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    68 Leading Investors Issue Joint Statement Opposing Proposition 23 Image

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    10-19-10

    68 Leading Investors Issue Joint Statement Opposing Proposition 23

    Sixty-eight major investors collectively managing $415 billion in assets today issued a joint statement urging a "No" vote on Proposition 23, the California ballot initiative that would halt implementation of the state's landmark, bipartisan clean energy law. The signed stat...

    HandsOn Network and Scholastic Media Announce Winners of Second Annual Contest to Support Civic Engagement Image

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    10-19-10

    HandsOn Network and Scholastic Media Announce Winners of Second Annual Contest to Support Civic Engagement

    Sixteen-year-old student Jennifer O'Neal’s idea to create a hospital classroom for young cancer patients at Diamond Children's at University Medical Center in Tucson has been awarded the $25,000 grand prize grant...

    New GRI office helps US companies showcase sustainability Image

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    10-13-10

    New GRI office helps US companies showcase sustainability

    Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is launching a new office in the US, helping US companies to tell the world about their sustainability by providing support to those who produce sustainability reports. The new 'Focal Point USA', being launched in New York today (Wednesday 1...

    Valero, Tesoro and Occidental Face Shareholder Pressure for California Proposition 23 Support Image

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    10-13-10

    Valero, Tesoro and Occidental Face Shareholder Pressure for California Proposition 23 Support

    Responding to the oil companies' financial backing for California's controversial Proposition 23, investors today announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Occidental Petroleum (Occidental),

    New Book by BSR's Aron Cramer: Sustainable Excellence is Key to Business Success in a Fast-Changing World Image

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    10-12-10

    New Book by BSR's Aron Cramer: Sustainable Excellence is Key to Business Success in a Fast-Changing World

    The businesses that build social and environmental considerations into the DNA of their companies will survive and thrive in the years to come, argues BSR President and CEO

    California Companies in BICEP Coalition Urge Prop. 23 "No" Vote Image

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    09-29-10

    California Companies in BICEP Coalition Urge Prop. 23 "No" Vote

    California-based Levi Strauss & Co., eBay Inc., Symantec, Clif Bar & Company and The North Face - all internationally-known brand names - today urged California voters to reject the Proposition 23 ballot initiative. They said it would effectively kill the state's lan...

    Ceres and CalPERS Announce Initiative to Accelerate Corporate Action on Global Sustainability Challenges Image

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    09-22-10

    Ceres and CalPERS Announce Initiative to Accelerate Corporate Action on Global Sustainability Challenges

    Amid rising global temperatures, population growth and resource constraints, Ceres formed a collaboration today with Nike, the Skoll Foundation and the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public pension fund, to use their collective...

    Waste Management "Think Green(R)" Grants Help Provide Local Solutions Improving Community Environments Image

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    09-21-10

    Waste Management "Think Green(R)" Grants Help Provide Local Solutions Improving Community Environments

    Fifteen Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates will share $150,000 in cash grants sponsored by Waste Management (NYSE:WM). The Waste Management Think Green® Community Improvement Grants are part of a nationwide effort encouraging the development of local solutions designed ...

    BSR Advances Social Investment in China with New CiYuan Initiative Image

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    09-16-10

    BSR Advances Social Investment in China with New CiYuan Initiative

    BSR will launch its CiYuan (China Philanthropy Incubator) initiative today in Beijing, bringing together influential Chinese and international representatives of the busine...

    Call for Submissions: 10th annual Ceres-ACCA Awards for Sustainability Reporting Image

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    09-14-10

    Call for Submissions: 10th annual Ceres-ACCA Awards for Sustainability Reporting

    Ceres - a national coalition of investor, environmental and public interest groups - and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Canada invite corporations and organizations to submit their sustainability reports to the 10th annual Ceres-ACCA North American...

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