A committee considers projects in science and medicine,technology,exploration and discovery, the environment and cultural history.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Organizers say another aim of the walk is to recruit members of different faiths to join forces in community service projects to clean the environment and help the poor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

It was established in 1998 to make grants to education, health and environment projects.

BBC: Queen arrives in County Tyrone

Whether it's buying locally, protecting the environment or launching community projects, the new "benefit corporations" have a common mission - to do well by doing good.

BBC: US firms put social values before big profits

The risk for the government is that by trying to slow new projects it is creating an environment where prices may rise because of supply shortages.

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