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05-01-00
SBC Named as a Top Company by Economic Council
SBC Communications Inc. has been named a top performing company by the Council on Economic Priorities in its annual survey of socially responsible corporations. SBC ranked seventh overall out of more than 300 corporations surveyed, receiving a grade point average of 3.71 on ...
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05-01-00
The Lucent Technologies Foundation Continues Support of Community-based Diversity Programs; Awards Seven New Lucent Links Grants
Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced seven new grants under its Lucent Links Program, which focuses on bringing young people together to explore and embrace diversity. The grants range from $20,000 to $50,000.
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05-01-00
Bristol-Myers Squibb Receives Global Ethics Award
The Council on Economic Priorities (CEP), the leading research organization on corporate social responsibility for over 30 years, will recognize the winners of the 14th Annual Corporate Conscience Awards (CCA) at a ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis, on June 15, 2000....
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05-01-00
17 Former Welfare Recipients Hired at Bank of America Following Customized Training Program
Seventeen of Bank of America's newest associates in Los Angeles will soon transition from welfare to work, thanks to a bank training program. Each new employee successfully completed a customized eight-week training program, and was hired into a position providing ready empl...
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05-01-00
Herman Miller, Texas Instruments, HOK Heralded as Global Sustainable Leaders
PHILADELPHIA AND ATLANTA - Herman Miller, Inc., Texas Instruments and HOK were announced as winners of the Sustainable Leade...
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04-29-00
International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children Launches Web Site With Computer Associates And Spanish Police To Extend Reach Of Worldwide Initiative
MADRID - The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (International Centre) today announced a new Web site that extends to Spain its global network of Web sites that help find missing children. The Web site,
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04-28-00
Weyerhaeuser Tampa Facility Receives VPP Star Site Status; World Class Safety Milestone
Weyerhaeuser’s corrugated packaging facility in Tampa has been designated a Voluntary Protection Program STAR site by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Facility employees will be presented with a commemorative flag at a ceremony on Friday, April 28 at the ...
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04-28-00
ExxonMobil Strengthens Commitment to Tiger Conservation; Company Has Committed $9 Million to Tiger Conservation Save The Tiger Fund Conservation Grants Announced
ExxonMobil and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced that the Save The Tiger Fund has awarded an additional $525,000 in grants to ten international tiger conservation projects.
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04-28-00
Gap Inc. Joins The Ethical Trading Initiative
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced that it has been accepted into membership in the U.K.-based Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI). Gap Inc. is the third U.S. corporation and the thirty-seventh company overall to join the alliance, which also currently includes 16 non-governm...
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04-28-00
Weyerhaeuser will improve air and water protection, enhance product quality at Springfield linerboard mill
Weyerhaeuser will wrap up a three-year, major improvement effort at its Springfield Containerboard mill this May. Since 1998, the mill has invested significant capital into its operation to enhance product quality, improve operating efficiency, and provide added protection f...
