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News & UpdatesDecember 11, 2007 Act Now CEO and Wal-Mart Sustainability Advisor Adam Werbach to Keynote Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist AwardsSource: (CSRwire) 55 Awards Honor Social Entrepreneurs and For-Profits Who Make a Difference November 29, 2007 Wal-Mart Extends Its Influence to Washington Under Siege, Retailer Engages OpponentsSource: Washington Post By Ylan Q. Mui Staff Writer When Conservation International wanted to educate the world about Brazil's indigenous Kayapo Indians, whose Amazon home is threatened by deforestation, it brought an unlikely advocate to Washington: S. Robson Walton, chairman of... November 29, 2007 ICCR Issues Statement on Wal-Mart's Sustainability ReportSource: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility i NEW YORK, NY///November16, 2007///Today, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility issued the following statement in response to Wal-Mart's release of its new report on corporate sustainability. July 2, 2007 Corporate Hall of Shame Survey Released  Source: Corporate Accountability International We were impressed with the results: 8,592 people cast votes for our eight nominees, including 300 write-ins for their own candidates. June 12, 2007 Wal-Mart Awards More Than $27,000 to Palm Springs-Area SchoolsSource: Wal-Mart Company’s plastic bag recycling program encourages local elementary students to help remove over 31 tons of plastic from the local waste stream June 12, 2007 Atlanta Metro Region Helps Wal-Mart Raise $10 Million for Children’s Miracle Network, Wins Free Concert from Country Superstar Tracy ByrdSource: Wal-Mart Concert One of Several Charitable Efforts by Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club to Benefit Children’s Hospitals Across America During the Month of May May 15, 2007 TIAA-CREF Pressed on Issues of Social Responsibility by 600,000-strongSource: Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition May 15, 2007 -- At their recent Representative Assembly, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) passed a resolution asking TIAA-CREF to add investment screening on issues of human/labor/civil rights, and to engage their portfolio... May 1, 2007 Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart’s Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of AssociationSource: Human Rights Watch
Today, Human Rights Watch released an excellent report entitled, “Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart’s Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of Association.” Written by HRW researcher Carol Pier, the report carefully documents... April 18, 2007 Organics: A poor harvest for Wal-Mart Source: (CSRwire) Farmers say retailing giant is backing off ambitious plans April 5, 2007 Wal-Mart Dumped from one of the World's Largest Pension FundsSource: National Labor Committee The Norwegian Government's pension fund, with $285 billion in holdings, is dropping Wal-Mart--the world's largest retailer--from its fund due to the use of child labor and systematic sweatshop abuses in its huge global supply... |
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