Holding Companies & Conglomerates
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in holding companies & conglomerates.
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12-08-10
For Second Consecutive Year, UPS No. 1 On 'Climate Counts' Scorecard
For the second year running, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector on the annual "Climate Counts" scorecard. UPS also received the 9th highest score across all industries among the 143 ranked companies.
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11-18-10
UPS Awards $1.9 Million To Environmental Groups
The UPS Foundation (NYSE:UPS) today announced nine grants totaling nearly $2 million dedicated to environmental programs and organizations worldwide.
The UPS Foundation grants will address issues of climate change, renewable energy, resource con...
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11-01-10
27-Year Teacher Honored With National Literacy Award
Today, The UPS Store® and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation announced Margaret King as the winner of the second-annual Alferd Williams Literacy Award. This award, created as part of the Toys...
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10-05-10
UPS To Deliver $1 Million To "HandsOn Network" In Celebration Of Volunteerism
UPS (NYSE:UPS) employees throughout the world will participate in UPS's eighth annual Global Volunteer Month in October, a month encouraging UPS's more than 400,000 employees to give back through service and organizations that are most meaningful to them.
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10-04-10
UPS Again Receives Top Mark in 2011 Corporate Equality Index
For the fourth consecutive year, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, an annual survey that rates U.S. corporations on their non-discrimination policies and practices toward lesbian, gay, bise...
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10-01-10
UPS Named To Dow Jones Sustainability Index For Eighth Year In A Row
For the eighth year in a row, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America, based on the company's economic, environmental and social practices. UPS ranked in the top 20% of corporations in the Industrial Goods and Services se...
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09-30-10
UPS Purchases 130 Hybrid Electric Vehicles
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the purchase of 130 next generation hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet.
The 130 hybrids all will be deployed next year, with 30 going to New York and New Jers...
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09-21-10
10 million girls empowered to change their futures with a five-year, $2 million partnership between The UPS Foundation and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, The UPS Foundation and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) anno...
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09-20-10
Rockwell Automation Named to Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index
Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index as one of the region's best performing sustainable companies. The change to the index becomes effective with the opening of equity markets today.
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09-10-10
Hispanic Business Magazine Names UPS Top Firm For Diversity
UPS (NYSE:UPS) again has been named to Hispanic Business magazine’s Diversity Elite 60, a list of the nation's top companies that promote and model diversity in the workplace.
According to the September issue of the magazine, more than 32 variab...
