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05-07-08
AMSTERDAM - May 7, 2008 -The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the winners of the Readers' Choice Awards for sustainability reporting at the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency.
The winning reports, a...
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05-07-08
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 6, 2008 "“ Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) issued a call to action with "Sustainability: Leadership Required" as the theme for the 16th annual
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04-30-08
Boston, MA - April, 30- Oxfam America and eBay Foundation, the charitable arm of eBay Inc., announced the launch of Community Gives, an online fundraising campaign designed to support Oxfam's work of bringing clean...
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04-30-08
BOSTON, MA "“ April 30, 2008 - Ford Motor Company and The Timberland Company received the top sustainability reporting awards today in an international competition organized by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). T...
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04-29-08
BOSTON, MA - April 29, 2008 - Ceres and Trillium Asset Management Corporation ("Trillium") today announced the inaugural winners of the Joan Bavaria Awards for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The two winners were announced at the Ceres annual conference in...
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04-29-08
BOSTON, MA - April 29, 2008 - Virgin America, the new California-based airline aimed at reinventing air travel has been approved as a Ceres network company by the Ceres board of directors. The board cited the company's founding commitment to being a sustainability leader in...
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04-16-08
BOSTON, MA - April 16, 2008 - The mutual fund industry's previously icy attitude toward climate change shareholder resolutions is beginning to thaw as Wall Street starts to recognize the financial risks and opportunities of global climate change, according to a new Ceres rep...
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04-16-08
SAN FRANCISCO "“ April 16, 2008 "“ Pop into any supermarket today and you can't fail to be struck by the number of labels making claims about the social and environmental attributes of a range of different products. Organic, Fairtrade and FSC Certified - "eco-promises" are m...
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04-15-08
WASHINGTON, DC "“ April 15, 2008 "“ Oxfam America today announced a new initiative to promote the rights of communities impacted by oil, gas, and mining industries. As oil, gas, and other commodity prices reach record levels, investment in extractive projects is growing. Mor...
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04-09-08
AMSTERDAM "“ April 8, 2008 - A landmark initiative undertaken by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reveals new leaders in sustainability reporting. GRI announced today 45 finalists of its Readers' Choice Awards for sustainability reporting, which were selected by readers...