBOD extension programme in 100 communities
The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership welcomes today's announcement from COCOBOD of a nationwide programme of extension services specifically for cocoa farmers. The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership supports the idea of business, governments and non-governments experts working together co-o...
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12-24-09
10 Ways General Mills Nourished Communities In 2009
General Mills donated a record $91 million in contributions across the U.S. and abroad in fiscal 2009 to ease hunger, advance nutrition wellness, and support K-12 education. The company donated $16 million of food to Feeding America. In the past decade, General Mills product...
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12-09-09
L'Oreal Paris Honors Women of Worth at Special Ceremony in New York City
L'Oreal Paris' fourth annual Women of Worth program honored ten women for their exceptional achievements and tireless volunteerism efforts at the CNN Inspire Summit in New York City. The event was held last night in celebration of the ten 2009 L'Oreal Paris Women of...
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12-04-09
General Mills, NBC's The Biggest Loser and Feeding America Join Forces to Rally America to "Wake Up to Hunger"
New data from the U.S. government shows more than 49 million Americans struggled to get enough to eat at some point in 2008, the highest total in 14 years. This means one in six Americans struggled with hunger. To wake up Americans to the hunger issue, General Mills CEO Ken ...
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12-03-09
Coca-Cola Commits To Climate-Friendly Refrigeration Through Engagement With Greenpeace
Days before the United Nations summit on climate change begins in Copenhagen, The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners today announced that 100 percent of their new vending machines and coolers will be hydrofluorocarbon-free (HFC-free) by 2015. Coca-Cola is committing...
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12-03-09
Hormel Foods Continues Reductions in Product Packaging
Following its reduction of 5.2 million pounds of product packaging in 2008, Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is proud to announce the results of several new packaging projects.
"Our new initiatives build on about 40 packaging reduction pr...
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12-01-09
The Coca-Cola Company And Greenpeace To Announce Agreement On Important Climate Protection Initiative
What: The Coca-Cola Company will announce a significant new commitment to reduce direct greenhouse gas emissions. Greenpeace has urged Coca-Cola to expand its climate commitments and supports this announcement as a positive example of business investment in ...
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11-30-09
David Lammy MP Visits Tottenham Youth Centre With Top Ghanian Music Star
On Friday, 27th November, 2009 Rt Hon David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, visited the Bruce Grove Youth Centre with a very special guest - Ghanaian musician Tinny, star of the recent Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk...
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11-19-09
SC Johnson Reaches Ingredient Transparency Ahead of Schedule...With More to Come
Just nine months after launching an industry-leading ingredient communication website, SC Johnson today announced it has already completed the task of populating the U.S. site with more than 200 products and their ingredients. The site,
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11-16-09
The Coca-Cola Company Begins Global Launch of Innovative PlantBottle™
The Coca-Cola Company announced today that beverages in its innovative PlantBottle™ packaging are beginning to arrive on store shelves in select markets throughout the world, initiating the Company's journey toward a goal of producing 2 billion of the special PET plastic bot...
