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05-22-13
CSRwire CEO Receives 2013 Listen Learn Care Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind
In conjunction with this year's Weekend in Boca Civil Society Leadership Symposium, the Office Depot Foundation proudly hosted the Listen Learn Care Awards Celebration on Friday, May 17, 2013.
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05-22-13
Climate Change, Carbon Bubble and New York's Green Bank
The 1st edition of the TBLI CONFERENCE™ USA 2013 in New York, USA from June 17-18 at UFT, 52 Broadway, supported by UN Global Compact and in cooperation with research partner The Sasakawa Foundation, targets urgent ESG and impact investm...
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05-22-13
Puerto Rican Firm Is Awarded Prestigious B Corp Certification
Impactivo Consulting, a social impact consulting firm, is the first company in Puerto Rico to become a Certified B Corporation.
This prestigious certification is awarded by B Lab, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Clinton Global Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation, and USAID, am...
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05-22-13
Boosting the 'Fourth-sector' Economy is Goal of 200-delegate Summit at Harvard
From deep inside a bastion of the American establishment, and armed with a $50,000 “carrot,” 200 delegates from more than 25 states are gathering with a mission to move America’s economic policy from growth for just profits toward growth “for benefit.”
Welcome to the fourth-sector economy ...
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05-22-13
Volkswagen Group of America Supports Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts
(Marketwired) - The Volkswagen of America Foundation, which was created by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., announced today that it will make an immediate donation of $250,000 to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity to assist with the disaster relief efforts following the devastating...
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05-22-13
MGM Resorts International Earns NASS Medallion Award for Philanthropy and Community Engagement
The Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy (ACPD) has selected MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) to receive the National Association of Secretaries of State’s (NASS) Medallion Award, an annual award created to recognize individuals, groups and organizations with an established record o...
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05-21-13
Western Union Responds to Oklahoma Tornado
The Western Union Foundation today announced support for disaster relief efforts that will help the families and communities impacted by the tornado in Oklahoma.
The Western Union Foundation is an American Red Cross disa...
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05-21-13
Investors Highlight Policies That Could Spur Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity in Energy Efficiency Investments
Energy efficiency is estimated to be a multi-hundred-billion dollar investment opportunity in the United States, but better policies are required to unlock broad-based financing from institutional investors, who together manage approximately $70 trillion in assets globally.
That is the key...
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05-21-13
The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic Announce 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival
The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic are pleased to announce the ninth annual Aspen Ideas Festival. From June 26 through July 2, 2013, more than 300 insightful thinkers and leaders from around the country and beyond will gather in Aspen, CO to discuss their work, the issues that inspire ...
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05-21-13
TRUST GOES SOCIAL: Global Study Finds Peers, Consumer Reviews Now Rival Certifications As Top Sources of Trust on Product Sustainability Claims
Trust is no longer in your hands. According to a study by BBMG, GlobeScan and SustainAbility, social sources of trust like consumer reviews, blogs and message boards (28%) as well as friends, family and co-workers (27%) now rival traditional sour...
