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06-11-12
People often equate environmentally friendly cars, buildings, and products with being unsightly. Yet not only can sustainable design be beautiful, argues author Lance Hosey, its beauty can make it more sustainable.
“Conventional wisdom portrays green as not just occasionally but i...
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06-11-12
The Coca-Cola Foundation—the global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company—awarded US$26 million in grants to 85 community organizations during the first quarter. The grants support the Foundation’s global priority areas, including: $9.7 million for water stewardship; $3.6 million for fitness...
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06-11-12
Bank of America today announced a new 10-year, $50 billion environmental business goal to help address climate change, reduce demands on natural resources and advance lower-carbon economic solutions. The company also introduced significant new goals to reduce the environmental impact of its own o...
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06-11-12
Silicon Valley Community Foundation and EF today announced that they will combine the corporate philanthropy services of both organizations to better serve companies that want to give back locally, regionally and around the world.
The boards of the two organizations approved a new structur...
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06-08-12
The U.S. EPA has announced a historic effort to rein in carbon pollution from new power plants.
June 25 is the end of the 60-day public comment period on ...
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06-08-12
Visitors to Deloitte’s website should have no doubt about where most of the organization’s personnel are spending their time today— they’re volunteering. A note has gone up on De...
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06-08-12
BSR’s new “Energy Management in China” website—the first resource of its kind—will help managers of China-based companies reduce energy use, ...
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06-07-12
Time Warner Cable’s philanthropic initiative, Connect a Million Minds (CAMM), today announced a new partnership with 826...
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06-07-12
(Marketwire) - Menlo Worldwide Logistics, LLC, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), has been awarded a contract extension by the New York City's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to co...
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06-07-12
The National Conference on Volunteering and Service has a legacy of active engagement with its host cities’ communities. This year’s service program, Seeds for Change sponsored by Chase, showcases the Chicago motto “Urbs in Horto...