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12-10-08
Metabolix Co-Founder Oliver P. Peoples Receives 2008 Personal Contribution to Bioplastics Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - December 10, 2008 - Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) today announced that its co-founder and chief scientific officer, Oliver P. Peoples, Ph.D., has been recognized for his "Personal Contribution to Bioplastics" at the
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12-10-08
Mohawk Launches Renewal Folding Board with the Highest PCW Content in the Industry
COHOES, NY. - December 10, 2008 "“ Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. continues to demonstrate environmental leadership by providing products that support industry demands for sustainable papers. Mohawk's newly launched Renewal Folding Board 80% PC White is FSC-certified, and h...
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12-10-08
Wal-Mart Celebrates the Holiday Season by Giving $25 Million
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - December 10, 2008 - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and the Wal-Mart Foundation are celebrating the holidays by donating $25 million to organizations that help communities across the country. Wal-Mart's support includes three new grants announced today totaling $...
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12-10-08
Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) Released
HOUSTON, TX. - December 10, 2008 - The Energy Retailer Research Consortium (ERRC), an independent research consortium that supports retail energy choice, issued companion reports today on the status of retail electricity competition in residential and commercial/industrial m...
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12-10-08
Nutritious Rice Project on IBM World Community Grid Yields Promising Results
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/10/08 -- The landmark project between IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Washington to develop new strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields is now set to analyze data on the genes -- three months ah...
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12-10-08
AT&T Supports the Smith Family's Learning For Life Program
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced a contribution of A$38,000 to The Smith Family's Learning for Life Program (LFL) to support disadvantaged children in Australia. This is the fifth consecutive year that AT&T has s...
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12-10-08
Business and Civil Society Leaders Call for Better Human Rights Disclosure
AMSTERDAM. - 10, December 2008 - Today - on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - corporate, trade union and civil society leaders have added their voices to the call by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations ...
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12-10-08
Business and Human Rights Debate Finally on the Right Track
December 10, 2008 - Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Good progress has been made in entrenching a culture of human rights around the world over the past six decades. Yet discrimination, oppression, poverty and injustice remain al...
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12-10-08
The Resource Foundation Launches New Website
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12-09-08
Gap Inc. Employees Honored With Global Founders' Award For Dedication To Giving Back To Their Community
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced it will award a $50,000 grant and 80 hours of total paid time off in recognition of three of its employees as part of Gap Inc.'s annual Founders' Award. This award honors the philanthropic legacy of Gap Inc. founders Doris and Don Fisher ...
