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Lebanon’s Breaking Point: A Call for Humanitarian Action

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We are enduring the most intense and deadliest exchange of fire since the 2006 armed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s 558 casualties on 23 September alone represent half the total number of deaths experienced in the entire 2006 conflict. But previous crises pale compared to the scale of violence in the last few weeks.

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Global Robotics Community FIRST Prepares Students To Thrive as Adults in a Rapidly Changing World

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It has been hiring FIRST students because of their advanced skill sets since 2006. Wireless communications innovator Qualcomm Incorporated is another multinational company that supports FIRST.

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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority - DEWA reduces carbon emissions by 92.5 million tonnes between 2006 and 2023 due to improvements in production efficiency

Global Renewable News

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has revealed that DEWA made a significant achievement in improving electricity and water production efficien.

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This is New York's first all-electric skyscraper

Corporate Knights

In 2006, Della Valle designed a Manhattan penthouse for entrepreneur Katherine McConvey, the founder and CEO of Texas-based KMM, a cable and wireless supplier to big telecom firms. (In Toronto, natural gas for residential heating accounts for 30% of the city’s total emissions.) Alloy’s secret weapon?

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Enterprise Community Partners to Help Baltimore Houses of Worship Build 600 Affordable Homes

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Since launching the Faith-Based Development Initiative in 2006, again and again we’ve seen firsthand the powerful role that faith-based organizations can play in developing affordable housing,” said Rev. David Bowers, vice president of Enterprise’s Mid-Atlantic Market and senior advisor for the Faith-Based Development Initiative. “As

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Should corporations be activists?

Corporate Knights

“There is an advantage to [stating] your position either for or against,” says Hawn, which hints (pending further research) at the merits of corporate authenticity. How do we propel companies beyond “islands of sustainability”?

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The Conflict in Lebanon

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In September , Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes against Lebanon, marking the deadliest day since the country’s 2006 war. Our teams have been on the ground since 2006, working especially in the South and Bekaa Valley, but we have never faced a humanitarian crisis as severe as this one. What’s the scale of the crisis?

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