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10-22-08
Entrepreneurs Foundation Recognizes LoopNet’s Community Commitment with "Impact of the Year" Award
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 22, 2008 - LoopNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOOP), which operates the largest online commercial real estate marketplace, continues to serve the community with a comprehensive program that is making a substantial, positive impact. Recognizing the company's o...
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10-22-08
Fund Votes: Strong Mutual Fund Support for Shareholder-Sponsored Resolutions on Executive Compensation in 2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Marketwire - October 22, 2008 - A new Research Brief from Fund Votes finds that 8 out of the 9 financial firms named in the US government bailout plan had been targeted by shareholder activists with a 'say-on-pay' resolution in 2008. A number of...
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10-22-08
Voting Opens for CR Reporting Awards '08
In an environment of diminishing corporate trust, how can we ensure voluntary disclosures give us real insight into performance on environmental, social & governance issues? The second CR Reporting Awards aims to identify and reward quality disclosure as a contributio...
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10-22-08
Johnson Controls Joins the Pew Center Environmental Leadership Council
MILWAUKEE, WI. - October 22, 2008 - Johnson Controls announced today it has been added as one of just 44 corporate members of the Pew Center’s Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC) in recognition of the company’s efforts to address global climate change.
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10-22-08
EDC Establishes Global Community Investment Partnership with CARE Canada
OTTAWA. - October 22, 2008 "“ Export Development Canada today announced that it has committed to a 4-year community investment partnership with CARE Canada for small business enterprise development and micro-financing related projects in emerging markets.
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10-22-08
Businesses from Developing and Developed Economies Demonstrate Climate Leadership, Urge Action on Climate Change
GENEVA. - October 22, 2008 - More than 150 representatives of business, civil society organizations, governments and UN agencies from around the world gathered in Geneva on 20-21 October for the first meeting of signatories to Caring for Climate, a voluntary global action p...
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10-22-08
McDonald's(R) USA Names First-Ever Supplier Sustainability Award Winner
OAK BROOK, IL - Oct. 22, 2008 - McDonald's USA recently recognized Smithfield Foods, Inc., a pork supplier for the McDonald's system, with the first-ever Sustainability Award during the McDonald's 2008 Supplier Summit in Oak Brook, Ill. The award, which will become an annual...
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10-22-08
Wal-Mart Announces Global Responsible Sourcing Initiative at China Summit
BEIJING, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) took the next step in its sustainability journey by hosting an unprecedented gathering of more than 1,000 leading suppliers, Chinese officials and NGOs in Beijing, China. The company outlined...
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10-22-08
Dow Named Best in Class in Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
MIDLAND, MI. - October 21, 2008 - Reinforcing The Dow Chemical Company's commitment to setting the standard for sustainability, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has named Dow to the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for the fifth consecutive year. The index highl...
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10-22-08
Dow's Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Wins 2008 ICIS Innovation Award
MIDLAND, MI. - October 21, 2008 - The Dow Chemical Company's innovative re-use of municipal wastewater at its Benelux site in Terneuzen, The Netherlands was named the winner of the Most Innovative Corporate Social Responsibility Project in the
