Word: stewardship
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...Secretary could not be uninvited. That was hardly the end of the matter, though. The day before Shultz was scheduled to appear, Novelist and PEN Board Member E.L. Doctorow protested in the New York Times: "It is more than a shame--it verges on the scandalous--that those in stewardship of American PEN and the conference should have so violated the meaning of their organization as to identify it with and put itself at the feet of the most ideologically right-wing Administration this country has seen...
...decision to step down will present the department with its largest test to date—whether, for all its troubles, it will be able to stand alone, without the stewardship of the man who has been its shepherd for the past 15 years...
...green goals. HSBC has promised to cut carbon emissions, while Bank of America has pledged to shun investments in logging operations in the world's most sensitive forests. Even more important is the introduction of new industry standards, such as the Equator Principles, which "promote responsible environmental stewardship and socially responsible development" by evaluating the threats that projects pose to forests, natural habitats and indigenous populations...
...green goals. HSBC has promised to cut carbon emissions, for instance, while Bank of America has pledged to shun investments in logging operations in the world's most sensitive forests. Even more important is the introduction of new industry standards such as the Equator Principles, which "promote responsible environmental stewardship and socially responsible development" by evaluating the threats projects pose to forests, natural habitats and indigenous populations. Thirty major private banks, including U.S. giants Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, and European powerhouses ABN Amro, Barclays, HSBC and ING, have so far signed up to the principles. According...
...Atlanta's budgetary, infrastructure and homeless problems and perform a massive audit of the city government--pro bono. She organized a task force she called the Pothole Posse to go after the city's crumbling streets. She kept a running tally of cracks that were filled, combining good stewardship with quality political theater...