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My Experience Working and Living Openly Gay in AT&T’s Proud, Award-winning Workplace
My Experience Working and Living Openly Gay in AT&T’s Proud, Award-winning Workplace
Published on November 19, 2014
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By: Scott Sapperstein As an openly gay general manager at AT&T, I experience AT&T’s commitment to equality and inclusion firsthand; my story as an employee is special because it is unremarkable. From the day I joined AT&T 13 years ago, ... View More

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HP Reinforces Protection of Foreign Migrant Workers
HP Reinforces Protection of Foreign Migrant Workers
Published on November 10, 2014
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov.10 2014 —HP today took a major step forward in expanding its leading supply chain program on preventing exploitative labor practices and forced labor. HP is the first company in the IT industry to require direct employment of... View More

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Sustainable Brands Allures Distinguished Brand Leaders to London Conference
Sustainable Brands Allures Distinguished Brand Leaders to London Conference
Published on November 4, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO, November 4, 2014 – Sustainable Brands® kicks off another community event in London today, SB’14 London at the Lancaster London. The conference brings together 400 influential brand leaders and cutting-edge practitioners of environ... View More

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Offsetters Climate Solutions to present on British Columbia's iconic Great Bear Forest Carbon Project at Sustainable Brands: London November 4, 2014
Offsetters Climate Solutions to present on British Columbia's iconic Great Bear Forest Carbon Project at Sustainable Brands: London November 4, 2014
Published on October 31, 2014
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What: The Great Bear Forest Carbon Project – one of the largest carbon management projects in the world and is helping to protect more than 6 million hectares of land on British Columbia’s coast – will be the focal point for Offsetters Climate ... View More

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Research Institute and BASF Subsidiary Cooperating to Further Develop Thin Film Superconductors
Research Institute and BASF Subsidiary Cooperating to Further Develop Thin Film Superconductors
Published on October 29, 2014
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH establish joint laboratoryResearch institute and BASF subsidiary cooperating to further develop thin film superconductorsKarlsruhe and Rheinbach, October 29th, 2014 – The Karlsru... View More

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Grow food faster and with 90% less water at the MIT CityFARM
Grow food faster and with 90% less water at the MIT CityFARM
Published on October 21, 2014
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Novozymes recognized by CDP as world leader for corporate action on climate change
Novozymes recognized by CDP as world leader for corporate action on climate change
Published on October 17, 2014
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As a result of its actions to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the business risks of climate change, Novozymes has been awarded with a position on the A List: The CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014 by CDP, the international NGO that dr... View More

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Sustainable Brands Releases 2015 Global Event Calendar
Sustainable Brands Releases 2015 Global Event Calendar
Published on October 16, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, 2014 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced its 2015 global events calendar. Nominations for dynamic business leaders challenging current paradigms on topics related to sustainability and brand innovation are now being... View More

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The UPS Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million in Environmental Grants
The UPS Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million in Environmental Grants
Published on October 14, 2014
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More Than Three Million Trees Planted Across 47 Countries to Support Global Environmental SustainabilityThe UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS® (NYSE: UPS), announced it has awarded nearly $2.5 million to non-profit organizations with an ... View More

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Global Sustainable Brands Community Leaders to Gather in London for Purpose-Driven Brand Innovation Conference
Global Sustainable Brands Community Leaders to Gather in London for Purpose-Driven Brand Innovation Conference
Published on October 9, 2014
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Sustainable Brands® recently announced program details for its pan-European conference to be held at the Lancaster London, November 3-5. The conference will bring together hundreds of influential brand leaders and cutting-edge practitioners of envir... View More

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Sustainable Brands Community Reveals Leading-Edge Business Performance Metrics
Sustainable Brands Community Reveals Leading-Edge Business Performance Metrics
Published on September 25, 2014
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The Sustainable Brands® community announces several initiatives focused on identifying, measuring and quantifying entirely new forms of business risk and value. Global senior executives across diverse industry sectors are convening at New Metrics �... View More

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MIT Sloan MBA program draws highest female percentage in school history
MIT Sloan MBA program draws highest female percentage in school history
Published on September 18, 2014
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Women seek to make all business sectors more “female friendly”New MIT Sloan students at orientation in August They comprise the highest ever female percentage of an entering MBA class at MIT Sloan, but some of the women now beginning their studi... View More

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Air pollution and CO2 reduction policies net same health benefits
Air pollution and CO2 reduction policies net same health benefits
Published on September 18, 2014
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Study: Cutting emissions pays for itselfSavings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies. ... View More

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A liquid metal battery for grid-level energy storage
A liquid metal battery for grid-level energy storage
Published on September 18, 2014
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Re-inventing the grid ... View More

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MIT's digital supply chain MOOC set for global launch
MIT's digital supply chain MOOC set for global launch
Published on September 16, 2014
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Chris Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, will teach CTL.SC1x Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals to more than 9,000 online students.  ... View More

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MIT Sloan expert on why paternity leave matters
MIT Sloan expert on why paternity leave matters
Published on September 16, 2014
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Getting away from the cult of motherhood: Why paternity leave is so important — Lotte Bailyn Sports radio isn’t a typical venue for impassioned debate on work-family issues and employment policy. But recently when Daniel Murphy took three days ... View More

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Crowdsourcing solutions for global problems with ClimateCoLab
Crowdsourcing solutions for global problems with ClimateCoLab
Published on September 16, 2014
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Online voting open in 18 contests addressing climate changeVoting is open in the fourth annual Climate CoLab contests, a series of crowdsourced competitions addressing specific aspects of climate change. The contests rely on the power of collective i... View More

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From chemical detoxifiers to sustainable biorefineries: new materials derived from or inspired by biology
From chemical detoxifiers to sustainable biorefineries: new materials derived from or inspired by biology
Published on September 15, 2014
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Following biological clues to better materialsMIT Professor Brad Olsen creates bioinspired and biofunctional materials for widely diverse applications.  ... View More

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MIT Professor recognized for micro-building services: distributed, versatile public amenities
MIT Professor recognized for micro-building services: distributed, versatile public amenities
Published on September 15, 2014
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Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovationExploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space  ... View More

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Novozymes joins the top 3 percentile in new Dow Jones Sustainability Index category
Novozymes joins the top 3 percentile in new Dow Jones Sustainability Index category
Published on September 15, 2014
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The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) announced that Novozymes received 86 points out of 100 within their new category, the Chemical Industry Sector. Novozymes’ score is in the top 3 percentile of sustainability leaders in their sector. This ye... View More

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