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Weyerhaeuser Tampa Facility Receives VPP Star Site Status; World Class Safety Milestone

Posted: Apr 28, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 28 /CSRwire/ - Weyerhaeusers corrugated packaging facility in Tampa has been designated a Voluntary Protection Program STAR site by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Facility employees will be presented with a commemorative flag at a ceremony on Friday, April 28 at...

Gap Inc. Joins The Ethical Trading Initiative

Posted: Apr 28, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Membership Furthers Company's Efforts to Create Sustainable Improvements in Garment Factory Labor Standards and Working Conditions Worldwide

ExxonMobil Strengthens Commitment to Tiger Conservation; Company Has Committed $9 Million to Tiger Conservation Save The Tiger Fund Conservation Grants Announced

Posted: Apr 28, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 28 /CSRwire/ - ExxonMobil and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that the Save The Tiger Fund has awarded an additional $525,000 in grants to ten international tiger conservation projects. The Save The Tiger Fund, an initiative launched by ExxonMobil...

SBC Supports WWII Memorial Gift with Employee Drive

Posted: Apr 27, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 27 /CSRwire/ - SBC Communications Inc. was among the first to contribute financial assistance in the effort to build America's first World War II Memorial. Now, the company's employees and retirees are pitching in to help the Memorial Fund reach its $100...

Gap Inc. Makes 2006 '100 Best Corporate Citizens' List

Posted: Apr 27, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Business Ethics Magazine Ranks Gap Inc. as a Leader Among Major U.S. Companie

Smithfield Achieves International ''Gold Standard'' For Its Environmental Management Practices

Posted: Apr 27, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Apr. 27 /CSRwire/ - Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that it has become the first in its industry to achieve ISO 14001 certification for all its U.S. hog production and processing facilities. "For years Smithfield has been recognized as the leader in...

Take Our Daughters to Work Day Event Promotes Careers in Technology for Girls

Posted: Apr 27, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 27 /CSRwire/ - Every year for the past few years, 12-year-old Bethany Potter and her 10-year-old sister, Rebecca, have attended Microsoft Corp.'s annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day event with their father, David Potter, a Microsoft software design engineer. Today is...

Whirlpool Celebrates the Achievement of US EPA's RCRA Action Leadership Award for Outstanding Partner Involvement

Posted: Apr 25, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 25 /CSRwire/ - Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) at a meeting held with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in Lansing on April 24, celebrated the achievement of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Leadership...

Goodwill Industries Names Bank of America Large Employer of the Year

Posted: Apr 20, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Apr. 20 /CSRwire/ - Some of the more impressive numbers at Bank of America have less to do with interest rates, CDs and IRAs, and more to do with the hundreds of individuals the company and Goodwill Industries are moving off welfare and...