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04-30-07
Qwest Demonstrates the 'Spirit of Service' in Utah with $200,000 in Donations to United Way Organizations
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2007--Qwest employees and the Qwest Foundation have joined forces and shown their Spirit of Service in Utah by pledging nearly $200,000 to seven different Utah United Way organizations, the company announced today.
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04-30-07
3C Group and Sterling Planet Partner to Provide Climate Change Solutions for Multinational Companies
ATLANTA, GA - April 30, 2007 "“ Germany-based 3C Group and U.S.-based Sterling Planet, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to offer multinational companies comprehensive and innovative approaches to environmental protection and sustainability. 3C and Sterling Plane...
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04-30-07
PepsiCo Makes Largest Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates
PURCHASE, NY - April 30, 2007 "“ PepsiCo today announced the landmark purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs). Marking the largest REC purchase to date, the purchase matches the purchased electricity used by all PepsiCo US-based manufacturing facilities, headquarter...
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04-29-07
Principles for Responsible Investment Hit $8 Trillion Mark on First Year Anniversary
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, convened by the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, announces this week on its first anniversary that it has achieved over 180 leading institutional signatories from all ...
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04-27-07
Staples Foundation for Learning Demonstrates Ongoing Commitment to Thriving Inner City Businesses by Supporting ICIC-Inc. Magazine's Annual Inner City 100
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2007--The Initiative for a competitive Inner City (ICIC), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote economic prosperity in America's inner cities, today announced that Staples Foundation for Learning (SFFL), a private founda...
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04-27-07
Aspen Institute Philanthropy Program Names Thomas J. Billitteri as Communications Director
WASHINGTON DC - April 27, 2007- Thomas J. Billitteri, a veteran journalist and former news editor for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, has been named to the new position of director of communications for the Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.
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04-27-07
ReportAlert.info - Aviva plc publishes Corporate Responsibility Report 2007
Aviva has recently published its latest CSR report - available online and in pdf summary via www.reportalert.info/ra/Aviva270407.htm
This, Aviva's 6th CSR report - hav...
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04-27-07
Mayor Hickenlooper Celebrates Denver's Second Green Roof Building
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2007--UMB Bank Colorado, n.a., a chartered bank of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF), and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper today are dedicating Denver's second building overall and the first retail/consumer facility to incorporate a gr...
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04-27-07
Fundacion Cisneros Signed Agreement to Implement Think Art Education Program Nationwide in Costa Rican Schools
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2007--On Tuesday, April 24, the Fundacion Cisneros signed an agreement with the Costa Rican Ministries of Public Education and of Culture, Youth, and Sports, and with the nonprofit organization AccionArte, to initiate the Fundacion Cisner...
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04-27-07
Bayer Corporation Joins U.N.'S ''Billion Tree Campaign''
PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2007 "“ Bayer Corporation announced today on National Arbor Day it has joined the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign and, through its Bayer Foundation, pledged to plant 100,000 trees to help ...
