Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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08-20-13
VERGE Accelerate Provides Global Stage for Tech Start-ups
Up to 18 innovative start-ups at the convergence of energy, buildings, transportation and cities will vie for recognition by some of the world’s largest companies this fall. The event, VERGE Accelerate, will allow young companies to compete for the approval of cleantech innovation leaders and inv...
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08-15-13
Points of Light and Target Kick Off 50th Anniversary of Historic March on Washington With America's Sunday Supper at Carter Center in Atlanta
President Jimmy Carter joined America’s Sunday Supper Sunday night in Atlanta to discuss how the education and service sectors, parents and communities-at-large can collaborate to help youth achieve their dreams. Sponsored by Points of Light, Target and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonvi...
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08-14-13
Transforming Lives, Empower Pragati Joins the Business Call to Action to Grow Skills and Scale Up Services in India
India’s financial inclusion network and operations skills giant Empower Pragati has announced it will join the Business Call to Action (BCtA), with plans to expand skills training aimed at boosting incomes for some two million disadvantaged youth in India by 2020.
Empower Pragati is an I...
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08-13-13
Two Startups Chosen to Receive $50,000 Investments to Help People Make a Difference
The Points of Light Civic Accelerator today announced it will invest $50,000 each in Neighbor.ly and the Jubilee Project, two...
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08-09-13
Points of Light and Target Mark 50th Anniversary of Historic March on Washington With America’s Sunday Supper at Carter Center in Atlanta
President Jimmy Carter will join the America’s Sunday Supper event on August 11 in Atlanta to discuss how the education and service sectors can collaborate to help youth achieve their dreams. Sponsored by Points of Light, Target and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, ...
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08-08-13
Investors Achieve Strong Results on Climate Change, Supply Chains, Water Risks During 2013 Proxy Season
Investors achieved noteworthy victories during this year’s shareholder proxy season, with a near record 110 shareholder resolutions filed with 94 U.S. companies on corporate sustainability challenges such as climate change, supply chain issues and water-related risks.
Shareholders achieved...
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08-08-13
AccountAbility Releases a Report on Materiality: "Redefining Materiality II: Why It Matters, Who's Involved and What it Means for Corporate Leaders and Boards"
AccountAbility has released a comprehensive report examining the growing importance of non-financial factors on corporate performance, disclosure, and valuation. Redefining Materiality II was developed in response to accelerating acceptance that non-financial materiality is an influentia...
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08-07-13
VERGE SF Puts the Spotlight on Tech, Data and Cities
The convergence of data, analytics, cities, buildings and transportation will be center stage at VERGE SF 2013, the flagship of a global event series produced by GreenBiz Group. The event will look at how inf...
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07-31-13
VERGE Interconnect to Feature a Microgrid at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco
GreenBiz Group announced that it will build a functional, temporary and replicable microgrid to power the exhibition hall at its VERGE San Francisco event in October, a living and vivid demonstration of the potential of distributed energy generation and smart systems.
VERGE Interconnect wi...
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07-29-13
New Report: North Dakota Natural Gas Flaring More Than Doubles in Two Years
The tremendous growth of unconventional oil production in North Dakota has also led to a rapid rise in the production of associated natural gas and natural gas liquids. A new Ceres report reveals that large and growing volumes of this gas are being burned off rather than sold, creating significan...
