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NGO calls for strategies to tackle climate change
2015-11-07 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPP: There is need to lay down strategies and actions to tackle climate change and advance gender equality and human rights in the upcoming COP21 Climate Change Conference expected to kick off on November 30 and enf on December 11, this year, in Paris, Care International-Tanzania has urged. The organization believes that tackling climate change and reducing gender inequality are central in building a fair and sustainable world where all enjoy human rights. In a statement availed to the media, Care International...
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Indonesia: Palm oil giant announces deforestation freeze amid NGO campaign
2015-06-12 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari has announced an immediate moratorium on land clearing, less than a month after the launch of an environmental campaign targeting one of its sister companies, the Mandarin Oriental hotel chain. The prohibition applies to Astra Agro's own plantations as well as to those of its suppliers, according to a statement posted yesterday to the company's website. Astra Agro characterized the freeze as a "major step" toward bringing its operations into line with the standards...
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Corporate sponsorship of climate talks sparks NGO ire
2015-05-27 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: France on Wednesday unveiled a list of companies which will sponsor the year-end UN climate talks in Paris, sparking accusations of corporate "greenwashing" from campaigners. Twenty percent of the 170 million euro ($185-million) cost of the November 30 to December 11 conference will come from the private sector, a senior foreign ministry official said. Pierre-Henri Guignard, who is responsible for organising the event, identified 20 firms in the first batch of sponsors. They include French...
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FedEx Continues Support of InterAction's NGO Aid Map
2015-02-10 15:34:28| Air Courier - Topix.net
NGO alliance InterAction is pleased to announce that FedEx Corp. has awarded additional funding of $400,000 for InterAction's NGO Aid Map through December 2015. The map, an online, interactive tool that details the work of U.S.-based, international NGOs at the project level, has evolved over time with support from FedEx.
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NGO Attacks\nDMDM Hydantoin
2014-10-01 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics targets P&G.
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