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06-04-10
IFC Meets with Latin American Companies, Civil Society Groups to Strengthen its Sustainability Standards
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, met yesterday with stakeholders from Latin America in Bogota, Columbia, to discuss ways to strengthen its standards on environment and social sustainability. The discussion focused on ways to better address emerging issues that have re...
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06-04-10
Novo Energies Corporation Enters Into Collaboration Agreement With Novo Energies International, Ltd.
(Marketwire) -- Novo Energies Corporation (OTCBB: NVNC) ("Novo" or the "Company"), an alternative energy company, announced today that it has entered into a Technology Co-Operation Agreement ("Agreement") with Novo Energies International, Ltd. ("NEI").
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06-03-10
Young Environmental Artists Named North American Winners in United Nations International Children's Painting Competition
Sylvia Gong, an eighth grader at Hopkins Junior High School in Fremont, Calif., received the top North American prize in the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) 19th annual International Children's Painting Competition (ICPC). Her painting addresses the theme, "Bio...
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06-03-10
CSRwire and Entrepreneurs Foundation are Proud to Announce their New Syndicated Partnership
CSRwire, the Corporate Social Responsibility newswire, has joined forces with Entrepreneurs Foundation to communicate the importance of global CSR and sustainability initiatives. Entrepreneurs Foundation will now publish CSRwire's press releases, events and reports on its we...
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06-03-10
2010 Cause Marketing Halo Award Winners Announced
Eradicating malaria, fighting hunger and outfitting classrooms while contributing to the bottom line are among the many challenges tackled by the winners of the eighth annual Cause Marketing Halo Awards.
Twenty-two category-specific awards were...
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06-03-10
Enterprise Holdings Commits to Reduce Energy Use and Energy Costs by 20 Percent Over Next Five Years
(Marketwire) - Enterprise Holdings -- North America's largest and most comprehensive service provider in the car rental industry -- has announced its commitment to reduce both energy use and energy costs by 20 percent over the next five years through a new sustainability ini...
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06-03-10
Wainwright Bank Supports Development of Solar Energy for Nonprofits Through Credit Facility Extended to GreenBridge Energy
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (Nasdaq: WAIN), a leading socially progressive bank headquartered in Boston, today announced it has provided financing in the form of a construction and term debt facility to GreenBridge Energy Consortium, a leadin...
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06-03-10
Avon Hello Green Tomorrow Reforestation Campaign Plants Nearly 2,000,000 Trees in South America's Atlantic Rainforest
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - In recognition of UN World Environment Day, Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced that it will plant two million trees to restore the Atlantic Rainforest in South America, one of the most critically endangered ecosystems in the world. This c...
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06-03-10
Corporate giant goes the extra mile to care
Deafness Research UK, the national charity for medical research into hearing impairment, has cited the ConocoPhillips Year of the Ear program as an inspiring example of UK corporate social responsibility. ConocoPhillips, the international integrated energy and refin...
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06-03-10
Caterpillar's Singapore Reman Facility Receives Prestigious Award From the Building Construction Authority
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Caterpillar Inc.'s (NYSE: CAT) recently constructed remanufacturing and components facility in Singapore has received the "Green Mark Gold Plus" award from the country's Building Construction Authority (BCA). Each year, the BCA honors the "most outst...
