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06-24-10
Outback Steakhouse Presents $1 Million Donation in Support of the U.S. Troops Through Operation Homefront
/PRNewswire/ -- Outback Steakhouse concluded its Thanks for Giving program today with a presentation of a $1 million donation to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization providing everyday and emergency support for active troops, veterans and their families. The check ...
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06-24-10
Global Design Organizations Partner to Launch Online Community for Sustainable Design
/PRNewswire/ - The design community is invited to co-create for the collective good with the debut of The Living Principles for Design website, the online home for the sustainability framework created in October ...
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06-24-10
Organic Valley Supply Management Program Pays Off!
Organic Valley, America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today announced it will raise its supply quota in a move to get farmer-owners from 93% to 100% of their active base on August 1, 2010. A year ago, the farmer owne...
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06-24-10
Innovative Endangered Species Challenge, Tatzoo, Launches
What do tattoos and saving endangered species have in common? An innovative project called Tatzoo, launched today, aims to combine these seemingly disparate interests to address declines in biodiversity in California. Tatzoo, supported by TogetherGreen, hopes to str...
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06-24-10
Baxter Highlights Progress Toward Sustainability Priorities, Including First and Only Carbon Trust Certification for Medical Product, in New Report
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) today released its 2009 Sustainability Report - Our Priorities for a More Sustainable Future, marking the 11th consecutive year the company has released a sustainability report about its social, economic and environmental perfor...
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06-24-10
United Natural Foods York, PA Distribution Center Awarded LEED(R) Gold
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) is pleased to announce that its York, PA distribution center has been awarded LEED® Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED® (Le...
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06-24-10
Merck to Initiate Proof-of-Concept Study of Posaconazole for Chronic Chagas Disease, Recognized by WHO as One of the World's Neglected Tropical Diseases
Merck today announced plans to initiate a Phase II investigational proof-of-concept clinical study to evaluate its oral antifungal agent posaconazole for the treatment of chronic Chagas disease. Chagas disease results from infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
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06-24-10
UK Government offers support to BP
US scientists warned that the amount of oil spilled by BP at the centre of the Gulf of Mexico could be twice that previous estimated. This would upgrade the liabilities faced by BP and the other firms at the centre of the issue.
The figures are ...
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06-24-10
Companies Commit to Human Rights in Increasing Numbers
As representatives of over 1000 companies gather this week in New York at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, Realizing Rights and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre have published a list of over 270 companies worldwide known to have adopted a huma...
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06-23-10
True Light Yoga Christian Yoga Retreats Offers Free Yoga Classes to Benefit Oil-Ravaged Florida and Alabama Communities
Dawn Jones, RYT, CCYT, founder of True Light Yoga Christian Yoga Retreats, is offering free yoga classes on the beaches of several coastal communities devastated by the Deepwater Horizon drilling explosion.
