Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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04-17-14
Points of Light Announces 2014 Leadership Partners
Points of Light announced recently its 2014 Leadership Partners, companies whose investments in social responsibility advance Points of Light’s mission to mobilize ...
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04-17-14
Give Your Garbage Another Life On Earth Day (April 22)
Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council announced today the launch of two new Spanish-language television PSAs and a series of infographics charting the journey of recyclable materials. This launch is a dynamic extension of the groundbreaking “I Want To Be Recycled” multimedia campaign and anot...
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04-15-14
DataWind Rolls Out an Affordable Bridge to Education
DataWind, a leading developer of wireless web access and products, and the manufacturer of the world’s lowest cost android tablet PC, announced that it has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA).
DataWind plans to bridge the digital divide by providing an affordable tablet thus e...
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04-10-14
Updated Conflict Minerals Reporting Template Now Available
A new Conflict Minerals Reporting Template version 3.0 (CMRT 3.0) was published today by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. The leading multi-industry tool to facilitate transfer of information throughout the supply chain in support of conflict-free sourcing, CMRT 3.0 includes a number of upd...
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04-10-14
Business Support for Policy Action on Climate Change Grows 20-Fold as the "Climate Declaration" Hits First Anniversary
On the heels of a new UN report detailing damaging and accelerating impacts of climate change, top business executives from IKEA, JLL, Mars Inc., Sprint and VF Corp. met today with m...
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04-09-14
Ikea, Jll, Mars Inc., Sprint, VF Corp., to Urge Policy Action on Climate Change at Bicameral Briefing Sponsored by Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman
On the heels of a new UN report about damaging and accelerating impacts of climate change, top US business executives will be meeting with Congressional leaders next week to discuss climate-related impacts they are already seeing on their companies, actions they are taking to reduce their compani...
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04-07-14
AccountAbility Honored by Game Changers 500
AccountAbility was recently honored by Game Changers 500 for using business as a force for good. Game Changers 500 placed AccountAbility on its dynamic list that profiles the world’s top purpose-driven organizations, grouping ...
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04-04-14
Earth Day is Every Day for Keep America Beautiful as it Rallies Volunteers to Participate in National Great American Cleanup
As Americans and our fellow global citizens face urgent environmental challenges, Keep America Beautiful knows that through education and volunteer engagement, small actions can make a significant local impact.
That’s why on Earth Day, and every day in April and throughout the spring, Keep...
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04-03-14
Building the Link to Healthcare, Naya Jeevan Joins the Business Call to Action
Innovative social enterprise Naya Jeevan has announced it will join the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to ensure that more than 39,000 low-income workers in Pakistan have access to affordable, quality healthcare by 2015. In addition the company plans to distribute an estimated ...
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03-31-14
New Public-Private Partnership to Prepare Young People for College and Careers
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, and
