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Effective immediately, Sophia Tickell will assume the role of company Chair andMark Lee will become the Chief Executive Officer. John Elkington, SustainAbility?s Founder, will maintain his full-time role and carry the title of Chief Entrepreneur. Peter Zollinger, SustainAb...

"All Talk and All Action" is the philosophy behind the new Nike Youth Action program. As the signature program from the Nike Foundation, this initiative will promote leadership and activism by providing today's youth, ages 12-18, with a public forum to address community issu...

U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Alderman Billy Ocasio (26th Ward) today joined community leaders, local realtors, housing advocates, and representatives from Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages, to celebrate the op...

Gap Inc. announced today the release of its latest factory inspection and performance data online as part of its ongoing social responsibility commitment. This new data builds on the strengths of the company's most recent social responsibility report, named one of the top 5...

TORONTO, ONTARIO. - November 21, 2008 - RONA inc. (TSX:RON), the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home renovation and gardening products, unveiled today its new Wood Products Procurement Policy. This is one of RONA's multiple sustainability initi...

New York City senior citizens who are victims of predatory lending practices can seek relief from unreasonably high interest rates through a new $5 million initiative announced today by The Parodneck Foundation for Self-Help Housing and Community Development, South Brooklyn ...

Freddie Mac, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, founder of the national NeighborWorks® network of community-based nonprofit organizations, today kicked off a multi-million-dollar lending initiative to offer financing alternatives to fam...

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.(CQB) announced today that it has achieved a major milestone in its work with the Rainforest Alliance’s Better Banana Project (BBP) – the certification of 100 percent of its owned banana farms in Latin America. The Better Banana Project is ...

Shanna Patterson may not ride Busch Garden's newest roller coaster when she visits Tampa this week, but that's all right. The 20-year-old Michigan woman has had her share of ups and downs, starting in 1994 when her family doctor uncovered some disturbing news. Shanna had a l...

IBM is expanding its current offerings to include new programs for individual consumers and businesses of all sizes to conveniently recycle unneeded computer hardware in the U.S. Through the new IBM PC Recycling Service, consumers and small businesses can recycle any manufac...