Manufacturing
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the manufacturing industry.
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11-12-09
Bayer and United Nations Environment Programme Launch 19th Annual International Children’s Painting Competition in Elementary and Middle Schools
Bayer Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA) today called for entries in the 19th annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC).
The ICPC is open to 6- to 14-year-...
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11-09-09
The Mosaic Company Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) today announced it has completed a thorough, company-wide sustainability assessment and published an inaugural sustainability report summarizing key economic, social, agricultural, and environmental initiatives.
The...
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11-04-09
Novartis Honors Six Energy Saving Programs as Important Investments into a Sustainable Future
- Six projects - from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the USA - recognized by this year's Novartis Energy Excellence Awards
- Substantial energy savings and reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions achieved by record number of project submissions...
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11-03-09
President of Tanzania and the Abbott Fund Dedicate Modern Emergency Medical Department
For the first time, emergency room services meeting international standards will be a part Tanzania's public health system, thanks to the opening of a new Emergency Medical Department building and extensive training being conducted at Muhimbili National Hospital. At a cerem...
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11-02-09
Abbott Saving 1 Billion Gallons of Water Annually
Abbott announced today that it is saving 1 billion gallons of water annually since launching a comprehensive, global effort in 2004 to preserve natural resources through reducing use of water in the production of its nutrition and other health care products.
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10-30-09
Commercial Kitchen Program from Project WET and Abbott offers water and money saving opportunity for Casa Grande’s businesses
Water conservation is a high priority for all of us - that's why Arizona Project WET and the Abbott Fund, the philanthropic foundation of the global health care company Abbott, are pleased to offer a water and money saving opportunity to Casa Grande's businesses with commer...
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10-29-09
Abbott Receives Sustainability Award for Continued Efforts to Protect the Environment in Illinois
Abbott announced today that it has received the annual Illinois Continuous Improvement Award for environmental excellence. It is the eighth time Abbott has received the award for its efforts to safeguard the environment and integrate sustainability initiatives throughout its...
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10-26-09
Qualcomm, Room to Read, Nepal Telecom and S-Fone Establish Computer Labs With 3G Internet Connectivity in Rural Communities
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that partners with local communities throughout the developing world and is dedicated to promoting and...
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10-21-09
Winners Announced in 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition(R)
A faster tool for cell programming and a new way of allowing quadriplegics to perform simple tasks have won grand prizes of the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame sponsored by the Abbott Fund, the non-profit foundation of ...
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10-20-09
CARE President to Speak at Inaugural Event of New Leadership Series on Women and Global Development
CARE is pleased to announce that Dr. Helene Gayle, CARE President and CEO, is the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the new Chicago Council on Global Affair's leadership series "The Women and Global Development Forum."
The forum was deve...
