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Toyota Mobility Foundation Joins New Cities Foundation as Global Strategic Member
May 19, 2016Toyota Mobility Foundation has joined the New Cities Foundation as its latest Global Strategic Member. The partnership between the two organizations aims to activate the next generation of urban mobility solutions. Innovation is ...
Tags: Toyota Mobility, Latondra Newton
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Icsid Announced Today That The Following Projects Have Been Identified
Feb 7, 2014The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced today that the following projects (in alphabetical order) have been identified as the three finalist projects for the World Design Impact Prize 2013-2014: A ...
Tags: industrial design, Design
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BASF Is a Major Sponsor of This Event That Takes Place at The Lancaster Hotel in London
Nov 18, 2013Leveraging sustainable innovations as a driver of business and brand value is the central theme of the Sustainable Brands Conference. For the second time BASF is a major sponsor of this event that takes place at The Lancaster Hotel in ...
Tags: BASF, collaborative, sustainable, solution
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Online Marketplace Platform Is Launched by US Firm Toms
Nov 7, 2013In a bold and unexpected move that underscores its role as a leader in social innovation, Toms launched the Toms Marketplace, a new online retail destination hosted on Toms.com that features a curated collection of 200 socially conscious ...
Tags: Online Marketplace Platform, Toms
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Canada Will Continue to Welcome Chinese Investment and Further Strengthen Economic
Oct 22, 2013Canada will continue to welcome Chinese investment and has taken concrete steps to facilitate capital inflow to further strengthen economic interdependence with China, Canadian Governor General David Johnston said on Saturday. A ...
Tags: Chinese Investment
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Kathleen Mclaughlin Has Been Named President of The Walmart Foundation
Oct 8, 2013Walmart announced that Kathleen McLaughlin, 48, has been named president of the Walmart Foundation, effective October 15. In addition to leading corporate giving, she will have responsibility for the company’s global ...
Tags: Walmart, McLaughlin
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UNEP, FAO and Other Partners Launched The Think.Eat.Save.
Feb 18, 2013Just a few weeks ago, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other partners launched the Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint campaign in support of the SAVE FOOD Initiative to reduce food loss ...
Tags: Sustainability, Packaging, Tackle Waste
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Hitachi Consulting Has Acquired Celerant Consulting, a Worldwide Leader
Jan 7, 2013Hitachi Consulting, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd and a leading provider of IT consulting and management consulting solutions and services, has acquired Celerant Consulting, a worldwide leader in business operations consulting. Among ...
Tags: Hitachi Consulting, IT consulting, mining
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Hitachi Is Trying to Expand Area of Big Data and Converged IT
Dec 18, 2012Hitachi is trying to expand beyond storage services to tackle emerging areas like big data and converged IT, according to Hitachi Data Systems CTO, Hu Yoshida. The change reflects a recent change in leadership in the larger company, ...
Tags: big data, converged it, Hitachi, IT, social innovation
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Pope Used His First Tweet to Bless The Approximately 648,000 People Who Followed Him
Dec 17, 2012Pope Benedict XVI used his first tweet to bless the approximately 648,000 people who followed him before he had even made his first Twitter appearance. Pope Benedict XVI posts his first tweet using an iPad on ...
Tags: Pope, Benedict XVI, Apple iPad, Twitter
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Gap Inc. Will Join Nonprofit Organizations at a Gathering at The San Francisco Headquarter
Sep 13, 2012Gap Inc. executives and employees will join nonprofit organizations at a gathering at the San Francisco headquarters to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Gap Foundation. “We’re proud to celebrate 35 years of Gap Inc. employees ...
Tags: anniversary, Gap Foundation, nonprofit organization, milestones
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Twitter Looks to Take The Country's Temperature When It Comes to The Presidential Race
Aug 1, 2012Computerworld-Twitter is looking to take the country's temperature when it comes to the presidential election in November. The micro-blogging site today launched the Twitter Political Index,a tool to show in real time the popularity of ...
Tags: Twitter, Political Index, Presidential Race