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    General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) publishes its seventh annual Citizenship Report Image

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    07-25-11

    General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) publishes its seventh annual Citizenship Report

    GE today released its seventh annual Citizenship Report, entitled Sustainable Growth, at www.gecitizenship.com/2010report/.

    The report covers GE’s worldwide operations for the 2010 fiscal year and is structured around...

    GE Traces the Key to Sustainable Growth with its 2010 Citizenship Report Image

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    07-25-11

    GE Traces the Key to Sustainable Growth with its 2010 Citizenship Report

    GE today released its seventh annual Citizenship Report, entitled Sustainable Growth. The report covers GE's worldwide operations for the 2010 fiscal year and is structured around discussions of GE's long-term value creation in addressing the world's most pressing problems.

    Votorantim Industrial publishes its first Sustainability Report Image

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    07-14-11

    Votorantim Industrial publishes its first Sustainability Report

    Votorantim Industrial (VID) is part of Votorantim Participações (VPAR or Votorantim), the business of which is organized in three segments: Industrial, Finance, and New Businesses

    With headquarters in Brazil, its global operations focus on operations in base sectors of the economy: ceme...

    Dave Matthews Band Caravan Signs With UPS To Offset Carbon Footprint Of Its Tour Image

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    07-13-11

    Dave Matthews Band Caravan Signs With UPS To Offset Carbon Footprint Of Its Tour

    The Dave Matthews Band, a longtime leader in "greening" initiatives, is working with UPS (NYSE:UPS) to help create a more sustainable concert tour this summer.

    "We're joining the band to move the music in a sustainable way," said Ron Rogowski, U...

    UPS And Live Nation Entertainment Form Green Sponsorship Alliance Image

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    05-24-11

    UPS And Live Nation Entertainment Form Green Sponsorship Alliance

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) today announced a groundbreaking, multi-year sponsorship alliance aimed at promoting UPS's environmentally responsible logistics solutions to millions of music fans across North America as well as recording artists comm...

    UPS Dispatches First U.S. Red Cross Logistics Action Team Image

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    05-06-11

    UPS Dispatches First U.S. Red Cross Logistics Action Team

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) has activated its newly-created Logistics Action Teams (LAT) to support the American Red Cross's relief efforts for victims of the recent tornadoes in the southeastern United States.

    Additionally, the company pledged an addition...

    Metso Corporation (HEL:MEO1V) publishes Sustainability Results 2010 Image

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    04-07-11

    Metso Corporation (HEL:MEO1V) publishes Sustainability Results 2010

    In its Annual Report 2010 Metso addresses sustainability issues that are essential in terms of strategy, such as global presence, environmental solutions, Metso people and cooperation with various stakeholders. The printed report is supp...

    President Visits UPS to Highlight Private Sector Energy Solutions Image

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    04-01-11

    President Visits UPS to Highlight Private Sector Energy Solutions

    Speaking to a crowd of more than 300 employees and representatives of major American companies at the UPS (NYSE: UPS) facility here, President Barack Obama praised efforts to reduce the environmental impact of corporate trucking fleets, noting the potential of alternative fu...

    UPS Names Scott Wicker First Chief Sustainability Officer Image

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    03-16-11

    UPS Names Scott Wicker First Chief Sustainability Officer

    Scott Wicker, UPS's vice president of corporate plant engineering, has been named the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer.

    "The creation of the new post recognizes the expanding scope of UPS's sustainability actions, as well as its str...

    UPS Once Again "World's Most Admired" Image

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    03-04-11

    UPS Once Again "World's Most Admired"

    UPS (NYSE:UPS) today was rated the "World's Most Admired" company in its industry in an annual survey conducted by FORTUNE magazine.

    UPS posted an industry score of 7.42 on the magazine's 10-point scale, a substantial margin over the 2nd place s...

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