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07-06-06
Financial Institutions Announce Revision of Equator Principles
The Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs) today announced the launch of the revised Equator Principles. The revision underscores how far the financial sector has progressed in embedding in the project finance arena a common set of best practices to manage social ...
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07-06-06
Matching Grant Made to Support Hurricane-Affected Health Organizations
JACKSON, MS - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) has received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to offer grants to community-based health care providers and to support their efforts to serve vulnerable populations in the hurricane-affected ...
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07-06-06
Nobilon and NVI Co-Developing RSV Vaccine
Arnhem, the Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel's Nobilon International business,
active in the field of human vaccines, has signed a contract with the Netherlands Vaccine Institute (NVI) to jointly develop a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a viral infection w...
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07-05-06
Interactive Business Systems Announces ''IBS Rwanda'' Initiative to Provide a Better Future for AIDS Orphans
Oak Brook, IL.-- Interactive Business Systems, Inc. (IBS), a global technology services company, today announced its sponsorship of a three-year effort to provide essential services, build self-sufficiency and offer much-needed hope for AIDS orphans, other orphans, their fam...
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07-05-06
World Vision Awarded $7.2 Million from Hilton Foundation to Provide Safe Water and Improved Sanitation in Ethiopia
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07-05-06
We Need Your Input! Help Us to Help the Cause: 21st Century MBA Curriculum Development Survey
Marlboro College is collaborating with CSRwire to gather feedback for curriculum development of a new "sustainable" "21st Century" MBA. To refine this curriculum Marlboro College is now conducting an online survey.
If you are interested in, are ...
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07-05-06
Atlantic Golf Swings into Action by Joining the Chevron 5,000,000 Mile Rideshare Challenge
RESTON, VA- NuRide, Inc. (www.nuride.com), the nation's first incentive-based ridesharing network, announced today that Atlantic Golf, Maryland's leading group of public golf courses, will sponsor thousands of commuters who share rides resulting in 100,000 fewer miles driven...
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07-05-06
Premier Inc. to Present at National Events In July; Discussions Include Recent Release of Evidence That Improving Patient Care Can Reduce Costs, Save Lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--Leaders from the Premier Inc. healthcare alliance will speak at conferences around the nation in July, with several presentations focusing on Premier's recent release of evidence that improving patient care can reduce costs and...
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07-05-06
Levi's Brand Launches 100% Organic Cotton Jeans; Denim Leader to Offer Organic Options in its Most Popular Styles for Fall 2006
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--The Levi's(R) brand today announced it will include jeans made with 100% organic cotton in its fall 2006 product line. Organic cotton will be used in select new and popular men's and women's styles within its Red Tab and rece...
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07-05-06
CEOs Embrace Corporate Social Responsibility With New Urgency, But Do They Risk Angering Shareholders? Not If They Can Prove Bottom-line Benefit, Says New Survey
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--Ask any Fortune 500 CEO to talk about how philanthropic and socially responsible his or her company is these days and you will likely open a floodgate of conversation ranging from carbon-offsetting and fair labor standards to employ...
