Organizations
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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04-17-09
Home-Based HIV Testing Initiative in Western Kenya To Reach 2 Million People
Click here to view the video describing GBC's role in Heath at Home Kenya: http://www.gbcimpact.org/health-at-home-kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA - April 17,2009 - A groundbreakin...
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04-17-09
Volunteerism Surges with National Volunteer Week 2009
ATLANTA, GA. - April 17, 2009 - National Volunteer Week is April 19-25 and according to Points of Light Institute CEO Michelle Nunn, this year, the week takes on special significance with the expected signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act by President Bar...
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04-16-09
GE Corporation Wins Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Best Sustainability Reporting
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - April 16, 2009 - GE Corporation received the top sustainability reporting award today at the 2009 Ceres Conference in San Francisco, California, as part of international competition organized by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Cha...
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04-15-09
Robert Massie Honored - Twice - for Long String of Achievements in Building a Sustainable Global Economy
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 15, 2009 - Robert Massie has co-founded a homeless shelter. He's led a parish. He's run for statewide public office, lectured for years at the Harvard Divinity School, led the world in battling South African apartheid and then written the definitive...
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04-14-09
Net Impact and FedEx Announce Winners of Access: Voice of the Next Generation Student Essay Contest
Net Impact, San Francisco, CA - April 14, 2009 - Net Impact and FedEx Corp. today announced the winners of a new essay contest designed to engage the next generation of business leaders on the issue of access. "Access" is defined by FedEx as the ability to connect and make n...
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04-08-09
Bloomberg L.P. Joins Ceres Company Network
April 8, 2009 - Bloomberg L.P., a leading information-services and media company, has been approved as a Ceres network company by the Ceres Board of Directors, citing the company's commitment to sustainability disclosure and setting goals to reduce its environmental impact. ...
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03-28-09
Serve America Act Passes in The U.S Senate: Generates More Opportunities to Volunteer and Serve
ATLANTA, GA. - March 27, 2009 - Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Serve America Act, led by Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), by a majority of 79. The bill unanimously amended and titled by all senators as the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, will ...
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03-26-09
Solo Cup Company Joins Forces with Keep America Beautiful
STAMFORD, Conn. - March 26, 2009 - Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and Solo Cup Company announce their national sponsor partnership for KAB's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program.
The 2009 Great American Clean...
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03-25-09
BSR's "Beyond Monitoring" Group Enters New Phase of Global Collaboration for Sustainable Supply Chains
SAN FRANCISCO - March 25, 2009 - Building on a visionary approach to next-generation supply chain management developed over several years, Business for Social Responsibility's (BSR) ...
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03-24-09
The Voluntary Principles Expands Membership, Renews Focus on Local Implementation
Oslo, Norway - March 24, 2009 - Following its annual plenary meeting, the
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) announced the
introduction of the "Framework for the Admission and Participation of New
Governments," two new plenary member...
