Manufacturing

MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (MARKET WIRE) - December 19, 2008 - Bombardier Inc.
(TSX: BBD.A) (TSX: BBD.B) released today its first company-wide corporate responsibility report, Ingenuity+. This report presents Bombardier's approach to sustainability, its efforts and achieveme...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - December 18, 2008 "“ Merck & Co., Inc., has awarded more than U.S. $8 million in 2008 in grants to more than 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations to support local efforts to combat HIV and AIDS in the Uni...

WASHINGTON, DC. - December 15, 2008 - The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Design For Environment program awarded the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) its highest level of recognition, Champion, for P&G's work in developing safer detergents under the Safer ...

PITTSBURGH,PA. - December 11, 2008 - Reaffirming its longstanding commitment to help strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and bring more women and minorities into STEM fields, the Bayer USA Foundation today awarded a $279,000 grant ove...

• China Bureau of Civil Affairs recognizes Novartis for providing immediate and long-term relief to the earthquake region

• Novartis provided immediate medical supplies and financial donations to the YaAn disaster area in...

DUESSELDORF, Germany and ROCKY HILL, Conn., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- At the first ever German Sustainability Congress, the award for Germany’s "Most Sustainable Brand" went to Henkel, providing the company with yet another major accolade for its activities in this field. "We a...

DUESSELDORF, Germany and ROCKY HILL, CT, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Henkel's MIT initiative (Make an Impact on Tomorrow), which supports the volunteer work of Henkel employees and retirees, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The record is a proud one: More than 5,000 Henkel vo...

• 2008 Novartis Energy Excellence Awards recognize four projects from Austria, Germany, Indonesia and Switzerland
  
  
• Now in its fifth year, the award is integral to the company's commitment to conserve energy and reduce emissions

• Dialog among different groups of society is important, as diversity of opinion can lead to better solutions

• For dialog to be successful, however, the rules of conversation must be set and goals must be defined