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Cisco Leading Cyber Training Effort to Help Employ Virginia Veterans

Cybersecurity skills are in high demand, and employers are challenged with finding the right talent to build their expanding workforce needs. At the same time, thousands of veterans are looking to apply their unique skills as they transition to civil... View More

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Fashion Transparency Index Reveals Even Top Brands Lagging in Supply Chain Transparency

Four years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in which 1,134 people were killed, Fashion Revolution has released its 2017 Fashion Transparency Index, which ranks 100 of the biggest fashion companies on their social and environmental... View More

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Avery Dennison Teams Up with Fashion Revolution to Uncover New #Haulternatives

Seventy-five million people work directly in the fashion and textiles industry. Many are subject to exploitation; verbal and physical abuse, unsafe working conditions and poor pay. While some progress has been made since the collapse of the Rana Plaz... View More

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Carbon Trust, World Bank Team Up to Combat Climate Change, One SME at a Time

Earlier this year, the World Bank announced a fundamental shift in its role of alleviating global poverty, by refocusing its financing efforts towards tackling climate change through the lens of SMEs. Last month, the group launched a new Climate Busi... View More

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5 Steps to Building Better Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains

According to a recent survey of 287 sustainability professionals, working conditions are the most important sustainability issue in supply chains. That’s not too surprising; in the short time it’s taken to read this far, 153 people around the wor... View More

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European Commission Releases New Clean Energy Package, But Is It Enough?

Yesterday, the European Commission (EC) announced it will begin phasing out coal subsidies and reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 under a new clean energy package. ... View More

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How Caesars Is Working on the Sustainable Development Goals

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Cargill Partnering to Tackle Child, Forced Labour in Cocoa Supply Chain

On 21 September, Alliance 8.7 was launched during the UN General Assembly to end forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour. The aim is to galvanize political support and strengthen multi-stakeholder action on Sustainable Devel... View More

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Eastman Partnerships Promote Positive Change Around the World

Eastman team members are committed to investing in their communities, no matter where they are. At the Kohtla-Järve (KJ) site, team members have been involved in a number of endeavors that have made an impact in that small Estonian community. Eastma... View More

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Goodwill of Central Arizona Partners with Career Connectors to Serve Valley Residents in Career Transition

Finding meaningful work just got a little easier for thousands of Arizona residents when Goodwill of Central Arizona and Valley-based non-profit Career Connectors announced today they would enter into partnership to help better serve those in career ... View More

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BofA Invests $40M to Support Youth Employment

Bank of America today announced a $40 million commitment to connect 100,000 teens and young adults to the skills and employment experiences needed for 21st-century jobs. Over the next three years, in partnership with nonprofit organizations across th... View More

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Hershey Shares Progress on Social Responsibility Commitments

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) issued its latest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report – titled “Shared Goodness” – on June 9, showcasing progress made in 2015 against a variety of priority issues. Building on 2014, Hershey made conti... View More

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3rd Fashion Revolution Will See Activists in 84 Countries Asking Brands #WhoMadeMyClothes

This year, Fashion Revolution’s annual campaign has expanded into a week-long series of events featuring hundreds of activities, stunts and social experiments across 84 countries worldwide. Throughout Fashion Revolution Week, April 18th to 24th, co... View More

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Fashionistas Around the World to Demand Industry Clean Up Its Act on Fashion Revolution Day 2015

On Friday, the second annual Fashion Revolution Day, people in 66 countries around the world will challenge global fashion brands to demonstrate commitment to transparency across the length of the value chain, from farmers to factory workers, brands ... View More

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West Elm's Artisan Partnerships Supporting Thousands in Developing Communities

In 2013, West Elm committed to invest $35M in artisan partnerships around the world through 2015. These partnerships create a number of benefits for both West Elm and the artisans they collaborate with. ... View More

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Turlington to Fashion Industry: 'One Preventable Death Is a Death Too Many'

When over 1,100 garment workers died in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in April 2013, it shined an unflinching light on the untenable conditions that many in the industry have long been forced to endure. Since then, consumers, activists and other st... View More

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adidas, M&S, IKEA Among Brands Making Great Strides to Source Slave-Free Cotton

The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a nonprofit dedicated to ending human rights abuses associated with the raw materials found in everyday products, today released a new report, Cotton Sourcing Snapshot: A Survey of Corporate Practices to End Fo... View More

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Fashion Revolution Day: A Global Movement to Clean Up an Industry

For those within the fashion industry who have been working for many years to highlight the need for more transparent, traceable and accountable supply chains, the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh was a metaphorical call to arms. The days following ... View More

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Magnum Aiming to Enhance Financial Opportunities for 5K Female Cocoa Farmers by 2025

The ice cream brand aims to help 5,000 female cocoa farmers in Côte D'Ivoire achieve financial stability and diversify their incomes, for greater prosperity in the cocoa-farming offseason, by 2025. ... View More

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