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11-10-10
USAID, Walmart, Fair Trade USA and SEBRAE-Minas Gerais Announce Winners of the 2010 Fair Trade Certified Cupping Competition in Brazil
/PRNewswire/ - Winners of this week's Brazilian Fair Trade Certified coffee cupping competition have been announced. Carmo Barbosa Fernandes of the producer organization, Coopervitae, and Luciano Dazilio Delpupo of the producer organization, Pronova, won first place in the n...
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11-10-10
Renewal2 Invests in Water and Climate Data Management Company: Aquatic Informatics
Renewal2 Investment Fund announces its eighth portfolio company, Aquatic Informatics, a leading developer of software for water and climate data.
The amount of water and climate data available is enormous and the need to synthesize this data to ...
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11-10-10
Building a Green Community Space Amid Political Controversy - Park 51 to Be First Certified Green Mosque in the Country
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Environmental Policy Advisor and Interfaith Activist from New York City, notes that despite all the recent drama over Park 51, the Muslim community center will set a new standard for environmental cons...
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11-10-10
Optimum Lightpath Awards $100,000 to Help New Jersey Schools Deploy Educational Technology
/PRNewswire/ - Though ongoing budget limitations remain a challenge statewide, ten New Jersey schools will have the opportunity to roll out ambitious, technology-driven learning programs in their classrooms as a result of $100,000 in grants being given by Optimum Lightpath®....
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11-10-10
Keep America Beautiful Announces 2010 Great American Cleanup Results
After months of tabulating data from all 50 states, the results are in. Nearly 4 million volunteers, working on behalf of thousands of local organizations across the nation, put in 5.7 million volunteer hours enriching their communities by making them cleaner, greener and sa...
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11-10-10
Coca-Cola Hellenic commended for its 'outstanding and sustainable contribution to international water stewardship'
Coca-Cola Hellenic received a special commendation for its 'outstanding and sustainable contribution to international water stewardship', at the 2010 Water Innovation Awards1, held during the Global Bottled Water Congress in Gleneagles, Scotland, on Novem...
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11-10-10
DS Waters of America, Inc. Launches Athena(R) Water Nationwide; Company Contributions to Breast Cancer Cause Will Rise to $1.2 Million
/PRNewswire/ - DS Waters of America, Inc. announces the launch of its Athena® brand bottled water in all USA markets and via internet sales channels, providing a continuing boost to the company's funding of breast cancer research, education and awareness. Each bottle of Athe...
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11-10-10
Study Identifies Best Practices of Sustainability Leaders in the Insurance Sector and Beyond
Companies considered leaders in sustainability understand their sustainability risks, opportunities and stakeholder concerns, and use their influence to advance sustainability progress in society, says a recent study by Strandberg Consulting. Commissioned by The Co-operators...
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11-10-10
Abbott Remains on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for the Sixth Consecutive Year in Recognition of Leading Corporate Citizenship Performance
Abbott was once again included on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North America Index, following the reassessment of 2010 scores announced by Dow Jones Indexes and SAM. This is the sixth consecutive year that Abbott has been named to both Dow Jones Sustaina...
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11-10-10
Abbott Joins Clinton Health Access Initiative in Effort to Improve Infant Testing for HIV in Africa
Abbott and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) have joined forces to provide HIV testing to infants in all countries working in partnership with the CHAI. A key focus of this cooperation will be sub-Saharan Africa, which the World Health Organization estimates to acc...
