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10-01-09
Abbott Wins Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association ACE Award for Corporate Programs Advancing Women’s Careers
The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) has named Abbott's Women Leaders in Action (WLA) employee network as the winner of the 2009 HBA ACE Award. HBA created the award to recognize corporations' efforts to strengthen the "Advancement, Commitment and Engagement" of ...
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10-01-09
CHF International Releases White Paper on How Private Sector Can Partner With NGOs in the Development of Emerging Markets
CHF International, the Silver Spring, MD international development and humanitarian assistance organization, today announces the release of its latest white paper, Double Bottom Line: Public Private Partnerships in Haiti. The white paper, with a focus on corporate social res...
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10-01-09
U.S. Chamber’s BCLC Unveils International Aid Report
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) released a first-of-its-kind report that analyzes how 10 significant international aid agencies and the China development model relate to the private sector and affect market development around the world. T...
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10-01-09
United Technologies Corp. Named Top Green Transportation, Aerospace Company in America
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) ranked first in the Transportation, Aerospace category and 33rd overall on Newsweek's inaugural Green Rankings, a list of the 500 greenest companies in America.
"Our commitment to energy efficiency can be s...
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10-01-09
Actress Felicity Huffman Joins philosophy and EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund to ‘shower for the cure’
Actress Felicity Huffman has joined philosophy and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to raise awareness and funds for the fight against women’s cancers. Huffman will star in a public service announcement that encourages people, beginning today, to visit
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10-01-09
Little Kids Rock "Right to Rick" Benefit to Honor Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band With "Big Man of the Year Award"
Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit music organization that provides free instruments and instruction to underfunded public schools, today announced details for its "Right to Rock" benefit event, to be held on Th...
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10-01-09
First B Corporation Annual Report Released
B Lab, the nonprofit that certifies B Corporations ("B" is for benefit), will publish the first B Corporation Annual Report in collaboration with Sustainable Industries, the business source for leaders of the New Economy. The report will include a summary of B Lab's progress...
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10-01-09
AEP Recognized as a Top Company for Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has been selected as one of this year’s top 60 companies for Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine. The 2009 DIVERSITY ELITE 60is an annual list that takes into account more than 32 variables measuring a company’s commi...
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10-01-09
Rainforest Preservation Project Underway in Indonesia
Palm Oil, Timber and Carbon Offsets (POTICO), a project of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the NewPage Corporation, is making progress toward conserv...
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10-01-09
CARS(TM) Rates 50th CDFI, Adds Five New Subscribers, and Launches New Web Site in Third Quarter
Four community development financial institutions (CDFIs) from across the United States were rated by the CDFI Assessment and Ratings System (CARS(TM)) in the third quarter of 2009. This brings the total number of rated CDFIs to 50. Of those, almost one-third have been re-ra...
