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02-20-09
International Facility Management Association Offsets Pollution Caused by FM-3D Conference
SAN DEIGO, Calif. - February 20, 2009 - Leonardo Academy announced today that the International Facility Management Association (IFMA)'s FM-3D conference, being held Feb. 23-25 in San Diego, Calif., has attained Cleaner and Greener(R) Certification, meaning pollution ...
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02-20-09
Environmentally Friendly Business on the Rise: Green America's Green Business Network(TM) Sees More than 10-Fold Increase In First 25 Years
WASHINGTON, DC. - February 20, 2009 - You can see how things have changed in American business in the following statistic: Since its founding in 1983, the Green America Green Business Network(TM) has expanded from 345 members to nearly 5000 members, a growth rate of about 1...
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02-20-09
PeaceJam and The Pearson Foundation's Global Call to Action Challenge: Winning School Welcomes Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum
DENVER, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum, the world famous advocate for peace and human rights, will visit the Grand Prize winning team of the Global Call to Action Challenge, co-sponsored by PeaceJam and The Pearson Foundation. The Global Ca...
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02-20-09
Korngold Consulting LLC Featured on Fast Company
- February 20, 2009 - Alice Korngold, President & CEO, Korngold Consulting LLC, is an expert contributor to Fast Company on Social Responsibility and Leadership. Her latest post on "Corporate Social Responsibility: Leveraging Good Will" outlines best pra...
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02-19-09
UPS Completes Deployment of 300 New "Green" Trucks
ATLANTA, GA. - February 19, 2009 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it had deployed 300 new delivery trucks powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to seven cities in Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma and California.
The CNG vehicles, part of an...
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02-19-09
The Choice is Yours: Make it Sustainable
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Feb. 19, 2009 - Neenah Paper (NYSE: NP) continues to broaden its ever-expanding digital offering with the addition of ENVIRONMENT(R) Digital PC 100 White, an FSC Certified, Green-e Certified 100 percent post consumer recycled paper. This warm white with a 9...
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02-19-09
PepsiCo Foundation Announces Grant to Save the Children to Address Malnutrition in Developing Nations
PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The PepsiCo Foundation today announced a three-year, $5 million grant to Save the Children to help ensure the survival and well-being of children living in rural India and Bangladesh, which together are home to 40 percent of the world'...
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02-19-09
Wal-Mart's $4 Generic Prescription Drug List Added to Epocrates' Drug Reference Application
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 19, 2009 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) today announced its list of up to 350 prescriptions on its $4 generic drug program will now be accessible to physicians using an Epocrates clinical decision support product online or via a mobile device. Physicia...
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02-19-09
World Cocoa Foundation and Leading Chocolate Industry Companies Partner with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Significantly Improve Cocoa Farmer Livelihoods in West Africa
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The World Cocoa Foundation today announced a new, $40 million program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and chocolate industry companies to significantly improve the livelihoods of approximately 200,000 cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire, Gha...
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02-18-09
North Carolina A&T Receives $50,000 Siemens Building Education Grant to Fund Energy Engineering Scholarships, Courses and Curriculum
BUFFALO GROVE, IL -- Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- With a $50,000 Building Education grant from Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will begin to launch a timely series of coursework and other programs designed to seed an...
