Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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05-21-13
Investors Highlight Policies That Could Spur Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity in Energy Efficiency Investments
Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the United States, but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors, who together manage approximately $70 trillion in assets globally.
That is the key...
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05-20-13
Net Impact's Inaugural Small Steps, Big Wins Campus Challenge Prevents 64,233 Pounds of Carbon Dioxide
Net Impact, a leading nonprofit that inspires a new generation to work for a sustainable future, has announced the results of its first Small Steps, Big Wins Campus Challenge. The Challenge, designed to empower undergraduates to take small steps to create big social and environmental change, drov...
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05-17-13
Points of Light's Civic Accelerator Invests in 10 Startups that Put People at Center of Change
Points of Light’s Civic Accelerator – the first national startup accelerator dedicated solely to investing in civic ventures – announced today the 10 nonprofit and for-profit start-ups selected to participate in its summer program. The ventures participating in the Civic Accelerator all mobilize ...
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05-15-13
New Report Reveals States and Utilities with Highest and Lowest Power Plant Emissions; Overall U.S. Emissions Decline
A major new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the top 100 power producers shows that the electric industry cut emissions of NOx, SO2 and CO2 in 2011 even as overall electricity generation increased, largely due to increased use of natural gas and growing reliance on ...
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05-14-13
Six Youth Named as Hasbro Community Action Heroes for Outstanding Service and Leadership in Their Communities
In recognition of extraordinary achievements in community service, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) in partnership with generationOn, is honoring six inspiring kids and teens who have created u...
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05-02-13
New Study: Hydraulic Fracturing Faces Growing Competition for Water Supplies in Water-Stressed Regions
A new Ceres research paper on water use in hydraulic fracturing operations shows that a significant portion of this activity is happening in water stressed regions of the United States, most prominently Texas and Colorado, which are both in the midst of prolonged drought conditions. It concludes ...
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05-01-13
Phil Angelides, a Leader in Shareholder Activism and Green Investment, Wins the Joan Bavaria Award
Phil Angelides has been awarded the fifth-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made today, the first day of the annual Ceres Conference, which is r...
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05-01-13
EICC® and GeSI Launch Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) are pleased to announce the launch of the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI). The CFSI replaces the name “EICC-GeSI Extractives Work Group” as the initiative grows and becomes more inclu...
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05-01-13
General Motors is First Automaker to Join Growing Group of Businesses Calling for U.S. Policy Action on Climate Change
Seven more U.S. businesses, including iconic U.S. automaker General Motors, have signed the Climate Declaration, a statement from Ceres and its BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) coalition that urges federal p...
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04-30-13
GISR Takes Major Step Towards Establishing a Standard of Excellence for Corporate Sustainability Ratings
The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) today announced the Beta Version of a set of core Principles as part of an international effort to drive excellence in corporate sustainability ratings, rankings and indices.
Launched in June 2011 by Ceres and Tellus Institute, GISR i...
