Consumer Services
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04-04-07
New Issue of Compact Quarterly Spotlights Invest/Divest Debate
NEW YORK, NY - April 3, 2007 - The Global Compact presents Issue 1, 2007 of the Compact Quarterly, a publication featuring articles, interviews and news on corporate responsibility.
This Compact Quarterly spotlights both investment and divestme...
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04-02-07
L'Oréal Paris Celebrates Exceptional Women Committed to Community Achievement and Volunteerism with the Second Annual Women of Worth Program
NEW YORK, NY - April 2, 2007 - L'Oréal Paris is proud to announce that it will continue to celebrate the spirit of community achievement and volunteerism with its second Women of Worth program. The Women of Worth initiative is inspired by L'Oréal Paris' iconic brand p...
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03-22-07
The Coca-Cola Company and USAID to Expand Water Partnership in Africa
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2007--Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Coca-Cola Company announce a $7 million joint investment in nine new water projects in Africa. The projects will be located in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, ...
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03-22-07
Asthma Education Campaign Works To Eliminate Factors That Trigger Asthma
Los Angeles, March 22, 2007 "“ One in seven Los Angeles County school children are likely to suffer from asthma1. In response, SC Johnson brings for the first time to California, Healthy Children, Healthy Homes® (HCHH), a community-based program designed to...
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03-19-07
New Line of Ceylon Tea Promotes Global Compact, Benefits Workers
NEW YORK, NY - March 19, 2007 "“ Connecting branding, advocacy and implementation, Sri Lankan Global Compact participants Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd. and Mabroc Teas (Pvt) Ltd., both part of the Hayleys Group, have announced plans to distribute information about the Globa...
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03-13-07
Herbalife Family Foundation Provides Grant to Hong Kong Children's Home
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2007--A grant to establish a Casa Herbalife program at Po Leung Kuk in Hong Kong has been given by the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF).
The Casa Herbalife program, created in 2005, works with existin...
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03-08-07
Nike Announces $200,000 Grant to Hillsboro Schools
BEAVERTON, OR- March 8, 2007 "“ Nike Vice President and General Manager for the USA Craig Cheek announced today a $200,000 Innovation Grant to Hillsboro Schools from the newly-created Nike School Innovation Fund (NSIF). The NSIF is a five-year, $9 million commitment to suppo...
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03-05-07
Nike, Special Olympics Oregon Partner to Create New Youth Games
BEAVERTON, OR- March 2, 2007 "“ Nike, Inc. and Special Olympics Oregon announced today a first-of-its-kind event designed to introduce youth, age eight to 19, and their families to the Special Olympics Experience. Spurred by a $175,000 Nike grant of cash and products, the Ni...
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03-01-07
UN Global Compact Launches Climate Initiative in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO CA- March 1, 2007 -The United Nations Global Compact, the City of San Francisco, the Bay Area Council and a wide array of Bay Area businesses today launched a unique partnership designed to provide meaningful actions that businesses and cities around the world ...
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02-22-07
L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards Honor MIT Nanotech Pioneer and Other Top Women Researchers for Groundbreaking Research in Material Sciences
PARIS- February 22, 2007"“ Carbon nanotubes. Bio-medical applications of plants. Medicinal chemistry. The properties of polymers in solution. The self-organizing properties of large molecules. These are the fields of study in which five women scientists have distinguished th...
