Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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10-18-11
Ceres Aqua Gauge: New Tool for Companies, Investors to Manage Risks of Worldwide Water Supply Pressures
Against a backdrop of increasing business exposure to global water supply threats, Ceres today released a new tool for evaluating those risks – and opportunities – that both investors and companies can use as a ...
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10-12-11
Voters Overwhelmingly Support EPA Air Pollution Rules
A new, nationwide poll shows that by a wide margin, voters of both political parties and in all regions of the U.S. disagree with Congress’ anti-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agenda and support the EPA’s ...
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10-12-11
HandsOn Network and Scholastic Media Announce Winners of Third Annual Contest to Support Civic Engagement
Twenty-five-year-old Illinois pre-kindergarten teacher Andrea de Avila’s BIG idea to transform her school’s courtyard roof into a garden and play area for an early childhood program was awarded the $25,000 grand prize grant from the BE BIG Fund as part of the Scholastic Clifford BE BIG In Your Co...
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10-12-11
BSR Conference Speakers to Discuss the White House Perspective on Multisector Partnerships, How to Talk Climate Change With Your Employees, More
The BSR Conference 2011—taking place just three weeks from now, November 1 through 4 in San Francisco—will give participants a chance to hear directly from leaders in business and sustainability in an intimate, conversation-style setting...
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10-11-11
New Wireless and Sustainability Report Reveals Big Cost Savings and Efficiencies for Transportation, Energy, Agriculture, and Government Sectors
An emerging wireless-enabled environment has the potential to drive billions of dollars in energy savings and reshape how American industry, agriculture, and the public sector approach sustainability, according to a report authored by BSR that was...
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10-11-11
AccountAbility Names New Advisory Council
A veritable "Who's Who" of CEOs, policymakers, and thought leaders from the public and private sectors, and civil society have joined the top governance body for AccountAbility, the international corporate responsibility organization.
The newly-appointed Advisory Council will provide strat...
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10-04-11
Christine Bader Joins BSR as Human Rights Advisor
BSR is expanding its human rights practice with the addition of a new advisor: Christine Bader, nonresident senior...
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09-27-11
Now in Paperback: Sustainable Excellence by Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell
“Essential reading for any business aiming to understand how they can turn sustainability into an opportunity.” —Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired
“Smart, readable, and provocative…This book gives us a reason for optimism, as well as a framework to understand the...
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09-22-11
GRI Releases New Guidelines to Build Transparency in Construction and Real Estate Sector
Carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labor issues are some of the sustainability issues that can now be reported by construction and real estate companies, thanks to
