Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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09-30-13
EICC® Releases Fifth Annual Report
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) today released its fifth annual report, reflecting on its progress on programs designed to help its member companies improve social and environmental conditions in their own operations and those of their supply chains. The report also announc...
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09-28-13
Access4All: Turkish Giant TTNET Expands Access to Internet and Education
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09-27-13
Women: The Forgotten Link between Business, Farmers, Food and Health
Leading food and skincare companies Ajinomoto (Japan), DSM (Netherlands) and L’OCCITANE (France) committed to the Business Call to Action with initiatives in Indonesia, Burkina Faso and Ghana that strengthen the role of women in linking business to nutrition and health. The three companies have c...
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09-27-13
Apparel Giant VF Corporation Joins BICEP and Signs the Climate Declaration
BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) today announced that VF Corporation has joined the coalition to advocate for innovative climate and clean energy policies. The company has also signed the Climate D...
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09-27-13
New IPCC Report Confirms What Companies Already Know: Climate Change is Changing How Business Gets Done
In the wake of a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report re-confirming the reality of climate change and clarifying its effects, business and investor leaders talked today about the ways in which global warming is already affecting their bottom lines and their strategies.
Repr...
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09-24-13
VERGE San Francisco Revs Up Focus on Connected Cars and Sustainable Mobility
The near-term future of vehicles — smart, clean, connected and increasingly efficient — will be at the forefront of a four-day conference in San Francisco, taking place October 14-17 as part of the city’s Innovation Month.
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09-20-13
From Istanbul to Tokyo to Stockholm, Inclusive Business Has Come of Age
Leading global businesses announced significant commitments toward the Millennium Development goals today. Turkish internet giant TTNET, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spanish financial services provider Santander, Japanese retailing conglomerate MUJI, and many other large multinational and domestic...
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09-19-13
Burton Snowboards Joins BICEP
BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) announced today that Burton Snowboards, the world’s leading snowboard company, has joined the BICEP coalition to advocate for innovative climate and clean energy policies.
"Burton has a deep responsibility to the ...
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09-19-13
Major U.S. Companies Call for Climate Change Action
Business calls for strong climate change action are getting louder. Today, a half-dozen leading global companies with more than 100,000 employees, including Microsoft, Owens Corning, Diageo, Thornton Tomasetti, and Acer America Corporation joined hundreds of other U.S. businesses in signing the C...
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09-18-13
Industry, Government, Civil Society Address Conflict Minerals Issues at the 12th Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative Workshop
Bringing together nearly 200 representatives from global industry, government and civil society to discuss and debate current resources and future challenges on conflict minerals in the supply chain, the 12th Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative Workshop concluded Thursday evening in Wash...
