News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in organizations.
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02-04-09
BOSTON - In recognition of socially responsible investment pioneer Joan Bavaria, Ceres and Trillium Asset Management Corporation ("Trillium") are inviting nominations for the second-annual Joan Bavaria Awards for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets.
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01-27-09
NEW YORK, NY. - January 27, 2009 "“ John Tedstrom is the new president and chief executive officer of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), it was announced today. He succeeds Richard Holbrooke, who left GBC to serve in a high-level dipl...
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01-16-09
ATLANTA, GA. - January 16, 2009 - As the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama approaches, Americans have been inspired to improve their local communities and renew our nation through service. Starting on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, HandsOn Network aims to engage hu...
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01-15-09
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 15, 2009) President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden's Inaugural Committee have invited AmeriCorps Alums and the Peace Corps Community to march in the 56th Inaugural Parade. Only 100 organizations were selected out of the 1,382 ...
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01-15-09
STAMFORD, Conn. - January 15, 2009 - Seven Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates were awarded with $10,000 environmental grants from The UPS Foundation, honoring their support of the UPS Global Volunteer Month Environmental Challenge.
The awar...
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01-07-09
ATLANTA,GA. "“ January 7, 2009 "“ President George H.W. Bush will be honored at a special White House reception on Jan. 7 at 4 p.m. for his leadership in advancing the nation’s commitment to volunteerism and service. In his 1989 inaugural address, President Bush invoked the...
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12-18-08
New York, NY "“ December 18, 2008 "“ The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which annually identify the best in business action in the fight to end AIDS, TB and malaria, is inviting submissions for the 2009 Awards for Business Excellence.
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12-17-08
San Francisco - December 17, 2008 - With an increasing number of corporations recognizing the importance of the environment to their bottom line, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has published a
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12-11-08
STAMFORD, Conn. - December 11, 2008 - Keep America Beautiful announces that the Great American Cleanup, the organization’s annual campaign to clean--up and green-up thousands of communities in all 50 states, resulted in a record 48,000-plus gardens, green spaces and xeriscap...
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12-10-08
AMSTERDAM. - 10, December 2008 - Today - on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - corporate, trade union and civil society leaders have added their voices to the call by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations ...