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Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (July 23 - July 30, 2008)

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-July 31, 2008 - The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of July 23 - July 30, 2008.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Pioneer Presents $10,000 for First Annual Community Give Back Award (July 30, 2008 01:43 PM) Source: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

LAS VEGAS — Ecomfort Offers First Green Entry into Billion Dollar Memory Foam Mattress Market (July 30, 2008 08:30 AM) Source: Ecomfort

BELTSVILLE, Md. — City Tour for Solar Will Educate Leaders and Communities in 50 U.S. Cities (July 30, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: SunEdison

DALLAS — ExxonMobil Honors Salesmanship Club, SMU Student with Annual Agency of the Year and Intern of the Year Awards (July 30, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: ExxonMobil Foundation

SAN DIEGO — Stewart(R) Offers Relief to Homeowners Impacted by Latest California Wildfires (July 30, 2008 07:00 AM) Source: Stewart Information Services Corp.

LISBON, Portugal - Intel Collaborates With Government of Portugal on a Comprehensive New Education Initiative (July 30, 2008 07:00 AM) Source: Intel Corporation

BOSTON — ICIC and BusinessWeek Announce Partnership for the Annual Inner City 100 Awards (July 29, 2008 03:19 PM) Source: ICIC

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Weyerhaeuser's Sustainability Performance Now Available Online (July 29, 2008 03:03 PM) Source: Weyerhaeuser Company

AUSTIN, Texas — Green Mountain Energy Company's Response to Florida Public Service Commission Vote to End FPL Sunshine Energy(R) Program (July 29, 2008 01:23 PM) Source: Green Mountain Energy Company

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. — The Winetasting Network Converts 80% of its Packaging to Environmentally Friendly Materials; Recycles 700 Tons (July 29, 2008 11:33 AM) Source: 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

AUSTIN, Texas — West Marine Pilots Energy Management Solutions from Site Controls (July 29, 2008 09:30 AM) Source: Site Controls

OLATHE, Kan. — Farmers Insurance Donates More Than One Ton of Food to Community Food Pantry and Salvation Army in Olathe, Kansas (July 28, 2008 01:33 PM) Source: Farmers Insurance Group of Companies(R)

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Palm Desert, California Celebrates Passage of Energy Independence Act (July 28, 2008 12:00 PM) Source: Palm Desert

TEMPE, Ariz. — Mach 1 Global Services Welcomed as SmartWay(R) Transport Partner By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (July 28, 2008 12:00 PM) Source: Mach 1 Global Services, Inc.

IRVINE, Calif. — Toshiba Business Solutions Names Toshiba Corporate Social Responsibility Award Winners (July 28, 2008 10:30 AM) Source: Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.

CINCINNATI — Cintas Transitions to NPE-Free Detergents (July 28, 2008 06:00 AM) Source: Cintas Corporation

BRISTOL, Pa. — The Library Company of Burlington Wins Rohm and Haas Community Partnership Initiative Impact Award (July 25, 2008 02:00 PM) Source: Rohm and Haas

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Office Depot Foundation Supports Disaster Relief and Recovery Worldwide with Contributions of $257,000 and 1,000 Backpacks for Children (July 25, 2008 08:08 AM) Source: Office Depot Foundation

PITTSBURGH — Alcoa Materials Management Names Top Scrap Suppliers for 2008 (July 24, 2008 09:47 AM) Source: Alcoa

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens to Donate More Than $1 Million Annually to Support Diversity at Pharmacy Schools (July 24, 2008 09:36 AM) Source: Walgreens

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Office Depot is "Taking Care of You for School" (July 24, 2008 08:55 AM) Source: Office Depot

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Health Net Proudly Sponsors the 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games (July 24, 2008 08:30 AM) Source: Health Net Federal Services, LLC

LOS ANGELES — KB Home Releases First Sustainability Report (July 24, 2008 08:30 AM) Source: KB Home

The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Corporate Social Responsibility.

An engineer and expert on sustainability, Pablo Paster, a vice president of greenhouse gas management innovations at ClimateCHECK, has worked on a number of GHG management and sustainability projects over the years. Before joining ClimateCHECK, he was a sustainability engineer with URS, one of the largest engineering and construction firms in the world. Additionally, Pablo worked on various sustainability reports and projects for high-profile clients in the food and carpet industries at Natural Capitalism Solutions. He writes Salon.com's AskPablo, a bi-weekly sustainability column that answers readers' questions about a wide range of topics, from recycling to hybrids. Paster also worked for LiveNeutral, a non-profit organization, which helps individuals and companies reduce their carbon footprint; here he developed the organization's GHG calculators, now used by thousands of users and organizations. He also has worked with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the Environment, in Wuppertal, Germany (and is fluent in German). Paster holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio School of Management and a B.S. in manufacturing engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Pablo Paster

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Email: pablo@climate-check.com

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Julia Wilhelm is an associate director in the San Francisco office of Studley, an international commercial real estate firm specializing in representing tenants. Her expertise in financial analysis as well as her detail-oriented execution style, supports her ability to successfully advocate on behalf of tenants in all types of real estate transactions from site selection and economic modeling to lease negotiation, execution and move-in. Julia specializes in implementing green real estate solutions for her clients and is the first Real Estate Professional in San Francisco to have been awarded the LEED-Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council certifying her expertise in sustainable commercial real estate projects. She is also a member of Studley's National Sustainable Practice. Julia has represented office lease transactions totaling over 1,000,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco. Clients include San Francisco-based firms Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney, New Resource Bank (representing the bank in one of the first LEED-CI office space acquisitions in San Francisco), PAV Investments, Dwell Magazine, MyVest, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, as well as national and multi-national companies such as the Charles Schwab Corporation, EarthLink, eBay/StubHub, Forest Labs, and Novell.

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