Retail
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07-15-09
During the week of Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday, Shared Interest announces new investments with MicroPlace to help South Africa’s poorest help themselves
New York, NY - July 15, 2009 - To join in the worldwide celebration of Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday on July 18, 2009, Shared Interest, the leading U.S. nonprofit social investment fund facilitating credit and technical assistance to black South Africans, announced the laun...
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07-14-09
Video: CVS Caremark's National Philanthropic 'All Kids Can' Program Plays Out on Major League Baseball Field
WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark and the Boston Red Sox have officially launched the 2009 season of the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camps at Fenway Park. The baseball camps provide New England children with disabilities an action-packed, d...
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06-26-09
eBay Green Team and ecofabulous Team Up with Reclaimed Space to Promote Reuse and Sustainable Design at 2009 Dwell on Design Show in LA
SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 26, 2009 - This weekend, the eBay Green Team and ecofabulous will present the interior design and décor of the Reclaimed Space Showhouse, exclusively on display at the 2009 Dwell on Design show floor in Los Angeles. The program spotlights the ...
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06-24-09
GBC Honors Levi Strauss & Co. for More Than 25 Years of Leadership in HIV/AIDS Pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 24, 2009 - The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) today will award Levi Strauss & Co. its Richard Holbrooke Leadership Award for the company's longtime leadership in the fight against the HIV/AIDS global pandemi...
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06-08-09
Video: CVS/pharmacy Kicks Off 8th Annual ALS Fundraising Campaign in Stores Nationwide
WOONSOCKET, R.I., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy has kicked-off its annual in-store fundraising campaign to support the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since 2002, CVS/pharmacy has partnered with the ALS Therapy Alliance (ATA) to help advance ALS rese...
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06-05-09
Marks and Spencer (LON:MKS) publishes Annual CR Report 2009
In its 125th year, Marks & Spencer has published its latest sustainability report - 2009 How We Do Business - available here
The report updates progress against its...
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05-29-09
Kingfisher (LON:KGF) publishes CR Report 2008/09 - Future Homes
Kingfisher has published its Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report for the financial year ending 31 January 2009. Entitled Future Homes, it is available on the company’s website at www.kingfisher.com/CR. A 6-page printed summary report i...
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05-21-09
Levi Strauss & Co. Shuts Offices in Asia Pacific for a Day to Donate Time and Cash to Nonprofit Organizations
SINGAPORE - May 21, 2009 - This month, Levi Strauss and Co.'s (LS&CO.) employees across its Asia Pacific division will take a day off to "trade in" their computers for brooms, paint brushes and gardening gloves, to volunteer with a nonprofit organization in their country...
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05-13-09
eBay Inc. and Net Impact Release Landmark Report that Redefines "Green" Jobs Through Social Intrapreneurship
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - May 13, 2009 - eBay, Inc., the world's leading e-commerce company, and Net Impact, an international nonprofit organization with over 10,000 students and professional members dedicated to improving the world through business, released a groundbreakin...
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05-05-09
CVS Caremark Releases New Corporate Social Responsibility Report
WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS Caremark, the largest provider of prescriptions and pharmacy health care in the U.S., today released its 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which is available online at
