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07-24-09
Equal Dollars Historic Loan Creates Employment at SHARE Food Program
PHILADELPHIA (July 24, 2009) - James Garton, a veteran of the U.S. Army who recently lost his job in the newspaper industry, has a new job thanks to a community that has embraced Equal Dollars Community Currency.
The SHARE Food Program, a nonpro...
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07-24-09
AT&T Turns Up the Volume on Cell Phone Recycling and Extends Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
DALLAS, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* is turning up the volume on cell phone recycling - and extending its commitment to environmental sustainability - with new initiatives in all 2,000-plus AT&T stores, community locations, online, and through continued ad...
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07-23-09
The Walmart Paradox: Global Retailer Tops List of America's Most and Least Socially Responsible Companies
NEW YORK - Walmart has earned the honor of topping U.S. consumers' lists of both the most and least socially responsible companies, according to the 2009 BBMG Conscious Consumer Report. The finding is sure to validate the mega-retailer's recent moves toward sustainabi...
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07-23-09
26 Workforce Leaders Selected for Professional Development Program
Washington, D.C., July 23, 2009 - Twenty-six professionals from the workforce development field have been selected to participate in a year-long leadership academy designed to help them develop or enhance a sector-oriented approach to job training in their community. Partici...
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07-23-09
Johnson & Johnson Announces 2008 Sustainability Report
New Brunswick, NJ (July 23, 2009) -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), today announced availability of the Johnson & Johnson 2008 Sustainability Report http://www.jnj.com/connect/caring/...
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07-23-09
FedEx Expands Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50 Percent With Groundbreaking Conversion Program
July 21, 2009 - FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today announced the addition of 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet"the first standard FedEx delivery trucks converted to hybrid-electric systems.
The addition of the 92 trucks increases the Fe...
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07-23-09
Dow Demonstrates Commitments to Product Safety and Public Transparency with Publication of 200th Consumer-Friendly Product Safety Assessment
MIDLAND, MI - [July 23, 2009] - The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) achieved an important product stewardship milestone recently with the publishing of its 200th Product Safety Assessment (PSA) at Dow.com. As part of its 2015 Sustainability Goals, Dow committed to make publ...
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07-23-09
iGPS Calls for Fire Safety Testing of All Pallets
ORLANDO, Fla., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- iGPS Company, operator of the world’s first and largest pallet rental service offering all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID (radio frequency identification tags), today called for wood pallets, which number in the tens of millions, to...
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07-23-09
Antitrust Experts to Address the Fast-Evolving Enforcement Environment
and Chuck Samel, a Partner in the law firm of Latham & Watkins to Out...
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07-23-09
Coca-Cola Enterprises Sets Goal to Reduce Carbon FootPrint by 15 Percent by 2020 as Part of "Commitment 2020"
ATLANTA, GA - July 23, 2009 - Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) announced today that it has set goals for its five strategic Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) focus areas and has committed to achieving these goals by the year 2020 - what the company is callin...
