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RSF Social Finance Monthly -- February 2011

RSF Shared Gifting Funds Featured in the Chronicle of Philanthrophy!

Last month, The Chronicle of Philanthropy featured the RSF Shared Gifting Funds in an article titled: “Bay Area Grantees Learn What It’s Like to Be Grant Makers for a Day.” Click here to read the full article.

The RSF Shared Gifting Funds support an innovative new form of giving that turns grantees into grantors and transforms competition into collaborations. Grantees that…

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Pipeline Heat Project Recaptures Energy With Chevy’s Help

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Marriott Recognized as "Top 50 Company for Women" by National Association for Female Executives; TD Bank Foundation Donates $100K to Feed Needy Floridians - CSR Minute for February 21, 2012.

Marriott has been recognized by the National Association for Female Executives as one of the Top 50 Companies for Women in 2012. Marriot ranked in the top 15 on this list, which highlights organizations with policies and practices that encourage the advancement of women. Marriott’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council, which oversees women’s development and advancement in revenue-generating…

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Chevrolet Pioneers Auto Environmental Label

(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Detroit, MI – February 8, 2012 – Chevrolet recently announced its vehicles sold in the United States will have Ecologic™environmental labels, starting with the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, that…

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New Drama Promotes Women's Rights in Mexico: Video Trailer

Media Impact: In the News

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MGM Resorts Expands Supplier Diversity Program; Cabot Creamery Launches Reward Volunteers Mobile App - CSR Minute for February 20, 2012.

MGM Resorts International has expanded its Supplier Diversity Program for suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers. The Program now includes businesses owned by veterans, disabled, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender individuals as well as minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises. Businesses certified by independent agencies as fitting…

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Banorte-Ixe Employees Collect Over 34,000 New Toys to be Donated to Mexican Children

At Grupo Financiero Banorte, we are proud of our large team of employees who are not only distinguished by the excellence of their work, but by the profound interest in contributing to the welfare of Mexican children.

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WellPoint Contributed More Than $19.8 Million and 15,000 Hours to Health-Improving Causes in 2011

WellPoint, one of America’s largest health benefits companies in terms of medical membership, announced today that its affiliated health plans, corporate foundation and associates contributed more than $19.8 million and 15,336 volunteer hours to health-related causes and community events in 2011.…

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National Post for St. Columba Parishioner

The Catholic Voice -- Cynthia LeBlanc knew very little about cancer when she became a volunteer with the American Cancer Society more than 24 years ago. That changed years later when cancer became personal.…

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Molly’s World: A Day in the Life of One 12 Year Old in the Slums of Africa

Molly’s World is a series of short videos chronicling the life of Molly, a girl living in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Two episodes have been released on the YouTube channel MollyKenya.

This series is brought you by the United Nations World Food Programme and made possible by an in-kind donation of Flip Video cameras by Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility. …

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Engine Testing Helps Power GM Engineering Center

(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Pontiac, MI - February 3, 2012 - Engineers at General Motors’ Pontiac Engineering Center are powering parts of the facility with excess energy produced from testing engines.

Since Pontiac began the energy efficiency project following a 2008 renovation, the facility has regenerated more than 26.7 million kilowatt hours of energy to power internal processes. This is the equivalent of the…

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Heroes Welcome

Network for Good Blog

by Kate_NFG

Warner Bros. and DC Comics are calling all superheroes to help end one of the worst famines in over 60 years in the Horn of Africa. Network for Good is proud…

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Nike Partners with DyeCoo Textile Systems for First Waterless Dyeing Machines; Molson Coors Selected for 2012 Sustainable Asset Managements' Sustainability - CSR Minute for February 16, 2012.

Nike has formed a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems, a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. DyeCoo’s technology eliminates the use of waster in the dyeing process by using recycled carbon dioxide. Nike has been exploring this technology for the past eight…

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“Message from Earth: Organic Matters” Digital Short Considered for TED Ads Worth Spreading Initiative

(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) New York - February 2, 2012 - Anvil Knitwear Inc, a leading manufacturer of sustainable apparel, is being considered in the 2012 TED Ads Worth Spreading challenge, an initiative to recognize and reward innovation in advertising. The digital short, “Message From Earth: Organic Matters,” was created to educate consumers to choose and farmers to grow organic, as well as draw a connection between what we wear…

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GE Ecomagination VP Mark Vachon on Climate Change and Energy Solutions at UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk

Investor Summit on Climate Risk and Energy Solutions: Highlights

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Toyota Repeats "100 Cars for Good" Giveaway to Nonprofits Campaign; Vigilant Global Named to Canadian "50 Best Small Businesses" List - CSR Minute for February 14, 2012.

Toyota has announced a repeat of its “100 Cars for Good” program for 2012. For the second straight year, the auto maker will award 100 vehicles to 100 non-profits in 100 days. Starting March 12^th nonprofits can apply to win a vehicle on Toyota’s Facebook page. The only requirement is to explain how a donated Toyota would help an organization carry out its work. Winners will be selected by public voting.…

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Sodexo Launches Scholarship Fund through Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Sodexo, Inc., leading Quality of Daily Life Solutions company, announced a $100,000 gift today to the Marine Corps…

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AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG-powered Chevrolet Express Vans

(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Detroit, MI - January 30, 2012 - AT&T plans to take delivery of 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas (CNG) dedicated cargo vans to be deployed to AT&T service centers nationwide. It is the largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors.

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Encana Named to Corporate Knights Global 100 World Leaders; Britain's National Health Service Asked to be More Sustainable: New Survey - CSR Minute for February 8, 2012.

Encana has been named to Corporate Knights 2012 Global 100 list, a ranking of large corporations which have been most proactive in managing environmental, social and governance issues. Encana, a natural gas producer, ranked 76^th overall, and is one of only six Canadian companies to be included. Encana was also named to the 2011 Dow Jones…

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AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG-Powered Chevrolet Express Vans from General Motors

(3BL Media / the CSRfeed) Detroit, MI - January 30, 2012 - AT&T plans to take delivery of 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas (CNG) dedicated cargo vans to be deployed to AT&T service centers nationwide. It is the largest-ever order of CNG vehicles from General Motors.

AT&T, which has…

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