Manufacturing
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the manufacturing industry.
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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...
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10-19-09
Procter & Gamble Releases 11TH Annual Sustainability Report
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today released its 2009 Sustainability Report titled "Designed to Matter." The report outlines P&G's progress in improving the environmental profile of products and operations and delivery of several new, sustainable product inn...
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10-15-09
Albemarle's Innovative AlkyClean(TM) Technology Receives Prestigious 'Affordable Green Chemistry' Award From American Chemical Society
Albemarle Corporation, (NYSE: ALB) www.albemarle.com, a global leader in developing innovative specialty chemicals, catalysts and sustainable clean energy solutions, along with its consortium partners Lummus Technology a...
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10-15-09
Pittsburgh Selected North American Host City for World Environment Day 2010
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named Pittsburgh the host city for World Environment Day (WED) 2010 in North America. The theme is "Biodiversity: Connecting with Nature."
Local government officials, businesses, organization...
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10-08-09
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) publishes 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report - Doing the Right Things
Pfizer has released its 2009 Corporate Responsibility report, Doing the Right Things.
In a time of historic and unprecedented economic challenges, Pfizer is reaffirming its commitment to respond to the needs of society and contribute to health around the world through responsi...
