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10-24-11
Piraeus Bank receives environmental certifications from EMAS and ISO 14001
Piraeus Bank is the first bank in Greece to have certified its Environmental Management System (EMS), in all its branches (359) and administration buildings (24), a total area of 187.831 m2, under ISO 14001:2004 and EMAS.
EMAS integrates the man...
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10-24-11
Aflac Named to 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America List
/PRNewswire/ - Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States, announced today that the company has been named to the 2011/2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America list. This is the first time that Aflac has appeared on the prestigious list, whic...
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10-24-11
IBM Opens $50 Million Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Program to 2012 Applicants
/PRNewswire/ - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has opened the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant program to new applications for 2012. Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50 mi...
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10-24-11
CSRwire Releases Second Annual United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress
CSRwire, the leading global source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, has released its second annual United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Communication on Progress (COP), the largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world that asks companies and organi...
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10-21-11
Bill Drayton Receives Prince of Asturias Award at Official Ceremony Today
Bill Drayton, CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, is in Spain today to receive the Prince of Asturias Prize in International Cooperation, Spa...
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10-21-11
CITGO Petroleum Corporation Awards Onslow Community Outreach Soup Kitchen $5,000 for Fueling Good
/PRNewswire/ - CITGO Petroleum has named the Onslow Community Outreach Soup Kitchen one of its winners in the 2011 Summer CITGO Fueling Good program. In recognition of its ongoing efforts to provide meals and support for elderly and at-risk individuals across Onslow County, the organization has b...
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10-20-11
Avon and Christy Turlington Burns Celebrate the Launch of "Step Into Sexy"
/PRNewswire/ - Last night, supermodel, activist and Avon spokesperson Christy Turlington Burns stepped out to celebrate the launch of Avon's latest fragrance, Step Into Sexy. At the event Avon announced a $10,000 donation to Christy Turlington Burns’s charity, Every Mother Counts.
"At Avon...
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10-20-11
MGM Resorts International Highest Ranking Casino Resort Company on Newsweek Magazine's List of Greenest Companies Ranking in the Top 250
/PRNewswire/ - For the second consecutive year, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) has been listed among Newsweek Magazine's 500 most environmentally responsible companies in the United States, and also as the highest ranking company in the casino resort industry.
The company r...
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10-20-11
First Ever Global Corporate Citizenship Honor Roll To Debut At Boston's Annual UN Day Luncheon
WHO:
250 leaders from the business, policy, and academic communities in New England who are actively engaged in global engagement and sustainable development, including the Massachusetts Signatories for the UN Global Compact, Principles fo...
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10-20-11
The Virginia Dental Association Honors Henry Schein Cares With the Organization's First Corporate Partner Award
/PRNewswire/ - The Virginia Dental Association honored Henry Schein Cares, the global corporate social responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, with the organization's first Corporate Part...
