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09-04-09
For the fourth consecutive year, Abbott has been named one of the "50 Best Places to Launch a Career" by BusinessWeek magazine. The list highlights companies that excel at offering a superior workplace for entry-level employees. This year, Abbott moved up to No. 13,...
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09-04-09
Henkel, the manufacturer of Dial(R) soaps, Purex(R) laundry detergents, and Loctite(R) adhesives, has once again been included as a leader in its sector in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The Index lists corporations that follow the principles of sustainable develo...
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09-03-09
Abbott announced today that it was included on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North America Index for the fifth consecutive year. This selection recognizes Abbott's continued global leadership in responsible economic, environmental and social performance. ...
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09-01-09
The Chicago Park District and its nonprofit partner, Parkways Foundation, recently received $100,000 from the
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08-25-09
Sturgis Public Schools and the Abbott Fund, the non-profit philanthropic foundation of global health care company Abbott, today unveiled a new program that will educate the district's 3,300 students on renewable energy and reduce energy costs at the same time.
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08-06-09
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) announced today that it issued a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) report. The report is the seventh in a series of CSR and Environmental Annual Reports that the company has published beginning in 2001.
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07-31-09
Johnson Matthey, the international speciality chemicals company, has published its 2008/09 Sustainability Report online at www.matthey.com/Sustainability2009/index.html.
The report reviews the company’s p...
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07-30-09
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2009 - In a hearing today of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, part of the larger Committee on Science and
Technology, Abbott testified on its contributions as a private sector company in a multi-stak...
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07-23-09
New Brunswick, NJ (July 23, 2009) -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), today announced availability of the Johnson & Johnson 2008 Sustainability Report http://www.jnj.com/connect/caring/...
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07-21-09
Hong Kong, July 14, 2009 - Procter & Gamble (P&G) has garnered the International Stevie(R) Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Program (Asia - China, Japan and Korea) from The 2009 International Business AwardsSM (IBA), the all-encompassing business awards prog...