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03-17-15
Game-Changing Rice Production Methodology Awarded Olam Prize For Innovation In Food Security
Olam International, a leading global agri-business operating across the value chain in 65 countries, is pleased to announce that the Olam International Prize for Innovation in Food Security has been awarded by an international jury panel to Professor Norman Uphoff and the
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03-16-15
Remix Your Business's Role in Society
Let’s be honest—the business-in-society space is filled with events big and small. Professionals working in sustainability, CSR, and related fields could hopscotch to a different conference every week. So why choose the 2015
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03-16-15
Green Mountain Energy Sun Club® Donates Over $422,000 for Solar Projects at Pennsylvania and New York Non-Profits
The Green Mountain Energy Sun Club® is donating over $422,000 to ten non-profit organizations across Pennsylvania and New York to fund the purchase and installation of new solar projects that will be completed over the course of 2015....
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03-16-15
Ethiopia’s First Fortified Wheat Will Improve Nutrition for Millions
This month marks a watershed moment in nutrition and food security in Ethiopia: For the first time ever, local producers will begin fortifying wheat flour with the vitamins and minerals children need to develop and adults need to thrive. This achievement was made possible by a public-private part...
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03-16-15
Fracking Standards for Social and Environmental Responsibility Published for Public Comment
The first independent social and environmental standards for oil and natural gas operations that use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are available for public review and comment, Equitable Origin (EO) announced today. The
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03-13-15
Women Driving Auto Industry’s Technology Advances
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the automotive industry will experience more dramatic change in the next decade than it has in the past 50 years. In a male-dominated industry, women engineers are leading the way in some of the technological advances that could make Barra’s predictio...
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03-13-15
SolarCity and DIRECTV Make Solar Power More Accessible and Affordable to Homeowners Across the Country
SolarCity® (NASDAQ: SCTY) and DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) are teaming up to make affordable solar power even more accessible for homeowners in major cities across the country. The two companies announced ...
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03-13-15
Ice Cube and the Goodyear Blimp: March 18 Event Shares Brand Best Practices for Evaluating Risk Versus Reward When Causes Come Calling
Join us for the inaugural webinar of 3BL Media's Sustainability Communications Webinar Series:
“Opportunistic CSR: Goodyear’s Accidental Adventure With Ice Cube,”
Date: Wednesday, March 18
T...
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03-12-15
Cross Border Exchange Program to Benefit Nearly 10,000 Students and Educators from the US and Mexico
A new exchange program will strive to improve education by providing teaching professionals in both the United States and Mexico with new methods and educational approaches to help increase the quality of education for nearly 10,000 students.
The “Aula sin Fronteras” (The Classroom Witho...
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03-12-15
Dr. Paul Farmer and Leaders from Chevron, Johnson & Johnson and Merck Join GBCHealth's Board of Directors
GBCHealth, a prominent business coalition with a long history of catalyzing private sector activities and investments in global health issues, today announced that it has recently elected four new members to serve on the organization’s Board of Directors.
GBCHealth welcomes Dr. Paul Farmer...
