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The UPS Foundation Advances Global Forestry Initiative
The UPS Foundation Advances Global Forestry Initiative
Published on August 31, 2016
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7 million trees planted in 52 countries around the world  Foundation to award millions in environmental grants US 08/31/16 ... View More

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Unilever’s Surf Launches Unique Partnership with Oxfam to Lighten the Load of Women’s Unpaid Care Work
Unilever’s Surf Launches Unique Partnership with Oxfam to Lighten the Load of Women’s Unpaid Care Work
Published on August 30, 2016
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Unilever’s laundry brand, Surf, today announces a unique three-year partnership with Oxfam that aims to recognise, reduce and redistribute the amount of time spent by women and girls on unpaid care work. Crucially the collaboration will challenge s... View More

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GM Facilities Across the Globe Take Action on World Environment Day
GM Facilities Across the Globe Take Action on World Environment Day
Published on August 26, 2016
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General Motors’ commitment to sustainability is shared by its facilities around the world. To celebrate this collective mission to protect the earth and serve communities, GM rallied employees to take action to support World Environment Day, a glob... View More

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UPS Pursues Ambitious Sustainability Research Projects with U.S. Department Of Energy to Power the Future of Trucking
UPS Pursues Ambitious Sustainability Research Projects with U.S. Department Of Energy to Power the Future of Trucking
Published on August 26, 2016
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A pair of Department of Energy grants awarded to UPS (NYSE: UPS) will enable the company and a world-class team of engineers to conduct cutting-edge research aimed at reducing emissions and revolutionizing the charging process for electric trucks. Th... View More

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Dow Celebrates its 50,000th Habitat for Humanity Home
Dow Celebrates its 50,000th Habitat for Humanity Home
Published on August 26, 2016
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For 34 years, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help families around the world obtain decent, affordable housing. The Company is celebrating the 50,000th Habitat home that it has supported through product... View More

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The Nature of It All
The Nature of It All
Published on August 26, 2016
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Toyota Donates $1 Million to Help Fund New Yellowstone Youth CampusCampus Will Be First Regenerative Campus of Living Buildings in a National Park  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (Aug. ... View More

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GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece
GM Recycles 2 Million Flint Water Bottles into Fleece
Published on August 24, 2016
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DETROIT – General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. The company partnered with Schupan Recycling to collect the bottles. The plastic is washed, flaked... View More

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Sustainable Brands to Host Breakthrough Research Shaping 21st Century Business Models
Sustainable Brands to Host Breakthrough Research Shaping 21st Century Business Models
Published on August 23, 2016
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2016 –A series of research studies and breakthrough innovations focused on the intersection of business and purpose will launch at SB’16 Copenhagen. The Sustainable Brands® community will gather in Northern Europe at th... View More

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BASF Opens First Plant In Sri Lanka To Meet Local Demand For Construction Chemicals
BASF Opens First Plant In Sri Lanka To Meet Local Demand For Construction Chemicals
Published on August 22, 2016
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BASF’s first production plant in Sri Lanka will produce standard and custom-made performance-based construction chemicals under the Master Builders Solutions® brand. These include concrete admixtures product ranges such as MasterGlenium®, MasterP... View More

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Innovative Partnership Reinforces Eastman’s Commitment to Design Education
Innovative Partnership Reinforces Eastman’s Commitment to Design Education
Published on August 21, 2016
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Eastman announces an innovative partnership with Aether Global Education, a nonprofit think-tank focused on transformative learning through design education. ... View More

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Father/Daughter Kohler Associates Bring Clean Water and Prosperity to Haiti
Father/Daughter Kohler Associates Bring Clean Water and Prosperity to Haiti
Published on August 21, 2016
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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Over 80 percent of Haitian citizens live under the poverty line. Only 16 percent of rural Haiti has adequate sanitation and less than one-third have safe drinking water. Father-daughter missiona... View More

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Iron Mountain Publishes Third Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
Iron Mountain Publishes Third Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
Published on August 21, 2016
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Iron Mountain® Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in storage and information management services, today announced the publication of the 2015 edition of its Corporate Responsibility Report. The report, now in its third annual edition, offer... View More

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Unilever Acquires Blueair, Will Help Millions More People Fight Rising Urban Air Pollution By Creating Safer Indoor Environments
Unilever Acquires Blueair, Will Help Millions More People Fight Rising Urban Air Pollution By Creating Safer Indoor Environments
Published on August 21, 2016
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Blueair, a world leader in air purifying solutions with acclaimed leading-edge filtration technologies and design, announced today it has been acquired by Unilever. Blueair founder Bengt Rittri said the acquisition will enable even more people to pro... View More

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Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia
Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia
Published on August 18, 2016
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Joint press release   August 18, 2016     Supporting a sustainable palm oil industry   Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia   When renewable raw materials such as palm oil and palm kernel oil are used, the ... View More

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Capturing Rainwater Will Save GM Plant Millions of Dollars
Capturing Rainwater Will Save GM Plant Millions of Dollars
Published on August 18, 2016
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A new project to capture stormwater at GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly – home of the Chevrolet Volt – is slated to save the plant nearly $2 million every year. The initiative, two years in the making, now allows the plant to reuse rainwater for man... View More

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VIDEO: International Paper's Journey to Embedded Sustainability
VIDEO: International Paper's Journey to Embedded Sustainability
Published on August 18, 2016
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A candid interview with International Paper Sustainability Manager James McDonald One Fortune 500 Company’s Global Citizenship Transformation ... View More

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Savers Asks Shoppers to Give a Sh!rt About Their Clothing Footprint
Savers Asks Shoppers to Give a Sh!rt About Their Clothing Footprint
Published on August 16, 2016
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Thrift store chain challenges back-to-school shoppers to collectively save 700 million gallons of fresh water by replacing one new tee with a thrifted one ... View More

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Two Years On – How SC3 is Fighting Cybercrime One Job at a Time (VIDEO)
Two Years On – How SC3 is Fighting Cybercrime One Job at a Time (VIDEO)
Published on August 15, 2016
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Two years ago we launched one of our largest and most exciting corporate responsibility programs to date, the Symantec Cyber Career Connection (SC3), which addresses the global cybersecurity workforce gap by training and certifying young adults an... View More

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Sorona® Celebrates 5th Year of OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certification
Sorona® Celebrates 5th Year of OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certification
Published on August 15, 2016
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The OEKO-TEX® Association congratulates DuPont on the fifth year of OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification for DuPont™ Sorona®, the renewably sourced fiber used in apparel, home textiles, and residential, commercial, and automotive carpets. ... View More

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In Both Football and Corporate Responsibility, No One Wins Alone
In Both Football and Corporate Responsibility, No One Wins Alone
Published on August 13, 2016
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Mark Hunter, President and CEO of Molson Coors, gives his perspective on the 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report released by Molson Coors this week: The 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report details the progress we continue to make in growing our pos... View More

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