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12-10-08
Nutritious Rice Project on IBM World Community Grid Yields Promising Results
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/10/08 -- The landmark project between IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Washington to develop new strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields is now set to analyze data on the genes -- three months ah...
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12-10-08
AT&T Supports the Smith Family's Learning For Life Program
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced a contribution of A$38,000 to The Smith Family's Learning for Life Program (LFL) to support disadvantaged children in Australia. This is the fifth consecutive year that AT&T has s...
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12-10-08
Business and Civil Society Leaders Call for Better Human Rights Disclosure
AMSTERDAM. - 10, December 2008 - Today - on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - corporate, trade union and civil society leaders have added their voices to the call by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations ...
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12-10-08
Business and Human Rights Debate Finally on the Right Track
December 10, 2008 - Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Good progress has been made in entrenching a culture of human rights around the world over the past six decades. Yet discrimination, oppression, poverty and injustice remain al...
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12-10-08
The Resource Foundation Launches New Website
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12-09-08
Gap Inc. Employees Honored With Global Founders' Award For Dedication To Giving Back To Their Community
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced it will award a $50,000 grant and 80 hours of total paid time off in recognition of three of its employees as part of Gap Inc.'s annual Founders' Award. This award honors the philanthropic legacy of Gap Inc. founders Doris and Don Fisher ...
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12-09-08
Dow Water Solutions Donates More Than $100,000 to Twin Cities Nonprofit Organizations
Edina, MN - December 09, 2008 - Eighteen local nonprofit organizations in the Twin Cities metro area have collectively received more than $100,000 as a result of charitable donations from Dow Water Solutions, based in Edina, Minn. The donations address the arts, economic opp...
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12-09-08
Investors Focus on "Liquidity" - Companies Urged to Embrace Water Sustainability
LONDON. - 9 December 2008 - A US$1.5 trillion alliance of investors, all signatories to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, is asking 100 of the world's biggest companies to join an initiative that will improve their policies and practices around use of wate...
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12-09-08
Leading Sustainability Groups Host Organicology
PORTLAND, Ore. - December 9. 2008 - From February 26 to 28, 2009, the organic food and farming sector will gather in Portland to study and discuss a sustainable food future during a three-day conference called, Organicology. Organicology will offer intensive wo...
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12-09-08
Rogue Element Inc.(TM) Offers Green Grant to Support Environmentally Sustainable Organizations
CHICAGO, IL. - December 9, 2008 - Budding environmentally sustainable organizations are growing stronger and larger everyday. However, many cannot afford the basic elements such as design to visualize their message and branding to give them an identity. Chicago-based creativ...
