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06-05-08
Bayer Partners with Carnegie Science Center to Create New Environmental Curriculum for Children and Teens
PITTSBURGH, PA - June 5, 2008 - To help foster a new generation of environmentally literate elementary-, middle- and high-school students, Bayer Corporation, as part of its Making Science Make Sense(R) initiative, has teamed with Carnegie Science Center on World Envir...
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06-05-08
Unitedhealth Group Launches New Social Responsibility Web Site
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - June 5, 2008 - UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) today unveiled a new Web site dedicated to social responsibility. The new Web site features UnitedHealth Group's social responsibility commitment to preventing disease and promoting health, addressing racial and...
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06-05-08
Two Local Students Named "Chicago's Best" in International Children's Painting Competition by United Nations Environment Programme and Bayer on World Environment Day
CHICAGO, IL - June 5, 2008 - Thirteen-year old Andrey Velizarow Simeonovski, a fifth-grader at Chase Elementary School, and seven-year old Patrick Lambe, a first-grader from St. Monica's Academy, were named the two local winners of the United Nations Environment Programme's ...
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06-04-08
Seventh Generation Ranks As Top Green Household
BURLINGTON, VT., - June 4, 2008 - According to a report presented yesterday at the Sustainable Brands '08 Conference in Monterey, California, American consumers have named Seventh Generation the "greenest" household cleaning brand and the number six "greenest" brand across a...
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06-04-08
Beth Colleton is Named Vice President of "Green is Universal"
New York - June 4, 2008 - Beth Colleton was named Vice President of "Green Is Universal" (GIU). It was announced today by Lauren Zalaznick, President of Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks for NBC Universal, to whom Colleton will report. Colleton will begin June 9.
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06-04-08
Baby Boomers Playing Big Part in CSR, Says StrengthBank Inc. President/CEO
FORT WORTH, TX - June 4, 2008, - StrengthBank Inc., Sandra Shelton, President/CEO, announces that 12 businesses participated in the recent Hands UP/Hands Down High School Mentor recruiting events at Alpha Charter High School in Garland, Texas.
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06-04-08
Plow & Hearth Fires Up its Commitment to Global Warming
ESSEX, CT,. - June 3, 2008 - NuRide, Inc. (www.nuride.com), the nation's largest incentive-based ridesharing community, today announce that Plow & Hearth (www.plowhear...
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06-04-08
A Consortium of National Food Companies Collaborate to Host Farm to Fork at NACUFS 2008
SALEM, OR., - June 4, 2008 - The collegiate dining hall is changing, and changing for good as sustainability and "menu ethics" begin to dominate discussion among college and university foodservice professionals. But how does a college embrace sourcing sustainably grown and p...
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06-04-08
Business Roundtable Member Companies Contribute more than $60 Million to China Earthquake and Myanmar Cyclone Relief Effort
WASHINGTON, D.C., - June 4, 2008 - In response to the devastation following the natural disasters in China and Myanmar, Business Roundtable’s member companies pledged more $65 million in financial, in-kind and employee matching program donations to help speed relief ...
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06-04-08
Monsanto Will Undertake Three-Point Commitment to Double Yield in Three Major Crops, Make More Efficient Use of Natural Resources and Improve Farmer Lives
ST. LOUIS, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company today announced a three-point commitment to help increase global food production in the face of growing demand, limited natural resources and a changing climate. It pledged to work in new partnerships with othe...
