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    Logistics Leaders Partner Around Relief for the Philippines Image

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    11-21-13

    Logistics Leaders Partner Around Relief for the Philippines

    Logistics leaders Agility, Maersk, TNT Express and UPS are offering vital warehousing, transport, and logistics support in the current emergency in the Central Philippines, to ensure that critical relief supplies reach those affected by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The four companies make up the Logis...

    Saudi Basic Industries Corporation publishes Sustainability Report 2012 Image

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    11-18-13

    Saudi Basic Industries Corporation publishes Sustainability Report 2012

    Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) released its second Sustainability Report for the year 2012 titled ‘Step by Step’. The title reflects SABIC’s commitment to work continuously over time toward a more sustainable way of doing business and to a more sustainable future. The new...

    UPS Pledges $1 Million in Support of Typhoon Haiyan Victims for Recovery Efforts Image

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    11-13-13

    UPS Pledges $1 Million in Support of Typhoon Haiyan Victims for Recovery Efforts

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced its $1 million pledge in support for recovery efforts in the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The pledge is a combination of cash grants, in-kind transportation movements and technical expertise to provide urgent relief as well as stra...

    GE Latin America Strengthens Regional Sustainability Commitment Image

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    11-11-13

    GE Latin America Strengthens Regional Sustainability Commitment

    Brazil is now the world’s seventh largest economy and has become the ninth largest energy consumer in the world. And because it’s creating greater energy demand, it’s also adding further strain on the environment. As one of the leading nations on international climate change negotiations, Brazil ...

    UPS Helps Unicef Pack Winter Supplies for Children in Syria Image

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    10-27-13

    UPS Helps Unicef Pack Winter Supplies for Children in Syria

    More than 150 volunteers from UPS gathered at the company’s Supply Chain Solutions facility in Louisville, Ky. today to help UNICEF sort and pack 17,500 cold weather kits that will be sent to Syria to assist child refugees who face a harsh winter in the coming months as a result of the Syrian Con...

    GE Helps to Build Sustainable Infrastructure with Korean Partners Image

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    10-11-13

    GE Helps to Build Sustainable Infrastructure with Korean Partners

     “We are committed to learning, sharing and growing with partners and customers in Korea and around the globe,” stresses Chris Khang, President and CEO of GE Korea, emphasizing the importance of responding to the nation’s complex challenges through collaboration.

    While Korea’s top...

    UPS To Expand Natural Gas Footprint Image

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    10-08-13

    UPS To Expand Natural Gas Footprint

    UPS® (NYSE:UPS) announced today plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014.

    The enhanced LNG ...

    UPS Kicks Off Global Volunteer Month; Commits to Planting Additional 1 Million Trees Image

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    09-30-13

    UPS Kicks Off Global Volunteer Month; Commits to Planting Additional 1 Million Trees

    The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it will mark the start of the company’s 10th annual Global Volunteer Month (GVM) on October 1 by pledging to plant another one million trees around the world. The UPS Foundation also announced it has awarded $2.3 millio...

    UPS Ranks as a Global Leader in Global Sustainability and Technology Image

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    09-17-13

    UPS Ranks as a Global Leader in Global Sustainability and Technology

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) has once again been recognized for its leadership in the areas of sustainability and technology.

    For the third year in a row, UPS secured a top position on the CDP’s global Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). UPS ranked in the top five percent of companies measured, ...

     GE Lighting Volunteers Unite in Day of Caring Image

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    09-05-13

    GE Lighting Volunteers Unite in Day of Caring

    The scent of fresh paint filled the air as a handful of GE Lighting employees stroked their paint brushes against the walls of a short-term stay shelter at Fairhill Partners, a Cleveland-based nonprofit focused on successful aging and lifelong learning in the Greater Cleveland area. Across the ca...

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