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06-22-16
The Mary Kay Foundation Establishes Distinguished Professorship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The Mary Kay FoundationSM is proud to announce the establishment of a Distinguished Professorship in Women’s Cancer Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). The quarter-million dollar gift honors Dr. Jerry Shay’s leadership as the Chair of The Mary Kay FoundationSM ...
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06-22-16
UN Global Compact Unveils "Making Global Goals Local Business" Strategy to Drive Responsible Business Activity on Sustainable Development Goals
Today at the United Nations, the UN Global Compact unveiled a multi-year strategy to drive business awareness and activity that...
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06-22-16
Thomson Reuters and TruValue Labs Deliver Real-Time ESG Intelligence on Eikon Platform
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06-21-16
2016 C.K. Prahalad Award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership Honors Joe Kaeser and Siemens, with Special Recognition to Christiana Figueres and Douglas Tompkins
The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) presented the 2016 C.K. Prahalad Award to Siemens and CEO Joe Kaeser for setting an ambitious agenda to tackle the challenge of climate change. The jury also extended special honors to Christiana Figueres, who served as the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Con...
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06-21-16
Social Enterprise from Cameroon Wins Creating Shared Value Prize 2016
At the Creating Shared Value Global Forum in Abidjan, Nestlé announced the winner of the Creating Shared Value [CSV] Prize 2016: Agro-Hub from Cameroon is the new prize laureate and
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06-21-16
RSE USA Grows Senior Talent Pool
RSE USA is expanding its team and service offerings across the US and is pleased to announce that James Hall has joined the US consulting practice as a principal consultant. Recognized as a leader in the sustainable materials management and p...
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06-21-16
Arbor Day Foundation Celebrates 60 Millionth Tree Planting
The Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is commemorating the planting of the 60 millionth tree in our nation’s forests.
Since 1990, the Arbor Day Foundation has been replanting on state and national forest land through the Replanting our For...
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06-21-16
ImpactAssets Impact Investment Notes Deploys $8.3MM In Capital to Latin America and Asia
ImpactAssets announced today that it has deployed more than $8.3MM to financial institutions and agricultural organizations in Latin America and Asia for small business expansion, socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability through its recently launched Impact Investment Notes.
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06-20-16
3BL Media Best Practices Webinar on July 20 Focuses on UN Global Goal 11: The Business Case for Sustainable Cities -- Making Urban Centers Inclusive, Safe and Resilient
Big cities are getting bigger across the globe, creating environmental and social challenges as well as opportunities for dramatic progress in the battle to slow climate change. The plight of urban centers even earned its own United Nations sustainable development goal, No. 11.
3BL Media h...
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06-20-16
Second Vatican Conference on Impact Investing
At the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Catholic Relief Services, impact investing experts and Catholic leaders from around the world will convene in Rome to explore how the Catholic Church and other faith-based institutions can harness the power of impact capital to...
