News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in holding companies & conglomerates.
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09-05-13
GE’s John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore, India, is the company’s largest integrated, multidisciplinary research and development site of its kind. The site has 4,500 full-time employees who help advance understanding on a wide range of materials technology and provide fresh analysis to s...
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08-20-13
Rockwell Automation has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the US Green Building Council for significantly reducing the overall environmental impact of its landmark corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. The 2.1 million square-foot building is th...
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07-29-13
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today released its annual Sustainability Report announcing that while the total number of packages shipped in 2012 increased, the company reduced its total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Environmental achievements included ground and air fuel savings, increased investments in alte...
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07-19-13
Good citizenship at GE is about enabling positive changes in the world around us, while at the same time respecting human rights. We believe that support for human rights is both a responsibility and a sound business strategy, and in fact many of GE’s businesses offer products and services that e...
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06-28-13
GE (NYSE: GE) today released its 2012 “Our Global Impact” update showing the progress of the company's ecomagination and healthymagination initiatives as well as measureable impact from its Citizenship efforts. In 2012, GE invested nearly $2 billion in research and development for ecomagination a...
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06-24-13
Today, GE released its 2012 Sustainable Growth report detailing how the company manages corporate citizenship and tracks progress. Through its reporting, GE seeks to demonstrate to customers, employees, shareowners, busine...
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06-13-13
GE recently released the summary GE’s Response to Conflict Minerals as part of an ongoing supply-chain due-diligence program. Since 2009, the Com...
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06-07-13
Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced the availability of their 2012 Sustainability Report, including information regarding the Flowserve Flow Control Division (FCD), the Engineered Product Div...
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05-22-13
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced a coordinated plan with its key disaster relief partners that will provide urgent relief as well as strategic support for the long-term recovery efforts needed in Moore, Oklahoma, as well as Cleburne and Shawnee, following the devastation caused by the tornadoes tha...
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05-16-13
Votorantim Industrial (VID) has published its third corporate report, the Votorantim Industrial Integrated Report 2012. It was prepared according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guideline, is consistent with the UN Global Compact Principles and has taken into consideration s...