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Goodwill® and Google.org Launch Digital Career Accelerator
Goodwill® and Google.org Launch Digital Career Accelerator
Published on October 23, 2017
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Google.org and Goodwill, the United States’ leading workforce development nonprofit, have announced the launch of the Goodwill Digital Career Accelerator. Funded by a $10 million grant from Google.org and with the assistance of 1,000 Google volunte... View More

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Disney Recognized for Innovation on Workplace Equality
Disney Recognized for Innovation on Workplace Equality
Published on October 23, 2017
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Profiles in Diversity Journal recently recognized Disney with a 2017 Top 10 Innovations in Diversity & Inclusion Award, which honors corporations, organizations and institutions that have developed innovative solutions in the area of workforce di... View More

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Strength In Numbers: Uniting Campbell's Annual Giving Back Campaign
Strength In Numbers: Uniting Campbell's Annual Giving Back Campaign
Published on October 23, 2017
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Each year, our United Way giving campaign connects us with millions of donors around the world–multiplying and maximizing our impact. Inspired by the United Way model, we are leveraging the power of collaboration as we launch this year’s campaign... View More

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Target Just Announced a New Climate Policy and Goals—Take a Closer Look
Target Just Announced a New Climate Policy and Goals—Take a Closer Look
Published on October 23, 2017
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As organizations around the world team up to combat the effects of climate change, companies like Target have a big role to play. Since we opened our first store back in 1962, we’ve aimed to make our products and operations more sustainable for our... View More

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L'Oreal USA Recognized By EPA With Green Power Partner Of The Year Award
L'Oreal USA Recognized By EPA With Green Power Partner Of The Year Award
Published on October 23, 2017
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L’Oréal USA announced today that it has received a 2017 Green Power Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company was one of only two organizations nationwide to be chosen as a 2017 Green Power Partner ... View More

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Braskem and Made In Space expand their partnership to include plastic recycling on the International Space Station
Braskem and Made In Space expand their partnership to include plastic recycling on the International Space Station
Published on October 20, 2017
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After the arrival in space of I’m greenTM plastic for the 3D printing of tools, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) now may start using, by 2018, a recycler of plastic objects and packaging that would improve the autonomy and sustai... View More

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#MeToo & The Importance of Parents Having Tough Conversations
#MeToo & The Importance of Parents Having Tough Conversations
Published on October 20, 2017
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#MeToo is exposing the scale of sexual assault and harassment for women worldwide, prompting parents to bring up tough subjects with their children. The Health Alliance on Alcohol (HAA) has been working with Dr. ... View More

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Timberland Takes Five-Year Urban Greening Commitment to Philadelphia
Timberland Takes Five-Year Urban Greening Commitment to Philadelphia
Published on October 19, 2017
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Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today announces the completion of its second annual urban greening commitment to create and restore outdoor spaces in the U.S. with a transformative community service event in Philadelphia last week. In partnership ... View More

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DuPont, INVISTA and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Showcase Latest Generation of Durable Plant-based Textile Solutions at A+A
DuPont, INVISTA and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Showcase Latest Generation of Durable Plant-based Textile Solutions at A+A
Published on October 19, 2017
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DuPont™ Sorona®, INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand, and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products will be giving workwear brands a sneak peek of new developmental fabrics in the next chapter of a series of more innovative, enhanced sustainable textile solutio... View More

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Cat & Jack Expands to Include Adaptive Apparel to Help Meet the Needs of Even More Kids
Cat & Jack Expands to Include Adaptive Apparel to Help Meet the Needs of Even More Kids
Published on October 18, 2017
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Since its exciting introduction last summer ... View More

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Sustainable Brands Spotlights SB’17 Copenhagen Program
Sustainable Brands Spotlights SB’17 Copenhagen Program
Published on October 17, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO, October 17, 2017 –  Sustainable Brands® reveals the full program and networking highlights for its upcoming conference, SB’17 Copenhagen. Between October 30th - November 1st, nearly 400 brand leaders and sustainability strategist... View More

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Keurig Green Mountain Volunteers Clean up 16,000 Pounds of Trash
Keurig Green Mountain Volunteers Clean up 16,000 Pounds of Trash
Published on October 16, 2017
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Rivers around the United States are several thousand pounds lighter of trash after more than 450 employees from Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig), a leader in specialty coffee and innovative single serve brewing systems, took to the water this sum... View More

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Johnson & Johnson Takes a Top Spot on the 2017 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion Index
Johnson & Johnson Takes a Top Spot on the 2017 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion Index
Published on October 16, 2017
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Johnson & Johnson has secured the #2 ranking on the 2017 Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion Index. The index selects the top 100 publicly traded companies out of a pool of more than 6,000, based on performance across such categories as div... View More

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AT&T wins 2017 Sustainability Award
AT&T wins 2017 Sustainability Award
Published on October 16, 2017
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The Business Intelligence Group honored AT&T with a 2017 Sustainability Initiative of the Year award. The award recognizes our efforts to help customers reduce their carbon emissions through the use of AT&T technology, while we also work to r... View More

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Dow and WE Launch Partnership to Inspire Innovation from a New Generation of Student Leaders to Solve Global Challenges
Dow and WE Launch Partnership to Inspire Innovation from a New Generation of Student Leaders to Solve Global Challenges
Published on October 16, 2017
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Today, DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) to be named Dow, and WE, launched We Are Innovators, a new campaign designed to challenge educators and students to apply chemistry and science to solve global challe... View More

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Nuancing forestry impacts on biodiversity in LCA
Nuancing forestry impacts on biodiversity in LCA
Published on October 16, 2017
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Corporations are increasingly attuned to the influence of human activity on land use, land use changes and forestry (see LUC Guidance). With systemic thinking, businesses are aware of their supply chain’s impact and they seek additional guidance to... View More

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Science-based targets: setting into action
Science-based targets: setting into action
Published on October 16, 2017
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  On the sustainability circuit, much of the discussion these days is around science-based goal setting. The approach to setting greenhouse gas reduction goals according to science means that a company or a sector must understand just how much decar... View More

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Ford Motor Company Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Soybean-based Foam
Ford Motor Company Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Soybean-based Foam
Published on October 16, 2017
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Ten years ago, the 2008 Ford Mustang launched with seats made of soybean-based foam. Today, soy foam has saved over 228 million pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere; the same as would be consumed by four million trees per year, according to a c... View More

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Dow Provides Solutions and Education to Promote Healthy Living through Handwashing
Dow Provides Solutions and Education to Promote Healthy Living through Handwashing
Published on October 15, 2017
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More than one million people are killed by water, sanitation and hygiene-related disease each year.1 One of the most effective and affordable ways to prevent the transmission of disease is through handwashing with soap. This is why Dow Home & Per... View More

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DuPont and Unifi Join Forces to Create Breakthrough Eco-Friendly Cold-Weather Apparel Insulation
DuPont and Unifi Join Forces to Create Breakthrough Eco-Friendly Cold-Weather Apparel Insulation
Published on October 13, 2017
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DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) announced today a collaboration with Unifi, Inc. to create high-performance, renewably sourced garment insulation, offering leading apparel brands a new sustainable choice for cold-weather products. ... View More

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