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Phil Angelides, a Leader in Shareholder Activism and Green Investment, Wins the Joan Bavaria Award
Phil Angelides has been awarded the fifth-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made today, the first day of the annual Ceres Conference, which is running May 1-2 at The Fairmont in San ...
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General Motors is First Automaker to Join Growing Group of Businesses Calling for U.S. Policy Action on Climate Change
Seven more U.S. businesses, including iconic U.S. automaker General Motors, have signed the Climate Declaration, a statement from Ceres and its BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy) coalition that urges federal policymakers to ...
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GISR Takes Major Step Towards Establishing a Standard of Excellence for Corporate Sustainability Ratings
The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) today announced the Beta Version of a set of core Principles as part of an international effort to drive excellence in corporate sustainability ratings, rankings and indices. Launched in June ...
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WaterAid Joins Forces with The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
WaterAid, a leading international non-profit dedicated to making clean water and toilets accessible for the world’s poorest people, announced today that it is joining forces with The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to make safe drinking water a reality ...
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BASF Sponsors Second Season of Sustainable Saturdays
LIVE BASF Trivia Challenge rewards winners with Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 including a year of unlimited data from T-Mobile. With a little help from All-Star pitcher Felix Hernandez, BASF will team up again this year with the Seattle Mariners for their ...
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Top 10 Stakeholder Issues
Future 500 today released its Top 10 Stakeholder Issues report. The report analyzes the core issues that will drive NGO activism in the U.S. and abroad over the next 12 months. Issues such as “extreme” energy, health and obesity, GMOs, and digital ...
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Ted's Montana Grill Becomes First Restaurant to Invest in Bonneville Environmental Foundation's Water Restoration Certificate® Program
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) and Ted's Montana Grill today announced that Ted’s Montana Grill has become the first in the restaurant sector to balance a portion of its water footprint through the investment in Water Restoration ...
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Celebrating Earth Day at the International Corporate Citizenship Conference
Today we celebrate Earth Day, an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It also happens that our International Corporate Citizenship conference coincides with this special day. As we ...
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Animal Experience International Joins the B Corp Community
Animal Experience International is proud to announce their certification as a B Corporation. Certified B Corporations meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Unlike traditional ...
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Avon Hello Green Tomorrow Fundraising Tops $2 Million in 2012; Program Total Reaches $5.5 million since 2010
Avon Products, Inc. [NYSE: AVP] has announced that the Avon Hello Green Tomorrow project, a global fundraising and mobilization program, has topped $5.5 million since its 2010 launch, including $2 million raised in 2012 alone. Avon has contributed ...
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In Chevron Case, Stratus' Truth-Telling Loses Out to Oil Company Money
The decision by the environmental consulting firm Stratus to settle its legal dispute with Chevron and to criticize lawyers for the affected people in Ecuador represents a triumph of money and power over justice, the lead attorney for the ...
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Energy and Green Building Strategist Elaine Hsieh Joins GreenBiz Group
GreenBiz Group Inc. has announced the appointment of Elaine Hsieh as VERGE Program Director and Senior Analyst, leading GreenBiz’s global series of VERGE events. Hsieh, who most recently served as Global Business Strategist for DNV KEMA Energy & ...
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BASF Hosts its first Symposium on Sustainability Assessment in Agriculture
Together with leading experts from the food industry, agriculture, academia and NGOs, BASF laid the foundation to bring forward solutions for sustainability assessment, an essential part of the agricultural business. Under the theme " Perspectives ...
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BASF supports 'Achieving Efficiency' at SAE World Congress
BASF will sponsor and participate in the 2013 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 16-18, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASF develops functional materials ...
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Piraeus Bank’s pioneering Climate Risk Management Model
Piraeus Bank is the 2nd largest bank in Greece, with particular know-how in the areas of medium-sized and small enterprises, consumer and mortgage credit, green banking, agricultural banking (following the recent acquisition of ATEbank), capital ...
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Volkswagen and Greenpeace Underline Strict CO2 Limits for New Cars
(Marketwire) - At the beginning of the Geneva Motor Show on March 4, 2013, the Volkswagen Group announced for the first time its far-reaching decision to reduce the fuel consumption of its new vehicle fleet to a greater extent than had previously ...
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Award-Winning Inspirational Documentary Film So Right So Smart Depicting How Businesses Can Become More Eco-Friendly
To help businesses integrate more sustainable practices into the workplace during a time of growing environmental concern, Specialty Studios announced today the widespread availability of the award-winning documentary feature So Right So Smart, an ...
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CSE Hosts Certified Carbon Strategy Training in Chicago
On March 8th and 9th, 2013, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) hosted its Certified Carbon Strategy Practitioner Training in Chicago. Participants included environmental managers, sustainability specialists, and strategic development ...
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Scandic Hotels Receives Award For Its Environmental Work
Scandic has been awarded a Gold Medal for its sustainability work by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). Scandic is the first hotel chain in Europe to receive this accolade* The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) runs a ...
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Engaging Middle Management to Meet Environmental Objectives at Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo has made an ongoing commitment to protecting the environment and reducing the environmental impact of its operations. The company’s goals include achieving by 2020 a 65 percent recycling rate, a 40 percent increase in energy efficiency, ...