Remove America Remove Green Remove Industry Remove Law
article thumbnail

13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

TechImpact

In a classroom decked out with green, blue and orange balloons sat 13 young adults and a sea of their family and friends. These 16 weeks have been a blast,” said Michael Washington, who interned at law firm Cozen O’Connor. Industry News Leadership Social graduation ITWorks npTech storytelling supporters technology'

Student 138
article thumbnail

Earth Day 2010: Recycle

Tech Soup

As a result, it is only done on an industrial level in a few dozen countries. The only countries that have laws that set up electronic recycling collection and processing systems are South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the 27 countries of the European Union, five provinces in Canada, and 20 states in the United States.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

Historically, businesses in America were given a charter for a specific public purpose that allowed them to operate and expired upon the completion of the chartered project. In modern-day America, businesses are held legally accountable to maximize profits for shareholders, frequently at the exclusion of all else. B Labs and B Corps.

Benefit 58
article thumbnail

[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

We’ve been around for 12 years and have really focused on connecting volunteers from the architecture, engineering, and construction industries with opportunities to give back and then assisting nonprofits with their building needs. And if you think about the nonprofit industry as a whole, I mean, it makes sense, right?

article thumbnail

A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

This quote, taken from the TIME article “ Behind the Anti-War Protests that Swept America in 1968 ”, is a good example of that. . “ This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. Billion. . . greenhouse gases (GHG)?emissions?in

History 64
article thumbnail

Notes from Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp

Have Fun - Do Good

The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. He also listed the following Green Economy Trends that are also available here : 1. There is a growing movement focusing on building the local, green economy as an alternative to the transnational corporation.

article thumbnail

Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. North America. has a patchwork of laws in half of the U.S.