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10-22-09
New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) calls for applications for the Emerging Sustainability Leaders (ESL) Program
Sustainability, corporate responsibility, and the triple-bottom line approach to business is now defined as corporate opportunity. New regulations and expectations call for the reduction of harmful business practices. According to McKinsey, 95% of CEO's repo...
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10-21-09
Walmart Announces Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Price Reductions
With a commitment to save American shoppers more than ever this holiday season, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced it will offer weekly deep savings events and new everyday low prices on thousands of items across the store, starting today through the holiday period. Each week, W...
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10-21-09
Conscious Consumers Can Support a Sustainable Economy With a New VISA Credit Card Benefiting People and the Planet
Conscious consumers can support social and environmental efforts through economic action with a new VISA(R) credit card benefiting the combined missions of the nonprofit Green America (formerly Co-op America) and ShoreBank Pacific.
With competi...
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10-21-09
Diageo, Intel, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Patagonia, BC Hydro, Nestle Waters and more to discuss corporate water stewardship in San Francisco
Companies are getting more serious about water management as an essential part of sustainable business and are developing innovative strategies for measuring and cutting water use across the supply chain.
Corporate Water Footprinting
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10-21-09
Winners Announced in 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition(R)
A faster tool for cell programming and a new way of allowing quadriplegics to perform simple tasks have won grand prizes of the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame sponsored by the Abbott Fund, the non-profit foundation of ...
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10-21-09
Simmons School of Management Named One of Top 20 Socially Responsible MBA Programs in the World
The Simmons College School of Management in Boston (www.simmons.edu/som) has been ranked No. 15 in the "Global 100" list of business schools by the Aspen Institute in its 2010-2011 MBA ranking, "Beyond Grey Pinstripes....
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10-21-09
NewPage 'On Paper' Series Introduces New Podcasts
NewPage Corporation announced today the recent upload of yet another On Paper series podcast featuring an interview with Lorie Wigle, Eco-Technology General Manager for Intel. Designed to bring about positive change in the area of sustainability, this bi-weekly broadcast, no...
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10-21-09
Levi's(R) and Goodwill(R) Partner to Launch a "Care Tag For Our Planet"
Levi Strauss & Co. and Goodwill® today announced A Care Tag for Our Planet, a new initiative that aims to put billions of pounds of unwanted clothing to good use instead of into landfill. Beginning in January 2010, the Levi's® brand will be the first major retai...
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10-21-09
Lilly Surpasses Energy Efficiency Goals and Celebrates Worldwide Energy Day
More than 25 Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) facilities around the world today will celebrate "Energy Day," which is a new corporate sustainability effort designed to educate Lilly employees about the company's latest energy reduction goals and to encourage sustainable beh...
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10-21-09
The Aspen Institute Announces Alternative Business School Rankings
While many MBA rankings exist, only one looks beyond reputation and test scores to measure something much more important: how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social and ethical complexities of modern-day business.
