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    Nike and Doernbecher Children's Hospital Unite to Empower Kids by Design Image

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    12-26-06

    Nike and Doernbecher Children's Hospital Unite to Empower Kids by Design

    Portland, OR - December 26, 2006 - The third annual Doernbecher Freestyle project reunites Nike and Portland, Oregon-based Doernbecher Children's Hospital in a fund-raising campaign that allows creative young patients the opportunity to design Nike footwear. The patients, wh...

    Herbalife Family Foundation Provides Grant to Tokyo Shelter Image

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    12-13-06

    Herbalife Family Foundation Provides Grant to Tokyo Shelter

    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2006--The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF), a private, non-profit organization, announced the establishment of a Casa Herbalife program at Tokyo's Caritas Garden Children's Home to improve the foster home's ability to provide nutrit...

    Global Compact and ISO Sign Memorandum of Understanding Image

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    11-20-06

    Global Compact and ISO Sign Memorandum of Understanding

    NEW YORK, November 20, 2006 - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Global Compact Office. The purpose of this Memorandum is to encourage cooperation and mutual support between ISO and the Gl...

    Nike Ends Orders With Soccer Ball Manufacturer Image

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    11-20-06

    Nike Ends Orders With Soccer Ball Manufacturer

    BEAVERTON, OR - November 20, 2006 - NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today announced that the company is ceasing orders with its hand-stitched soccer ball supplier, Saga Sports, based in Sialkot, Pakistan, due to the contract factory's failure to correct significant labor compl...

    First Investment Fund Dedicated to the UN Global Compact Launched Image

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    11-17-06

    First Investment Fund Dedicated to the UN Global Compact Launched

    (Zürich, 17 November 2006) - The Guilé Foundation, in association with the United Nations Global Compact and De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co., today launched the Guilé European Engagement Fund, the first fund dedicated to the UN Global Compact and its mission of advancin...

    New Issue of Compact Quarterly Spotlights Emerging Market Companies Image

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    11-14-06

    New Issue of Compact Quarterly Spotlights Emerging Market Companies

    (New York) - The Global Compact presents Issue 4, 2006 of the Compact Quarterly, a publication featuring articles, interviews and news on corporate responsibility.

    This issue of the Compact Quarterly spotlights the role that corporate respons...

    SustainAbility Names Nike Top U.S. Company for Social Responsibility Reporting Image

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    11-09-06

    SustainAbility Names Nike Top U.S. Company for Social Responsibility Reporting

    BEAVERTON, OR - Nike's commitment to industry-leading transparency in its social responsibility reporting has led to the company being named the top U.S. company and one of the world's top 10 in the current SustainAbility Global Reporters Program ranking released today.

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    Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars to Help Refugee Youth Image

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    11-09-06

    Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars to Help Refugee Youth

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Their music is infectious, spirited and uplifting, a unique fusion of West African rhythms, roots reggae and traditional folk music. Their personal stories as refugees from a brutal civil war are harrowing and inspirational. They are a symbol of ho...

    First Blind Man in History to Summit Mount Everest, Erik Weihenmayer, Receives Sixth-Annual Casey Martin Award Image

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    11-02-06

    First Blind Man in History to Summit Mount Everest, Erik Weihenmayer, Receives Sixth-Annual Casey Martin Award


    Beaverton, OR (November 2, 2006) - Erik Weihenmayer, an accomplished mountain climber, sky diver and skier who lost his vision at age 13, was named the 2006 Casey Martin Award recipient today at Nike's World Headquarters. The award ceremony included PGA Tour Me...

    Nike Named One of the Country's Best Workplaces for Commuters by the U.S. EPA Image

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    10-18-06

    Nike Named One of the Country's Best Workplaces for Commuters by the U.S. EPA

    BEAVERTON, Ore.- For the third straight year, Nike Inc. has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the country's top workplaces for commuters based on the company's innovative efforts to promote alternative ways for employees to get to work, fr...

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