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10-06-09
Take over 3 million volunteers and participants, and 1,000 grassroots organizations, provide them with the tools and motivation to make their hometown a better place, mix in 5.2 million volunteer hours, sweat, grit and elbow grease, and watch as communities flourish with a c...
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09-30-09
The Clean Economy Network (CEN) is running new TV ads in Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri highlighting the urgent need for clean energy legislation that will lessen our dependence on foreign oil and make our nation more secure -- while bringing tens of thousands of new c...
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09-30-09
The BSR Conference 2009 plenary sessions will provide attendees with new ways of thinking in a "reset world." The Conference takes place October 20 to 23 in San Francisco.
BSR's newest...
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09-25-09
This week at the Clinton Global Initiative, the poverty-fighting group CARE and its partners announced four unique commitments that help connect women and girls in the U.S. to women and girls in poor countries. CARE's partners include Gap Inc, General Mills, Girl Scouts of t...
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09-24-09
Amid growing concerns about water scarcity and climate change, Ceres announced a new collaboration today with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP UK (PwC) and Water Asset Management LLC to drive sustainable investment in water-intensive sectors and the development of a resilient wate...
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09-23-09
Today, at the Clinton Global Initiative Fifth Annual Meeting, President Clinton introduced a unique commitment between General Mills and CARE called 'Join My Village,' an innovative online community that is fighting poverty in Malawi through the empowerment of women and girl...
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09-17-09
Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report released today shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business decision-making,...
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09-11-09
On Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, President Barack Obama will join former President George H. W. Bush to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the vision of a thousand "Points of Light," which catalyzed the modern volunteer service movement by hosting a presidential forum on community...
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09-10-09
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Ceres, a US coalition of environmental and investor groups, today called for submissions to the ninth-annual Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting.
The purpos...
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09-09-09
Fifteen Keep America Beautiful affiliates will share $150,000 in cash grants from Waste Management. The Waste Management Think Green® Community Improvement Grants are part of a nationwide effort that encourages local solutions to improving community environments.