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Stef Kranendijk is chief executive of Desso, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of carpets for home and commercial use, and artificial grass for sports.

L’Oreal has published its 2011 Sustainable Development Report in the form of a printable summary in the corporate website.

The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation will once again hold a run/walk fundraising event during its annual gathering of industrial hygenists.

The Obama administration on Thursday once again sided with industry instead of workers on regulations and withdrew the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed rules that would have restricted child workers from the most dangerous tasks in agriculture.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) released its 2011 Corporate Sustainability Report on Earth Day, outlining its performance in five non-financial areas – environmental, ethics, diversity and inclusion, global community outreach, and occupational health and safety.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) today announced its Water for Life focus area as part of the company's Sustainability 2015 strategy.

Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Ridgefield, Conn., recently hosted an Earth Day event for its employees, according to a company press release.

The Center for Construction Ressearch and Training (CPWR) has launched a website aimed at reducing construction industry fatalities caused by falls.

Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Workers Memorial Day:

An outbreak of irritating insect bites among federal employees in Clarksville, Tennessee last year turned out to be due to a bedbug infestation in the building where they worked, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.