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06-19-09
MIT Report Analyzes Best Paths to Cut Carbon Emissions at Existing Coal Plants
WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- An MIT Energy Initiative report outlines clear steps the nation must take to develop cost-effective options for cutting carbon emissions at existing coal-fired power plants, Entergy Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Office...
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06-18-09
Expansion of Lee County’s Solid Waste Resource Recovery Facility Wins Sustainable Florida Best Practices Award for Partnership
FORT MYERS, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee County, Florida and Covanta Energy today announced that the $120 million expansion of Lee County’s Solid Waste Resource Recovery Facility has received the 2009 Best Practices Award in the Partnership category from Sustainable Flo...
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06-18-09
UN Global Compact: Notable Reporters Outperform Key Stock Index
NEW YORK, NY. - 18 June 2009 - UN Global Compact participants recognized as good, or "notable", sustainability reporters have outperformed a major stock market index over the past two years. This is the key finding of a new study released by the RiskMetrics Group, a...
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06-18-09
Baxter Highlights Progress Toward Sustainability Priorities in 10th Annual Sustainability Report
DEERFIELD, Ill. - June 18, 2009 - Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) today released its 2008 Sustainability Report - Our People and Our Products Make Our World a Better Place, which marks the 10th year the company has released a sustainability report about its soci...
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06-18-09
School’s Out "“ But Where Will Your Kids Play?
June 18, 2009 - Summer is here, and soon, children across the country will be sprinting out the school doors. But now that they're out, where will they go?
In a study commissioned by KaBOOM! and conducted by Harris Interactive(R) of 1,677 pare...
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06-18-09
Douglas R. Conant of Campbell Soup Company, Jay S. Fishman of The Travelers Companies, Inc., and Klaus Kleinfeld of Alcoa INC. join CECP's Board of Directors
NEW YORK, NY, June 2, 2009 ⎯ The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a global forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused exclusively on corporate philanthropy, welcomes three new leaders to its distinguished board of directors "“ Douglas R. Conant, pr...
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06-18-09
American Cancer Society to Recognize Corporate Employers Changing the Course of the Cancer Fight
ATLANTA - June 18, 2009 - The American Cancer Society - the nation's leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental funder of cancer research and discovery - will present its Corporate Impact Awards June 19 during the Society-hosted Corporate Impact Confe...
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06-18-09
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Introduces Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional-Fellow (CCEP-Fellow) Advanced Certification for Compliance and Ethics Professionals
Minneapolis, MN---June 18, 2009---Now compliance and ethics professionals have an opportunity to demonstrate their advanced knowledge and expertise in the practice of corporate compliance and ethics with the Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional-Fellow certification p...
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06-18-09
UPS Named Leader in Carbon Disclosure Index
ATLANTA, GA - June 18, 2009 - UPS (NYSE:UPS), the world's largest package delivery company, has been named to the 2008 Carbon Disclosure Project's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" (CDLI).
UPS is the only transportation company from the Stand...
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06-17-09
Emergence of Low-Carbon Economy Drives New Solutions for Optimizing Business
PALO ALTO, CA. - June 16, 2009 - At a time when many businesses are seeking to understand their carbon footprint and the strategic importance of carbon as an asset or a liability, a new information systems category of Carbon Management Solutions (CMS) is rapidly developing. ...
