Corporate Social Responsibility Weekly Recap (July 23 - July 30, 2008)

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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility
and moved during the week of July 23 - July 30, 2008.

   ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME

   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Pioneer Presents $10,000 for First
Annual Community Give Back Award (July 30, 2008 01:43 PM) Source:
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

   LAS VEGAS -- Ecomfort Offers First Green Entry into Billion Dollar
Memory Foam Mattress Market (July 30, 2008 08:30 AM) Source: Ecomfort

   BELTSVILLE, Md. -- City Tour for Solar Will Educate Leaders and
Communities in 50 U.S. Cities (July 30, 2008 08:00 AM) Source:
SunEdison

   DALLAS -- ExxonMobil Honors Salesmanship Club, SMU Student with
Annual Agency of the Year and Intern of the Year Awards (July 30, 2008
08:00 AM) Source: ExxonMobil Foundation

   SAN DIEGO -- Stewart(R) Offers Relief to Homeowners Impacted by
Latest California Wildfires (July 30, 2008 07:00 AM) Source: Stewart
Information Services Corp.

   LISBON, Portugal - Intel Collaborates With Government of Portugal
on a Comprehensive New Education Initiative (July 30, 2008 07:00 AM)
Source: Intel Corporation

   BOSTON -- ICIC and BusinessWeek Announce Partnership for the
Annual Inner City 100 Awards (July 29, 2008 03:19 PM) Source: ICIC

   FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Weyerhaeuser's Sustainability Performance
Now Available Online (July 29, 2008 03:03 PM) Source: Weyerhaeuser
Company

   AUSTIN, Texas -- Green Mountain Energy Company's Response to
Florida Public Service Commission Vote to End FPL Sunshine Energy(R)
Program (July 29, 2008 01:23 PM) Source: Green Mountain Energy Company

   CARLE PLACE, N.Y. -- The Winetasting Network Converts 80% of its
Packaging to Environmentally Friendly Materials; Recycles 700 Tons
(July 29, 2008 11:33 AM) Source: 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

   AUSTIN, Texas -- West Marine Pilots Energy Management Solutions
from Site Controls (July 29, 2008 09:30 AM) Source: Site Controls

   OLATHE, Kan. -- Farmers Insurance Donates More Than One Ton of
Food to Community Food Pantry and Salvation Army in Olathe, Kansas
(July 28, 2008 01:33 PM) Source: Farmers Insurance Group of
Companies(R)

   PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Palm Desert, California Celebrates Passage
of Energy Independence Act (July 28, 2008 12:00 PM) Source: Palm
Desert

   TEMPE, Ariz. -- Mach 1 Global Services Welcomed as SmartWay(R)
Transport Partner By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (July 28,
2008 12:00 PM) Source: Mach 1 Global Services, Inc.

   IRVINE, Calif. -- Toshiba Business Solutions Names Toshiba
Corporate Social Responsibility Award Winners (July 28, 2008 10:30 AM)
Source: Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.

   CINCINNATI -- Cintas Transitions to NPE-Free Detergents (July 28,
2008 06:00 AM) Source: Cintas Corporation

   BRISTOL, Pa. -- The Library Company of Burlington Wins Rohm and
Haas Community Partnership Initiative Impact Award (July 25, 2008
02:00 PM) Source: Rohm and Haas

   DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Office Depot Foundation Supports Disaster
Relief and Recovery Worldwide with Contributions of $257,000 and 1,000
Backpacks for Children (July 25, 2008 08:08 AM) Source: Office Depot
Foundation

   PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa Materials Management Names Top Scrap Suppliers
for 2008 (July 24, 2008 09:47 AM) Source: Alcoa

   DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreens to Donate More Than $1 Million
Annually to Support Diversity at Pharmacy Schools (July 24, 2008 09:36
AM) Source: Walgreens

   DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Office Depot is "Taking Care of You for
School" (July 24, 2008 08:55 AM) Source: Office Depot

   RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. -- Health Net Proudly Sponsors the 28th
National Veterans Wheelchair Games (July 24, 2008 08:30 AM) Source:
Health Net Federal Services, LLC

   LOS ANGELES -- KB Home Releases First Sustainability Report (July
24, 2008 08:30 AM) Source: KB Home

   The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from
Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics
relating to Corporate Social Responsibility.

   An engineer and expert on sustainability, Pablo Paster, a vice
president of greenhouse gas management innovations at ClimateCHECK,
has worked on a number of GHG management and sustainability projects
over the years. Before joining ClimateCHECK, he was a sustainability
engineer with URS, one of the largest engineering and construction
firms in the world. Additionally, Pablo worked on various
sustainability reports and projects for high-profile clients in the
food and carpet industries at Natural Capitalism Solutions. He writes
Salon.com's AskPablo, a bi-weekly sustainability column that answers
readers' questions about a wide range of topics, from recycling to
hybrids. Paster also worked for LiveNeutral, a non-profit
organization, which helps individuals and companies reduce their
carbon footprint; here he developed the organization's GHG
calculators, now used by thousands of users and organizations. He also
has worked with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy and the
Environment, in Wuppertal, Germany (and is fluent in German). Paster
holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio School of
Management and a B.S. in manufacturing engineering from Cal Poly, San
Luis Obispo, Calif.

   Pablo Paster

   Phone Number: 805-748-2720

   Email: pablo@climate-check.com

   PR Contact: Ellisa Feinstein

   Phone number: 415-921-2312

   Email: pr@climate-check.com

   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

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