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04-23-02
NOPEC to Offer Cleaner Green Mountain Energy(SM) Electricity to Small Business Customers
EASTLAKE, Ohio and DUBLIN, Ohio - For the first time ever, small business owners in communities in NOPEC territory soon will be eligible to be included in NOPEC's money-saving electricity program and to purchase less-polluting electricity from Green Mountain Energy Company. ...
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04-22-02
Global Reporting Initiative Announces Move to Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution that was formally inaugurated at a United Nations ceremony on 4 April 2002, has announced that its permanent Secretariat headquarters will be opened later th...
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04-22-02
Socially Reponsible Consumers Give High Marks to New Online Shopping Site
Portland, ME - IdealsWork.com (www.idealswork.com), a new online shopping site that allows consumers to weigh the social responsibility of companies and brands before making their purchasing decisions, commenced operations last week and is earning rave reviews from users mak...
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04-22-02
Avon Selected as One of the Top Ten 'Best Corporate Citizens' by Business Ethics Magazine
NEW YORK, New York - Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced it has been named among the top ten companies by Minneapolis-based Business Ethics magazine in its third annual "100 Best Corporate Citizens" listing. The rankings are based on a qualitative measure of corp...
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04-22-02
St. Vincent's Hospital Receives $759,100 from Avon Foundation for Behavioral Health of Schools Near Ground Zero
New York, New York - St. Vincent's Hospital received a $759,100 grant today from the Avon Foundation at a ceremony at its Greenwich Village location. The donation is part of the $7 million raised by Avon's sales representatives for victims of the attacks of September 11th. ...
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04-21-02
Good Guys Are Prospering:
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Socially responsible behavior pays off on the bottom line. That’s the conclusion of new research based on Business Ethics’ 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, which shows the financial performance of these companies was "significantly better" than othe...
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04-19-02
United Recycling Industries, Inc. Commits to New Level of Environmental Stewardship
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The board of directors of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) approved United Recycling Industries, Inc. (URI) of West Chicago, Ill., as a new endorser of the CERES Principles at their 2002 conference held here April 17 to 19.
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04-19-02
Chiquita Emerges from Pre-Arragend Chapter 11 with Solid Finaial Structure
CINCINNATI, Ohio - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced today that it has emerged from its Pre-Arranged Chapter 11 restructuring as a healthy company with a solid financial structure. Today, the Company’s Plan of Reorganization went into effect, only 111 days after ...
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04-19-02
Alcoa's Board Formalizes Limited Use of Independent Accounting Firm
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania - Alcoa's Board of Directors today adopted a resolution formalizing the company's general practice of retaining an independent accounting firm only for audit, audit-related services, and acquisition and due diligence reviews.
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04-18-02
Kinko’s Honors Environmental Award Recipients
Dallas, TX - Just in time for Earth Day, Kinko's, Inc. today announced winners of its "Third Annual U.S. Environmental Branch of the Year" competition, part of Kinko's ongoing commitment to care for the environment.
