Consumer Services
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02-17-09
Cadbury Partners with Dairy Farmers to Reduce Carbon Footprint
- February 17, 2009 - Cadbury today unveiled its Cadbury Dairy Strategy, a unique partnership with dairy farmers in Selkley Vale designed to help reduce the environmental impact of dairy farming.
In partnership with the Carbon Trust Cadbu...
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02-10-09
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart replies to NGO letter to UN Global Compact
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, in his capacity as Vice Chair of the Global Compact Board, has issued a response to recent NGO letters expressing concerns over business operations in Sudan
9 February, 2009
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02-06-09
100 Ghanaian Communities Join Cadbury Cocoa Partnership on Cadbury's 100th Anniversary in Ghana
- February 6, 2009 - Cadbury plc today announces that the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership is now active across 100 Ghanaian communities, marking the 100th anniversary of cocoa trading with Ghana.
The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership, established last year in...
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01-30-09
World Economic Forum Gives Adolescent Girls a Voice on the Global Stage
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND. - 30 January, 2009 - With an agenda focused almost exclusively on the global financial crisis, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting program today will feature its first-ever plenary session focused on adolescent girls.
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01-29-09
Calling for a New Era of Global Leadership, UN Secretary-General Urges Business Action on Climate and Other Global Challenges
DAVOS. - 29 January 2008 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged business leaders worldwide to embrace global cooperation and partnership on a scale never before seen and to eschew short-term thinking and seek long-term solutions to climate change and other pressing g...
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01-28-09
Kimberly-Clark Corporation ranks No. 9 on EPA's fortune 500 Green Power LIST
DALLAS,TX. - January 28, 2009 - Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced today that for the first time it appears on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) National Top 50 List of the largest green power users.Â
Kimberly-Clark's Everett, Wash. facility...
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01-22-09
SC Johnson Again a Best Place to Work in America
RACINE, Wis. - January 22, 2009 - For the seventh year in a row, SC Johnson has been recognized as a 100 Best company on FORTUNE magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America. SC Johnson appears at number 81 on this year's list, and it is the company's n...
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01-13-09
Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) publishes Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
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Building on its 100-year heritage of corporate citizenship, Kellogg Company is pleased to announce its first global Corporate Responsibility Report, available at
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01-13-09
UN Global Compact Office Responds to NGO Letter
NEW YORK, NY. - 12 January 2009 - The following is the text of a letter by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, to an international coalition of civil society organizations. The letter is a response to an open letter to Georg Kell published...
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01-12-09
Investors Give New Twist to "Good COP/Bad COP"
LONDON. - 12 January 2009 - A coalition of investors worth over USD 3 trillion has today launched an initiative to help police the corporate responsibility reporting of companies as diverse as Air France, GAP Inc and LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy).
