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10-14-09
Walmart Donates $350,000 to Support Disaster Relief Around the World
The Walmart Foundation announced today a donation of $350,000 in disaster relief for people impacted by recent droughts in Guatemala, flooding in southern India and natural disasters in Southeast Asia.
"At Walmart, we are dedicated to providing...
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10-14-09
The 12th Annual L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science Honor Five Exceptional Women Scientists Making Contributions to Better Our Future
The L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science partnership today announced the five exceptional women scientists who will receive the 2010 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards in the Life Sciences.
An international network of nearly 1,000 scientists nominates the c...
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10-14-09
Sodexo Earns S.C. Government Kudos for Sourcing Locally
Richland School District Two, through its school nutrition provider Sodexo, became the first school district in South Carolina to earn the coveted Certified S.C. Grown - Nothing's Finer designation from the state's agricultural department for sourcing more than 25 percent of...
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10-14-09
UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15): The Clock is ticking for Climate Action
It's just 53 days until delegates from 192 nations converge in Copenhagen for the historic COP15 summit. It's a monumental meeting when delegates will negotiate the successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
For business, COP15 will provide the largest g...
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10-14-09
Four Unique and Distinctive Programs Receive Keep America Beautiful’s Graffiti Prevention Grants
Keep America Beautiful, Inc. today announced the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Crime Prevention & Control Commission, Denver, Colo.; City of Milwaukee (Wis.) Dept. of Neighborhood Services; and Keep San Antonio (Texas) Beautiful are recipients of $2,500 gr...
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10-14-09
Wyndham Worldwide Ranked Among Top Green Companies by Newsweek
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), one the world's largest hospitality companies, has been ranked among the top 100 greenest companies in America by Newsweek magazine, which also ranked the company in the top 10 of its Media, Travel and Entertainment category.
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10-14-09
Societe Generale Partners with Cents Ability on Mission to Teach Teens Fundamentals of Finance
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking became a key corporate sponsor this week of Cents Ability, a grass roots charitable organization dedicated to providing under-privileged high school students with the necessary tools to take responsibility for their financi...
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10-14-09
Green Gap Redux: Green Words Gone Wrong
EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency focused on energy and the environment, today released the results of the sixth EcoPinion Survey to test consumer awareness and acceptance of terms used by the media and energy industry for messaging and communications around energy cons...
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10-14-09
EDF’s Climate Corps Identifies $54 Million in Savings at Leading Corporations
This past summer, 26 MBA students from across the country joined Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program to help Fortune 500 and other leading companies uncover e...
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10-14-09
Socially Responsible Companies Becoming Hot Investments: EP Global Communications Sets an Example
Some companies just don't get the attention and recognition that other more popular corporations do. But it seems that may all be changing as a growing number of people are seeking companies which perform services that affect the greater good of society. While only a handf...
