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Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education Announce “Ignite Innovation Student Challenge” Winners
SILVER SPRING, Md. and NEW YORK, May 24 /CSRwire/ - Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of ...
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Smithfield Foods Contributes $250,000 to Richmond Afterschool Youth Learning Program
SMITHFIELD, Va., May 08 /CSRwire/ - The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods, Inc., has donated $250,000 to NextUp RVA, an afterschool system for middle school students in Richmond, Virginia which serves to ...
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Kohl`s Department Stores Recognized With 2013 EPA Sustained Excellence in Green Power Award
Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) today announced that the company has been recognized with a 2013 Sustained Excellence in Green Power Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA’s annual Green Power Leadership ...
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Discover Environmental Impacts and Innovative Solutions
Environmental issues are top of mind for many companies and their stakeholders. With public awareness of environmental issues on the rise, companies have started to respond in meaningful ways through their investment decisions, environmental goals, ...
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Does Cloud Computing Really Offer a Way to Reduce Energy Demands and Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Increased use of cloud computing services will reduce the dependence on energy and help reduce global environmental damage with savings of over US$2.2 billion (€1.65 billion) and is 95% more efficient where 1 tonne of greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
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New Ceres Blueprint Outlines Action Steps for Major Investors on Sustainable Investing
Institutional investors and their investment managers must integrate the financial risks from climate change, resource scarcity, supply chain failures and tighter water supplies into their investment practices if they are to be successful in the ...
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Vidal Garza Cantú, Hannah Jones and Kurt Kuehn Win 2013 C.K. Prahalad Awards for Global Business Sustainability Leadership
The Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) this evening presented the 2013 C.K. Prahalad Awards to three individuals: Vidal Garza Cantú of FEMSA Foundation, Hannah Jones of Nike, and Kurt Kuehn of UPS. Renowned sustainability expert Andrew Winston interviewed ...
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Wyndham Worldwide Achieves 8 Percent Energy Reduction Across 10 Million Square Feet
(Marketwired) - Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest hospitality companies, again demonstrated its ongoing leadership in global sustainability best practices, achieving an 8 percent reduction in energy use in the first full year ...
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World's Largest Water Risk News Database - aquaNOW - Debuts
The world’s leading provider of water related news, OOSKAnews, announced today the launch of a new database and search engine. aquaNOW.info, the World’s Water Data engine, will allow water professionals to access the world’s most substantive ...
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AT&T Becomes Largest Wireless Carrier to Join U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership Program
(Marketwired) - Ask almost any business: Delivering products and services to customers involves a tangle of both challenges and opportunities. The supply chain extends across geographies and business sectors. Driving efficiency throughout the supply ...
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Practically Green Introduces New Enterprise Platform for Engaging Employees in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility
Practically Green, a digital engagement company, announced today that it has introduced a new enterprise platform designed to motivate global businesses and their employees to adopt healthy, sustainable choices within their organization and everyday ...
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New Study: More U.S. Mutual Fund Companies Supporting Climate Change Resolutions, But Big Firms Still Lagging
Three large American mutual fund companies – DWS, AllianceBernstein and Oppenheimer, which collectively manage more than $930 billion in assets – last year supported the vast majority of shareholder resolutions filed with companies on climate change ...
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Federal Judge Asked To Stay Case Over $19b Ecuador Judgment
A New York federal judge long accused of bias against Ecuadorian rainforest residents over a $19B pollution case is continuing to allow Chevron to “systematically harass” two victims of its toxic pollution and their long-time New York lawyer, ...
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$19B Ecuador Liability Puts Chevron CEO on Hot Seat at Annual Meeting Tomorrow
Facing growing unrest from shareholders and environmental activists and forced to testify about his own role in the $19 billion Ecuador case, Chevron CEO John Watson will be under enormous pressure tomorrow at the company’s annual meeting ...
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63 Businesses Across 30 Industries Honored as 'Best for the Environment'
Today, 63 companies across 30 industries and 11 countries were recognized for creating the most positive environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab, with the release of the ‘B Corp Best for the Environment List’, a second installment in its ‘B Corp ...
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$19B Ecuador Liability Puts Chevron CEO Watson On Hot Seat Before Annual Meeting
Facing growing shareholder unrest over asset seizure actions and forced to testify about his alleged misconduct in the $19 billon Ecuador case, Chevron CEO John Watson again will be on the hot seat at the company’s annual meeting in late May where ...
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Globe Telecom Stays Committed To Corporate Sustainability
Recognizing the impact of environmental and social issues concerns on the global economy, Globe Telecom has reiterated its commitment in integrating sustainability in its core operations at the 2013 ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Summit held ...
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Monadnock Takes Concrete Actions to Reduce Environmental Impacts 100 Percent Clean, Renewable Electricity Carbon Neutral Manufacturing
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer of technical/specialty and premium printing and packaging papers, announced today that it has achieved 100 percent carbon neutral production status and can now offer customers and supply chain ...
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Bias of Federal Judge and Chevron’s Abusive Tactics Prompt Law Firm to Withdraw from Ecuador Case
Citing the bias of New York federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan against Ecuadorian rainforest residents who won a judgment against Chevron, a prominent law firm is seeking to withdraw from its representation of New York attorney Steven Donziger in a ...
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BASF Receives European Water Stewardship Certificate
BASF is the first chemical company to achieve gold-level certification according to the European Water Stewardship (EWS) standard for its production site in Tarragona, Spain. In order to attain this certificate, auditors of third party certification ...