News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the consumer services industry.
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08-03-10
Barilla Group has released its first Sustainability Report. This report defines a series of indicators to measure social and environmental performance and in particular defines the targets that Barilla intends to achieve over the coming five years. It has been published corresponding to the G...
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07-27-10
Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) today announced its Progressive Processing LLC production facility (Dubuque, Iowa) was awarded LEED® Gold. Progressive Processing is one of the first manufacturing plants to be a LEED-certified project at any level.
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07-26-10
NIKE, Inc. and the Central General de Trabajadores de Honduras (CGT), representing the former employees of the Nike contract supplier factories Hugger and Vision Tex, have reached an agreement to help improve the lives of workers affected by the Hugger and Vision Tex factory...
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07-23-10
Advancing General Mills' commitment to renewable energy, the company today announced a major solar energy initiative at its Methuen, Mass., facility. With the installation of solar panels now complete, solar energy is expected to supply nearly 80 percent of the warehouse's s...
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07-21-10
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., professor of animal science at Colorado State University, says the recently opened hog holding facility at the Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) Austin (Minn.) Plant is "as good as it gets."
"This facility is at the top...
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07-05-10
Danisco A/S has released its 9th annual sustainability report. It is the beginning of a significant transformation of the company’s sustainability strategy setting ambitious strategies for the future.
The report entitled ‘Ingredients for Sustainability’ describes Danisco’s commitment...
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07-02-10
The oil spill in the Gulf has been devastating to the environment and communities in that area. In light of this tragedy, SC Johnson is offering its help in the most practical way possible. In an effort to quickly provide support to the large number of relief agencies, volun...
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06-23-10
SABMiller has published its 2010 Sustainable Development Report, which can be downloaded at www.sabmiller.com/sustainabledevelopment. Full performance scores for each of its operations around the world against the co...
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06-16-10
Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), the world’s largest marketer, distributor and producer of Coca-Cola products, has published its fifth company-wide Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) report, Clear on Our Commitments: Our Journey to 2020. This report details progress ...
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06-08-10
Coca-Cola Hellenic announced that it has launched an innovative renewable energy initiative by installing rooftop solar panels on all of its bottling plants in Italy.
The announcement came at the inauguration of a combined heat and power (CHP*)...