News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the retail industry.
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10-01-07
PLEASANTON, CA - October 1, 2007 - Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) and The Safeway Foundation today celebrated Family Day by launching Connect Together, a year-round company-sponsored print, broadcast, in-store and online campaign urging parents to connect with their children over m...
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09-26-07
Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, has released its 2007 Corporate Citizenship Report, entitled: “Fulfilling Our Vision – Living Our Values.”
The report, which highlights the Company’s commitment to community, ethics, diversity and environmental su...
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09-14-07
PLEASANTON, CA - September 14, 2007--Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY), one of the largest retail investors in renewable energy, today announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly reno...
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09-06-07
WASHINGTON - September 6, 2007 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) today named Safeway Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, CA, as a finalist for a Corporate Citizenship Award in the category of U.S. Community Service.
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09-04-07
PLEASANTON, CA - September 4, 2007 - Safeway Inc. announced today that it raised a record $7 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during a month-long campaign at the company’s more than 1,600 U.S. stores.
The annual Safeway fund...
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08-02-07
STRATHAM, NH - August 2, 2007 - The Timberland Company today announced the availability of its 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Report to all stakeholders, industry leaders and consumers. This annual report is an objective and transparent representation of the company's...
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07-31-07
PLEASANTON, CA. - July 31, 2007 - Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) today elevated its commitment to charities that help people with disabilities by launching a month-long fundraising campaign in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Store...
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07-16-07
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2007--Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) today unveiled a company-sponsored mobile mammography van equipped with first-of-its-kind digital screening technology at one of the company's Seattle stor...
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07-16-07
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2007--Safeway shoppers and employees joined together in the month of June to raise a record $10.7 million to fund critical research programs aimed at finding a cure for prostate cancer. By making donations when shopping at local ...
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07-06-07
Inclusive playgrounds to be built in Boston, Dallas and Los Angeles with funding from the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust; grants for additional projects nationwide and scholarships will help communities across the country build universally accessible playgrounds...