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02-26-16
Citi Foundation Announces $4.8 Million Investment in Summer Jobs Connect to Jumpstart Career Readiness of More than 2,000 Youth
Today, as part of the announcement of the Summer Opportunity Project and Champions of Change event at the White House, the Citi Foundation announced a $4.8 million grant to Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to provide more than 2,100 low-income youth with summer jo...
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02-26-16
Hershey Partners with Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa to Build Health Center in Cote D’Ivoire
Access to basic health care is critical for the wellbeing of rural West African cocoa communities. To help meet the need, The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) partnered with cocoa suppliers Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa to fund and build a community health center in Cote...
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02-25-16
Fifty-Nine Percent of Americans Now Aware of Fair Trade Certified™ Products
Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, and the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), an international consulting and research firm specializing in health and sustainability, today released new data indicating that fifty-...
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02-25-16
Software Solutions are Becoming a Key Strategy for EHS&S Management
The issue has become so central to the association’s members that NAEM now dedicates an annual conference to the topic. On March 15-16, NAEM will be in Tampa, Fla. for a showcase of software to...
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02-25-16
U.S. Cities Increase Number of Summer Jobs for Young Adults, but Demand Still Higher Than Supply, New JPMorgan Chase & Co. Report Reveals
JPMorgan Chase & Co. today released a report illustrating how a lack of summer jobs is impacting youth unemployment and creating roadblocks to economic mobility for many young people in the United States. Demand for summer employment remains higher than the number of available job opportuniti...
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02-24-16
As Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Grows Up, New Study Finds Biggest Programs Ceding Ground to Smaller Competitors
Most programs at the top of the list of the nation’s 30 largest peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns are raising substantially less money for their organizations than they were a decade ago.
But those losses are being more than eclipsed by a growing cadre of small...
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02-24-16
Using STEM to Make a Difference in Their Communities, 15 Public Schools are Named National Finalists in the $2 million* Solve for Tomorrow Contest
When their teacher asked them to take a hard look at issues affecting people in their community, one group of students in Missouri noticed that some of their peers with disabilities had trouble staying upright in their wheelchairs. And so, the students got to work with...
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02-24-16
Swarovski Publishes New Global Sustainability Report
With the release today of its latest Sustainability Report, Swarovski reiterates its longstanding commitment to do business in a way that respects people and the planet. The report covers Swarovski’s work globally and focuses on the actions it has taken on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR...
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02-23-16
Carbon Trade Exchange Expands Voluntary Carbon Business, Appoints Rachel O’Reilly
Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX), the largest electronic spot exchange for voluntary carbon credits, today announced the addition of Rachel O’Reilly as Senior Vice President, Americas. O’Reilly will work with the global CTX Executive Management T...
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02-23-16
Free Webinar: Maersk on Building a Risk Free Supply Chain
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