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12-06-07
Media Response to WWF-UK Report on Luxury Brands Could Be Tipping Point for the Industry.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND "“ December 6, 2007 - Last week over fifty newspapers and magazines from Britain, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Switzerland reported on the corporate responsibility of the world's largest holding companies of luxury brands. For the first time ...
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12-06-07
First German Coffee Importer Signs Up for Ethiopia's Coffee Initiative
ADDIS ABEBA AND HAMBURG "“ December 6, 2007. Ethiopia's fine coffee sector is aiming to reach out to the many players who promote its distinctive specialty coffees around the world. To do this, Ethiopia is creating a new international network of licensed distributors of its ...
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12-06-07
Ethiopia's Global Initiative to Collaboratively Promote Heritage Coffees Reaches South
ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON DC - December 6, 2007 - Ethiopia is demonstrating that a producing country can reach globally to create a network of licensed distributors and co-promoters of its fine coffees. In 2004 Ethiopia began the process of seeking trademarks for some of its f...
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12-06-07
Ceres and Trillium Announce Inaugural Joan Bavaria Awards
BOSTON - December 5, 2007 - Honoring the founder of both organizations, Ceres and Trillium Asset Management Corporation ("Trillium") have established an annual awards program named after socially responsible investment pioneer, Joan Bavaria. The inaugural Joan Bavaria Awa...
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12-06-07
The United Nations General Assembly Renews and Strengthens the UN Global Compact Mandate
NEW YORK, NY - December 5, 2007 - On 5 December, 2007 the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution "Towards Global Partnerships" recognizing the importance of voluntary initiatives and partnerships toward the achievement of internationally agreed development go...
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12-05-07
ISRI Applauds Senate Committee for Passing Recycling Amendment to Climate Change Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A secret no more, recycling was acknowledged today for its contribution to fighting climate change by the United States Senate committee drafting the historic climate change bill, S. 2191, according to the Institute of Scrap Recy...
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12-05-07
Novartis Awards Program Drives Energy Savings and Environmental Progress
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12-05-07
Co-Op America Presents Green Business Leadership Award to Organic Valley
WASHINGTON, DC - December 5, 2007 - Co-op America presented the fifth annual Green Business Leadership Award to Organic Valley Family of Farms, a pioneer within the farming community. Organic Valley, a cooperative based in LaFarge, WI, was chosen as the winner from amongst ...
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12-05-07
International Summit Tackles Financial Literacy for Underserved
New Delhi, INDIA - December 5, 2007 - Policy-makers, practitioners and advocates from 30 countries are gathering in New Delhi, India today and tomorrow for the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2007, the most significant international conference ever held to discuss ways to...
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12-05-07
Bringing Quality Coffee Together with Fair Minded Business Practices
ADDIS ABABA/JERSEY - December 5, 2007 - A long-standing member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe and active in the Fairtrade Federation, the coffee and tea merchant Cooper & Co. has joined Ethiopia's network of licensed distributors. The company is based in J...
