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SAN FRANCISCO, CA December 11, 2006 -The Nature Conservancy, a leading conservation organization, has partnered with Organic Bouquet, Inc. ( www.OrganicBouquet.com), the world's first online eco-florist, to r...

WASHINGTON, D.C. December 11, 2006 - Today more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies have employee volunteer programs to leverage the power of service and volunteering in the corporate sector. By harnessing employee volunteering, large, small- and medium-sized businesse...

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CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2006--The benefits of locatin...

PARIS, FRANCE December 11, 2006--Leading investors worldwide must embed environmental thinking in the heart of their property investment portfolios if the financial services sector is to play a pivotal role in halting climate change, the United Nations Environment Programme ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2006--Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced the settlement of 16 of the 25 U.S. lawsuits by foreign farm workers who claim injuries from alleged exposure more than 20 years ago to the agricultural chemical DBCP in coun...

BOSTON, MA December 8, 2006-- International relief and development organization Oxfam America today congratulated Dr. Mohammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank on the eve of his receiving this year's Nobel Peace prize at a gala ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden this com...

MUMBAI/BOSTON, MA, December 8, 2006--Microfinance pioneer ACCION® International today announced a strategic partnership with YES BANK - one of India's top-three, private-sector banks - to launch YES MICROFINANCE INDIA, a specialized division of YES BANK focused on dev...

BASEL, December 8, 2006 - At the 8th annual symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, international experts discussed the role of development cooperation in today's and tomorrow's world. While the morning was devoted to a critical assessment of...

WASHINGTON, DC - December 7, 2006 - Five years ago, World Vision and other humanitarian organizations urged diamond wholesalers and retailers to stop the sale of so-called "conflict diamonds" - stones mined illegally and sold to fuel wars in Africa.

Five y...

December 7, 2006 - For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has named PotashCorp the winner of its Overall Award of Excellence for Corporate Reporting. PotashCorp is the first company to receive this award in three consecutive ye...