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Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (August 20 - August 27, 2008)
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-August 28, 2008 - The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of August 21 – August 27, 2008.
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WASHINGTON — 38 Clear Channel Radio Stations Join Forces with Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial for Company’s Largest “Build the Dream†Radiothon (August 27, 2008 04:00 PM) Source: Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.— Hilton Hotels Corporation Makes $3 Million Commitment to Annual Scholarship Fund (August 27, 2008 02:34 PM) Source: Hilton Hotels Corporation
DENVER — CU and CSU Fans Face-off in Qwest’s $10,000 Text Message Challenge (August 27, 2008 11:00 AM) Source: Qwest Communications International Inc.
ARLINGTON, Va.— Ashoka Launches Staples “Youth Social Entrepreneur†Competition (August 26, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: Staples
SAN DIEGO — Green Star Tops Revenue Estimates by 60 Percent (August 26, 2008 11:54 AM) Source: Green Star Products, Inc.
SALT LAKE CITY — Qwest Foundation Grant Helps Bring History to Life at “This is the Place†Heritage Park (August 26, 2008 02:00 PM) Source: Qwest Communications
CLEVELAND — Olympic Steel Announces Scholarship Recipients (August 26, 2008 03:33 PM) Source: Olympic Steel, Inc.
SOMERVILLE, Mass.— Farm Aid’s New England Concert to Broadcast Live in HD and Commercial Free Exclusively on DIRECTV’s The 101 Network (August 25, 2008 05:00 AM) Source: DIRECTV, Inc.
BERLIN — Ethical Corporation: Toyota, Pepsi, Deutsche Telekom, Marks & Spencer, Cadbury and more to discuss Ethical Supply Chains in Berlin, October 16-17 (August 22, 2008 09:05 AM) Source: Ethical Corporation
PRINCETON, N.J.— NRG and HomeFront Celebrate Summer Camps’ “Good Times†(August 22, 2008 12:14 PM) Source: NRG Energy, Inc.
PHILADELPHIA — Curious Kids Create Amusement Park Rides, a Spaceship and Safety Devices Thanks to Rohm and Haas Scholarships and Camp Invention (August 22, 2008 12:43 PM) Source: Rohm and Haas Company
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.— EA Announces 2008 EA Scholarship Recipients (August 21, 2008 08:00 AM) Source: Electronic Arts Inc.
OMAHA, Neb. — ConAgra Foods Announces Participation in Carbon Disclosure Project; Has Joined EPA's Climate Leaders and ENERGY STAR® Programs (August 21, 2008 09:00 AM) Source: ConAgra Foods, Inc.
CLEVELAND — Olympic Steel Announces Recipient of Chairman’s Humanitarian Award (August 21, 2008 03:19 PM) Source: Olympic Steel, Inc.
The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Corporate Social Responsibility.
Joseph Perkins is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC), a non-profit trade group of nearly 1,000 member companies. As an advocate for home builders, contractors, and suppliers, Perkins is a noted source for commentary on legislative and public policy issues that affect the residential construction industry, and the home buying public. Perkins initiated the association's support for mandatory sustainable green building standards - using Build It Green's "Green Point Rated" program - in all Bay Area cities and counties, aimed at reducing new home energy consumption by 50% and carbon emissions by 30% of 1990 levels. Perkins authors "The Bay Area Housing Report" at hbanc.org/blog, wrote a nationally-syndicated real estate column, and served on the White House staff of former Vice President Dan Quayle as his Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy.
| PR Contact: Joe Graceffo |
| Phone number: 415-434-0303 ext. 29 |
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.
| PR Contact: Renay Fanelli |
| Phone Number: 415-457-7180 |
| Email: renay@wire-to-wire.com |
Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF), has more than 20 years of automotive and environmental issues experience. He can address new, clean diesel fuel and technology, from its economic importance to the debut of 12 new 50-state-compliant diesel cars, trucks and SUVs. He can discuss reduced emissions and greenhouse gases, superior fuel efficiency, state and federal policy initiatives, price trends, biofuels and older diesel retrofitting. Previously, Schaeffer served on EPA's Federal Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Ozone, Particulate Matter and Regional Haze, and was the American Trucking Association's VP of environmental policy. Currently, Schaeffer co-chairs an EPA Federal Advisory Subcommittee workgroup on diesel emissions inspection issues. He has appeared in numerous top-tier broadcast and print media, including "ABC World News Tonight," CNN, "NBC Nightly News," Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post. He has testified before both houses of Congress and worked directly with the White House to promote diesel technology. He holds a Master of Environmental Health Sciences degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland College Park.
| PR Contact: Maia Kotlus-Gates |
| Phone Number: 202-261-2878 |
| Email: maia.kotlus-gates@mslpr.com |
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