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Controversial Shipbreaking Methods In South Asia Are Cause for Alarm
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There are serious concerns about how the shipping industry is disposing of its toxic waste during the process of shipbreaking: the way an old ship is disposed of, being broken up for scrap recycling. Most vessels have a lifespan of a few decades before they need to be retired; beaching is the most commonly used method to do this, as it is employed by 95 per cent of shipbreaking yards. Beaching is the deliberate crashing of a vessel onto a beach so that it can be dismantled during low tide. However, this method is the most controversial way to dismantle old ships because of its overall lack of containment of toxic waste. Unfortunately,...
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AccountAbility Supports Research Initiative for Global Sustainability Commitments
AccountAbility has released the preliminary results of a path-breaking sustainability study conducted in association wi...
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Campbell Soup Company - The Goodness in a Can
Sustainability could be defined this way: when what is good for a company is also good for the planet, and vice-vers...
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The Oscar Worthy (and Sustainable) Dress
What the stars wear on the night of the Oscars is all very much part of this gala Hollywood evening, with celebritie...
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Caterpillar Foundation Pledges Support for Youth in Middle East and North Africa
The Caterpillar Foundation has partnered with Global Communities to help improve job opportunities and work conditions...
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UPS Supports Communities with Strong Financial Contributions and Volunteer Hours
UPS has reinforced its commitment to community support around the world with another year of substantial financial dona...
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Allstate Insurance Joins Hands with Operation HOPE to Support Sandy Recovery Efforts
Allstate Insurance Company has committed a grant of $100,000 to Operation HOPE to bolster its recovery efforts for the...
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Cabs for Women by Women in India
Over the last few months, Delhi, India's capital, has been rocked by the brutal rape and murder of a student travell...
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As China Grows as a Global Economic Powerhouse, Rural Areas Get More Help
In China, a new way of thinking is happening: being open to the idea of foreign private businesses collaborating wit...
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Novo Nordisk Joins BIOPRO Group to Promote Sustainable Biotech Production
Novo Nordisk is collaborating with other biotech leaders to identify and develop innovative solutions to reduce the use...
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The Deloitte Foundation Awards $250,000 to 10 Ph.D. Candidates
The Deloitte Foundation has announced the names of the recipients of this year's Doctoral Fellowships in Accounting. To...
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Coors Takes on the Aluminium Can Recycling Problem
How about these facts? The world's beer and soda consumption uses about 200 billion aluminium cans every year. That'...
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America's Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Challenge
Sales of plug-in Electric Vehicles (EV) in the U.S. more than tripled in 2012 and continue to grow. The Obama administr...
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Allstate Foundation Supports Victims of Domestic Violence through Chicago YWCA
The Allstate Foundation's Purple Purse campaign has extended its support to victims of domestic violence in Chicago. Th...
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Smart Cities of the Future: Social Innovation Needed
Currently, more than half the world's population now lives in cities, a percentage that is expected to rise to 70 pe...
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GlaxoSmithKline's Healthier Communities Initiative Visits Denver
GlaxoSmithKline plc arrived in Denver earlier this month on the next stop in its national effort to explore innovative...
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Social Innovation: Organic Farming, Climate Change and Bhutan
Over the next 50 years, we will need to face global food and farming realities. We will need to meet the challenges of...
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Keep America Beautiful Creates Communities that are Connected, Healthy and Sound
Helping to reduce America's cigarette litter problem. Combating the incidence of graffiti and tagging. Working towar...
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Livelihoods Fund Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change
The Livelihoods Fund is a carbon investment account that runs as a financial company, with the very specific aim to...
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Nature Needs More Social Innovation Heroes Like Timberland
It has been three years since the destructive earthquake struck the island of Haiti. During this time, Timberland's...
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Cancer Death Rates in U.S. Fall 20 Percent Since 1991
Emma Stone, Vanessa Williams, Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson were among the Hollywood stars, who came together to "...
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