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02-18-09
Walmart Steps Up Efforts to Help Americans Manage Their Finances With $3 Rollback Price on Key Money Service
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With more and more families facing financial challenges, Walmart today is stepping up efforts to provide affordable access to essential money services for the growing number of underserved Americans, including the millions...
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02-18-09
TIAA-CREF Says One Thing and Does Another: Corporate Social Responsibility Leader Falls Short
- February 17, 2009 - Educational pension giant TIAA-CREF regularly touts its achievements in providing "financial services for the greater good." Yet it continues to fail on the most important way it can contribute to corporate social responsibility: changing the abusive be...
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02-18-09
The Lastest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Green Mountain Climate Solutions
Over the past week, Vermont's Green Mountain Coffee Roasters took two steps forward in addressing climate change. First, according to Vice President for CSR Mike Dupee, GMCR is "psyched" to ...
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02-18-09
The Lastest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Countdown to sustainable Olympic Games
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia are less than one year away. As Canadian athletes train towards their goal of winning gold on home turf, these Games have already been quietly achieving social and environmental sustainability triumphs long before ...
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02-18-09
Consumer Interest in Environmental Purchasing Not Eclipsed By Poor Economy
BOSTON, MA. - February 18, 2009 - Despite the dire state of the economy, 34 percent of American consumers indicate they are more likely to buy environmentally responsible products today, and another 44 percent indicate their environmental shopping habits have not changed as ...
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02-17-09
GDC By Gaiasoft(TM) Helps 'Green' Data Centers, Step By Step
For data centers, going green is now as easy as 1-2-3. UK-based Gaiasoft International (www.gaiasoft.com) announces the availability of its GDC By Gaiasoft technology platform. The data center's greening process wi...
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02-17-09
The Chicago Community Trust Invests $5 Million to Catalyze Community and Economic Development
February 16, 2009 (Chicago, IL) "“ The Chicago Community Trust, the region's community foundation, today announced the placement of $5 million in Certificates of Deposit (CD) with ShoreBank, the nation's first community development and environmental bank. ShoreBank is one of...
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02-17-09
IceStone Adds New Refined-Line of Colors Expanding Company's Green 'Counter-Culture'
Brooklyn, NY - February 17, 2009 - IceStone, the Brooklyn-based maker of green, durable surfaces made from 100% recycled glass in a non-toxic cement base, announced today a new line of colors and textures, the Refined Line --boasting nine new colors with smaller and more ref...
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02-17-09
Surf the Web. Save the World.
Toronto, February 17, 2009 "“ Today saw the global launch of bettertheworld.com, the world's first, effortless fundraising platform that provides tools to empower millions of people to raise money for charity simply by surfing the web. The platform targets internet users w...
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02-17-09
Consorta Board Appoints Darrel Weatherford President and Chief Executive Officer
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Consorta announced that its board of directors has named Darrel Weatherford to serve as the company's president and chief executive officer, effective December 3, 2008. He had served as interim president and chief executive officer s...
