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03-17-09
Net Impact and FEDEX Select Finalists for the Access Student Essay Contest
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - March 17, 2009 - International nonprofit Net Impact and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today the finalists of the Access student essay contest designed to engage the next generation of business leaders on the issue of access. The goal of the co...
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03-17-09
Wal-Mart, AFL-CIO, and 140 Other Powerful Entities Urge President Obama, Congress to Prioritize Global Development and Foreign Assistance Reform
March 17, 2009 (WASHINGTON): Leaders from diverse communities today sent an open letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders urging them to "make modernization of our foreign assistance programs a priority"¦ [and] make global development a co-equal pillar of U.S. for...
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03-11-09
Oxfam Urges Miner to Improve Community Relations
Washington, DC - International aid group Oxfam America commends the Newmont Mining Corporation for conducting a review of its community relationship management practices and calls on the mining company to fully implement the review's recommendations to improve relationships ...
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03-11-09
Keep America Beautiful and Anheuser-Busch Award Grants to Support Local Environmental Projects
STAMFORD, Conn. March 11, 2009 - Six Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates were selected from a nationwide field of more than 40 entries for the 2009 Keep America Beautiful/Anheuser-Busch Environmental Grant Program, it was announced today. The KAB/Anheuser-Busch Environme...
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03-11-09
MBA Students want Changes in their Curriculum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - March 11, 2009 - As business leaders struggle to guide their companies through the current economic turmoil and regain the public trust in their ability to do so, future leaders are thinking about what they are learning in business school and wondering i...
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03-10-09
The Amsterdam Declaration on Transparency and Reporting
AMSTERDAM, 10 March 2009 - Global leaders from business, labor and civil society today declared their belief that the lack of transparency in the existing system for corporate reporting has failed its stakeholders. In issuing The Amsterdam Declaration on Transparency and...
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03-03-09
Keep America Beautiful Launches 2009 Great American Cleanup; Reminds Americans that "Green Starts Here"
STAMFORD, Conn. - March 3, 2009 - Americans now more than ever want to do their part to improve not only their own community, but our planet. Keep America Beautiful is reminding environmental stewards of all ages and walks of life across the country that Green Starts ...
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03-02-09
HandsOn Network and The Corporation for National and Community Service Award $1.2 Million in Grant Funds to Help Answer the Call for Service
ATLANTA, GA. - March 2, 2009 - HandsOn Network and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) announced a 1.2 million dollar investment in 21 volunteer connector organizations and statewide agencies that manage volunteers, including state service commissions a...
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02-23-09
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy Leads the Celebration of International Corporate Philanthropy Day
NEW YORK, NY. - February 23, 2009 - Today leading companies and organizations around the world celebrate International Corporate Philanthropy Day, a day designated to showcase strategic corporate philanthropy initiatives and encourage further cross-sector partnerships in sup...
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02-18-09
Southern, Massey Energy and Chevron Among Nine 'Climate Watch' Companies Targeted by Investors
BOSTON, MA. - February 18, 2009 - Leading U.S. investors today named nine companies to a Climate Watch List, citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business c...
