Media & Internet
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the media and internet industry.
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02-13-08
Making Sustainability Work: A Ground-Breaking Guide to Implementing and Executing Corporate Sustainability
"The time has come to kick the tires and look under the hoods of our most powerful institutions, most particularly our corporations, to test their capacity to help drive the sustainability transformation of our politics, governance, economies, corporations, communities, a...
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12-13-07
History in the Making
BOSTON, MA "“ December 13, 2007 - The Pearson Foundation and the non-profit group Facing History and Ourselves today announced the launch of an innovative digital arts initiative for students in the Boston Public Schools.
Throughout the 2007-08...
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12-05-07
International Summit Tackles Financial Literacy for Underserved
New Delhi, INDIA - December 5, 2007 - Policy-makers, practitioners and advocates from 30 countries are gathering in New Delhi, India today and tomorrow for the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2007, the most significant international conference ever held to discuss ways to...
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11-29-07
Legendary Performer Garth Brooks to Play Los Angeles to Raise Money for the Recent Fire Victims and for the Future of Fire Fighting in the State of California
LOS ANGELES, November 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Having been approached by California state elected officials as well as civic leaders from areas affected by recent wildfires, music superstar Garth Brooks has agreed to perform a benefit concert to raise money for the recent fire vic...
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10-24-07
Corporate Watchdog Radio Podcasts to be Carried by CSRwire.com's New Multimedia Web Section
AMHERST, MA - October 24, 2007 - If you think corporations have the power to steer us toward sustainability or drive us into the proverbial ditch, then Corporate Watchdog Radio is required listening! Now, tw...
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10-09-07
BKFK and Pearson Foundation Launch the "Digital Arts Challenge" Winner To Take Home $10,000
STAMFORD, CT - October 9, 2007 - By Kids For Kids (BKFK) and the Pearson Foundation (LSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO) today announced the "Digital Arts Challenge," a nationwide digital arts competition created to recognize and reward exceptional young storytellers who make use of digit...
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09-28-07
USO Helps Pearson Set New Record In Global Reading Campaign
ARLINGTON, VA - September 28, 2007 - The USO partnered with Pearson to help families of service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan take part in Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2007 Campaign, which set a new world record for the number of people reading the same book on ...
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09-21-07
Pearson Helps Break World Record for Largest Shared Reading Experience
NEW YORK, NY - September 21, 2007 - Pearson people helped set a new world record yesterday for the largest "shared reading experience" as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2007, breaking the world record for the number of people reading the same book on a single day. ...
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09-21-07
Global Reading Campaign Makes History While Raising Awareness and Funding for Early Education in Low-Income Communities
NEW YORK - September 21, 2007 - The Pearson Foundation helped make history yesterday as hundreds of thousands of children and adults read the classic The Story of Ferdinand across the U.S. and in Latin America. The reading campaign raised more than $1 million for the...
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09-20-07
Follett Book Stores Across the Country Partner with The Pearson Foundation to Support National Reading Campaign
WOODBRIDGE, IL - SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 - Today, Follett Higher Education Group bookstores along with the Pearson Foundation, made history joining hundreds of thousands of children and adults across the country to break the world record for the number of people reading the same ...
