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CauseOn Brings Consumers Bargains While Giving Back to Community

Press Release from WE Communications

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Portland, OR - Aug. 18, 2010 -  CauseOn (www.causeon.com) today announced a new approach to online discount couponing with the launch of its first site in Portland. CauseOn will not only focus on giving consumers amazing deals, with discounts ranging from 50% to 90%, but will give up to 20% of its revenues to a cause of the customer’s choice. CauseOn also …

Farmer-Owned Traceable Coffee Technology Creates Direct Relationship between Coffee Drinkers and Farmers

Press Release from Traceable Coffee

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Davis, Calif., - August 18, 2010 - Small-scale family farmers in the developing world produce 75% of the world’s coffee supply, but with the coffee market dominated by multi-national corporations, real prices paid to coffee farmers flutuate wildly and are often less than the cost of production. For these farmers, as little as a few extra dollars a month can mean the …

Sustainability: A Platform for Supply Chain Clarity

Blog from Taiga Company

The challenges facing businesses over the past decade have provided a greater understanding the role supply chain clarity has in maintaining stable supply.  For many small shifts at the front end or at the consumer interface have often resulted in swinging consequences down the chain.  Moving forward, business sustainability is providing a common platform of discussion and greater …

ReportAlert.info - USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) publishes 2009 Corporate Sustainability Report

Press Release from CorporateRegister.com Ltd

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) August 18, 2010 - USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) announced the availability of its annual Corporate Sustainability Report. The voluntary report, titled Building in Harmony, introduces and describes USG's approach to sustainability and the company's commitment to responsible business practices. USG's 2009 Corporate Sustainability Report can be accessed at USG's Web site, …

Community Investment Focus Area Trends - LBG Canada Benchmarking Highlights

Press Release from SiMPACT Strategy Group

The LBG Canada benchmarking data review for 2009 included $126 million of community investment. This totaled more than 14,000 individual transactions reviewed and benchmarked on a line-by-line basis.  NUMBER OF FOCUS AREAS As illustrated in the first image, 80% of LBG Canada companies focus their investments into 3-5 thematic areas. Fifteen percent (15%) of companies are …

Sexy, Shimmering (Sustainable) Silver

Blog from Elegant Roots

Nothing shows off your summer glow like silver! Luminous and eye-catching, silver is simple and elegant enough to wear every day — from afternoons at the beach to evenings at the symphony. When the silver is recycled or produced in fair-labor/ conflict-free conditions, silver jewelry goes beyond beautiful.Here are some gorgeous, thoughtfully designed and meticulously crafted silver …

Turn Strategic Aspirations into Reality for Your Community Involvement Program -- Free VolunteerMatch Webinar with FedEx and Changing Our World on 8/26

Press Release from VolunteerMatch

Have you developed a love-hate relationship with the term "being more strategic"? Many corporate community involvement professionals are increasingly tasked with creating strategic charitable initiatives that align with business priorities and deliver benefits to communities and employees.  But how many of you have encountered hurdles along the journey? Join us for this …

Sodexo's "Fill My Fridge" Events Ease Campus Move-In Day for Parents and Freshmen

Press Release from Sodexo, Inc.

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Gaithersburg, Md. - August 17, 2010 - As millions of parents pack their cars with dorm décor preparing to make the college-bound trek with their freshmen children known as campus move-in day, Sodexo will greet them with welcoming events that include music, kiosks to answer questions and a tent sale stocked with dorm-fridge favorites at nearly 200 Sodexo-served …

NGO 'One Warm Coat' raises record funds through partnership with Burlington Coat Factory

Press Release from One Warm Coat

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) San Francisco, CA - August 16, 2010 - Nearly one million people in need will get warm coats this winter thanks to the organization One Warm Coat (OWC), which has come one step closer to fulfilling its mission of providing a warm coat to anybody who needs one.A national recession and a record-breaking heat wave this past July didn’t stop over 100,000 customers at the …

Energy Management for a Brighter Future

Blog from Taiga Company

"In a recent national survey commissioned by GE, 79% of those polled said they would adjust their energy consumption habits and behaviors in the short term to ensure bigger changes in the long-term--most likely because 72% of respondents believe that their energy use can directly harm the country's economic growth. As part of their commitment to change, 88% of those polled said they would …

Last Live Green (Sustainability) Consultant Training Class Of The 2010 Year

Press Release from Green Business League

The Green Business League's Certified Green Consultant is an explosive and exciting Green career. Thousands of businesses in your area are anxious to earn a real Green business certification. Eventually, regulations or industry demands will require businesses to earn their Green certification. This is an emerging business that is getting hot right now. We seek people with leadership quality who …
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