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09-11-18
Common Impact Expands Leadership Team With Addition of Tara Cardone, Chief Operating Officer
Common Impact, a nonprofit recognized as a national leader in skills-based volunteerism, is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of Tara Cardone as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tara will be a key partner to Common Impact’s leadership team and Board of Directors as the organization...
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09-11-18
Emerald Brand Launches Emerald Ecovations Materials and Licensing Division
Emerald Brand, known for its unique, Tree-Free™ and Plastic-free line of disposable products, has launched the Emerald Ecovations division, which licensees sustainable Tree-Free™ raw material and finished products to companies and brands across the globe.
Tree-Free™ material technology has...
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09-10-18
Disney Invests in Employees’ Futures with Unprecedented Education Program
In January of this year, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced an initial $50 million investment in a new and ongoing education initiative aimed specifically at The Walt Disney Company’s hourly workforce. “I have always believed that education is the key to opportunity,” he said. “It opens ...
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09-10-18
Don’t Miss the Most Important Sustainability Event of the Year-BSR18: A New Blueprint for Business
The world is changing at a rapid pace. New technologies, shifting cultural norms, evolving economic structures, and unprecedented environmental threats are reshaping the planet.
The business agenda is also changing, and the sustainability agenda needs to change with...
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09-10-18
Texas Instruments Grants $8.1 Million to Provide Access to Education in Under-resourced Areas Throughout North Texas
Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announced today that its corporate and foundation education grants total $8.1 million in 2018, of which $6.9 million (85%) aims to improve kindergarten through 12th grade science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. More than 155,000 area studen...
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09-07-18
International Tribunal Rules for Chevron in Ecuador Case
An international tribunal administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has issued an award in favor of Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and its indirect subsidiary, Texaco Petroleum Company (TexPet), finding that the Republic of Ecuador violated its obligations under international treaties,...
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09-07-18
Nespresso Revives Zimbabwe’s Coffee Production
Nespresso announced today a long-term investment plan to revive Zimbabwe’s coffee industry and stimulate the rural economy.
The company will provide training and technical assistance to 400 smallholder coffee farmers over the next five years, with the goal of increasing th...
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09-06-18
Global Compact Network Canada Recognizing Businesses for SDGs Impact at the 3rd Annual Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Leadership Awards
The SDG Leadership Awards are Canada’s celebration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and an inspiration for business leadership. The SDG Leadership Awards aim to recognize Canadian organizations who a...
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09-06-18
Toxnot Chosen to be Platform for Creation of ILFI Declare Labels
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) has selected Toxnot as the software platform for the creation of Declare Labels. Toxnot is a chemical management innovator, enabling users to collect chemical data, compare...
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09-06-18
Grant Thornton Global CEO Appointed Chair of the Board for IMPACT2030
IMPACT2030 announced at its global summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York that Peter Bodin, Global CEO of Grant Thornton International, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors. Peter Bodin will succeed Grady Lee who, after his thre...
