Manufacturing
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03-29-12
Givaudan (VTX:GIVN) publishes Sustainability Report 2011
Making Progress Together – Givaudan Sustainability Report 2011
Givaudan, a leading player in the fragrance and flavour industry, has published its 2011 Sustainability Report. This has been externally assured by Ernst & Young and confirmed by GRI as meeting the requirement...
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03-28-12
Novartis Launches the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) to Catalogue World's Cancer Cell Lines
- Collaboration with the Broad Institute yields comprehensive encyclopedia of genetic and molecular information for nearly 1,000 cancer cell lines
- Encyclopedia, publicly available, may improve the design of cancer trials and advance cance...
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03-28-12
TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) releases 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report
TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) Releases 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report:
www.te.com/responsibilityreport
TE used the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and is self-declaring its 2011 CR Report at a GRI Applic...
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03-26-12
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) publishes Sustainability Report 2011
British American Tobacco’s 2011 Sustainability Report continues to focus on the five areas of their sustainability agenda – harm reduction, marketplace, environment, supply chain and people and culture – and demonstrates how sustainable business practice is at the heart of the Group’s strateg...
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03-22-12
Porter Airlines to Conduct Canada's First Biofuel-Powered Revenue Flight
(Marketwire) - In mid-April, Porter Airlines plans to use one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to conduct the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada. On February 9, 2012, in preparation for Porter's upcoming flight, a Bombardier Q400 turbopro...
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03-21-12
Diageo Celebrates Achievements in Water Conservation in East Africa
Diageo’s East African Maltings plant (EAML) in Kenya has celebrated its achievements in water conservation at a special Environmental Breakthrough Workshop, ahead of World Water Day on March 22, 2012. EAML is part of East African Breweries Limited, the region’s leading b...
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03-20-12
Merck and Safe Water Network Launch Initiative to Improve Water Access and Help Reduce the Impact of Water-Borne Disease in India
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Safe Water Network, announced today the launch of a three-year, $1.5M partnership to increase access to safe water and reduce the impact of water-borne disease among impoverished communities in Andhra Pradesh, India. Safe W...
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03-05-12
Merck Receives 2012 ENERGY STAR(R) Sustained Excellence Award From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, announced today that it has received a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its continued improvement of energy performance and leadership in energy management in both the p...
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02-23-12
Philips (AMS:PHIL) publishes Annual Report 2011
Philips has published data on its 2011 sustainability activities as part of its fourth integrated annual report, covering its financial, social and environmental performance.
The company announced that during the year, it made solid progress in its
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02-22-12
Delivery Of Child-Friendly Antimalarial Hits The 100 Million Mark
One hundred million treatments of Coartem®Dispersible (artemether-lumefantrine), an antimalarial developed especially for children with P. falciparum malaria, have been delivered by Novartis to 39 malaria-endemic countries, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) announce...
