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12-11-08
New Catalogue of Corporate Social Responsibility, Cause Marketing in the Americas Released by PADF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An innovative catalogue of corporate social responsibility and cause-related marketing opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean has been released by the non-profit Pan American Development Foundation (PADF).
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12-11-08
First GRI-Certified Training on Sustainability Reporting in Canada
December 11, 2008 - LEAD Canada Inc has become the first North American organization certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to provide GRI certified courses on GRI's sustainable reporting framework in Canada. GRI has pioneered the development of the world's most ...
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12-11-08
Financial Empowerment Grants Aid Survivors of Domestic Violence
NORTHBROOK, IL - December 11, 2008 - The Allstate Foundation recently awarded $552,000 in economic empowerment grants to domestic violence coalitions in nine states. The funds will help to ease the financial burden of domestic violence survivors who are often the hardest hit...
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12-11-08
U.S. Chamber Report Identifies Barriers to Local Competitiveness
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 11, 2008 - A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) survey of business executives identified high taxes and the lack of qualified labor as the most significant local factors that hinder long-term economic development and ...
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12-11-08
Rabobank Grant Awarded to Help Create Improved Data Collection System for Microenterprise Industry
WASHINGTON, DC. - December 11, 2008 - Researchers at the Aspen Institute working to develop a more advanced method of collecting data on the domestic microenterprise industry have gotten a boost from a $75,000 grant from Rabobank, N.A., part of the Rabobank Group, a full-ran...
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12-11-08
BGI Signs on to the Principles for Responsible Management Education
Bainbridge Island (WA). - December 11, 2008 - Bainbridge Graduate Institute has signed on as a participant to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership globa...
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12-11-08
Global Mapping Tool Demonstrates Medical Donation Impact
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) Mapping Tool, now available at www.pqmd.org, provides unprecedented access to information about the medical product donations...
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12-11-08
Wal-Mart's International Giving Touches Thousands of Communities Around the World this Holiday Season
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 11, 2008 "“ Throughout the holiday season, Wal-Mart stores around the world are giving back to their local communities. From associate volunteering to in-store fundraising, Wal-Mart and its associates are doing their part this Christmas to help people...
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12-11-08
Bayer USA Foundation Awards $279,000 Grant to Exemplary STEM Education Diversity Program
PITTSBURGH,PA. - December 11, 2008 - Reaffirming its longstanding commitment to help strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and bring more women and minorities into STEM fields, the Bayer USA Foundation today awarded a $279,000 grant ove...
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12-11-08
IBM Ranks #1 on Climate Change Strategies in Ceres Report
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/11/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) was today
named the top company for climate change strategy and practices, in a report released by the Ceres investor coalition. The report issued today analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the...
