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04-06-09
FFC Welcomes Wal-Mart Stores, Inc as its Newest Member
New York, NY, April 3, 2009 "“ The Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting factory compliance through the sharing of factory audit information, welcomed its newest member, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The FFC was founde...
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04-06-09
Colorep, Inc. Appoints David Gelbaum to Board of Directors
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Colorep, Inc. ("Colorep, the Company"), a leader in sustainable textile solutions, announced today that it has named David Gelbaum to its Board of Directors.
Larry Levy, Colorep"s Chairman & ...
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04-06-09
MicroPlace Announces First Microfinance Investment Offering 6 Percent Return for Everyday Investors
San Jose, Calif. - April 6, 2009 - MicroPlace (www.microplace.com), a website that enables everyday people to invest in the world's working poor, announced today the launch of the first microfinance investment op...
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04-06-09
Ball Corporation Receives Sustainability Reporting Award
BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have selected Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) as a co-winner for the Best First Time Reporter Award for sustainability reporting in the 2009 Ceres-ACCA North...
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04-06-09
Rental Car Carbon Offset Program Proves Most Popular With Customers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - April 6, 2009 - In the year since Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental launched a program that enables their customers to offset the carbon emissions associated with the average vehicle rental, more than 175,000 customers have ...
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04-06-09
iGPS Announces Appointment of Rick San Martin as Senior Vice President of Operations and Logistics
ORLANDO, Fla., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world's first all-plastic pallet rental service with embedded RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, announced today that Rick San Martin has joined the company...
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04-06-09
Motorola and Fido Announce Canadian Availability of the World's First Mobile Phone made with Recycled Water Bottle
TORONTO, Ont. - April 6, 2009 - Motorola and Fido offer Canadians another way to put the environment first with today's launch of the MOTO w233 Renew, exclusive to Fido customers. Renew is the ideal mobile phone for the eco-conscious and budget-minded. This high-qual...
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04-06-09
GE Corporation Wins Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Best Sustainability Reporting
April 6, 2009 - GE Corporation received the top sustainability reporting award today at the 2009 Ceres Conference in San Francisco, California, as part of international competition organized by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Acco...
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04-06-09
Student/Farmworker Alliance Launches National "Dine With Dignity" Campaign Urging Aramark, Compass, Sodexo to Address Human Rights Crisis in Florida Agriculture
IMMOKALEE, FL. - April 6, 2009 - The Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) has launched the "Dine with Dignity" campaign to educate and mobilize students across the U.S. about the role of food service provider industry leaders Aramark, Compass (and its subsidiary Chartwe...
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04-03-09
ING Announces Awards Program for Schools Nationwide
- April 3, 2009 - ING has launched a new awards program that will provide 50 $2,000 grants to schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one. ING is expanding its efforts to help fight childhood obesity and introduce kids to ...
