Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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03-01-13
After Investor Pressure, Continental Resources Sets Strong Goal to Reduce Natural Gas Flaring
Continental Resources, Inc., the largest oil producers in North Dakota’s Bakken region, has committed to reduce natural gas flaring from its operated well sites to “as close to zero percent flaring as possible.”
This goal announced in
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02-28-13
Brazil's Itaú Bank to Expand Access to Loans for Low-Income Entrepreneurs
Some 100,000 small-scale entrepreneurs in Brazil will gain access to US$167 million in business loans following a commitment by Itaú Unibanco to the Business Call to Action
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02-27-13
New York State Pension Fund and Other Investors Urge Utilities to Ramp Up Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Major U.S. investors and pension funds have filed shareholder resolutions with five electric power utilities—Ameren, Cleco, DTE Energy, FirstEnergy, SCANA—urging them to increase deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency in order to mitigate climate-related risks and m...
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02-21-13
Entrepreneurs Running 10 Start-ups with Social Missions Choose Two Most Ready to Succeed
Points of Light and Village Capital today announced they will offer $50,000 investments to UBELONG and Generation Citizen, two of 10 start-ups participating in the nation’s first accelerator dedicated solely to helping new organizations with social missions that engage people as part of the solut...
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02-19-13
Investors Push 13 Corporations to Adopt Clean Energy Strategies in Shareholder Filings
Leading U.S. institutional investors and pension funds have filed shareholder resolutions with 13 corporations, urging them to source more renewable energy and improve energy efficiency in order to mitigate risks posed by climate change and increase shareholder value. As a result of shareholder d...
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02-12-13
Despite Growing Engagement, Corporate Environmental Impacts Continue To Grow, Says Study
The most comprehensive assessment of corporate sustainability activity to date shows that while companies around the world engage in a wide range of sustainability initiatives, the costs to the environment continue to grow.
The sixth annual “State of Green Business” report (download free a...
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02-07-13
Ceres and Region's Top Companies Tout Benefits of Carbon-Efficient Energy Deal
Ceres and its business network BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) today announced their support for the new tightened cap on carbon dioxide emissions for regional power producers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Isla...
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02-05-13
Investors Press Oil and Gas Companies to Reduce and Report Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Citing concerns over water management, toxic chemical disclosure, greenhouse gas emissions and other community impacts, investors have called upon 9 leading oil and gas companies to disclose critical information about the ways they are managing and measuring the risks associated with hydraulic fr...
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02-04-13
EICC Names Robert Lederer First Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) announced the appointment of Mr. Robert Lederer, Jr. as the organization’s first Executive Director. In this position, Lederer will provide strategic leadership, have oversight to the EICC’s ini...
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02-01-13
Ceres Welcomes Adele Simmons as Newest Member of Its Board of Directors
Ceres today announced that Adele Smith Simmons, a senior executive at Metropolis Strategies and a board member at insurance brokerage firm Marsh & McLennan Cos., has been elected to i...
