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Business Leaders Urge Filibuster Reform to Enable Better Consideration of Policies for Small Business and New Economy

Posted: Jan 18, 2013 – 12:51 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /CSRwire/ - The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), a national coalition of business organizations that together represent over 150,000 small and medium businesses, today released the following statement from David Levine, CEO and Co-founder, supporting reform of filibuster rules in...

Anne Kubisch Departs Aspen Institute to Head Ford Family Foundation

Posted: Jan 18, 2013 – 10:16 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /CSRwire/ - The Aspen Institute announced today that Anne Kubisch, director of the Roundtable on Community Change, will depart the Institute in May to become the President and CEO of the Ford Family Foundation (TFFF) in Roseburg, OR. The foundation...

Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation and LISC Launch $100 Million Investment Fund Linking Health Care and Affordable Housing in Low-Income Communities

Posted: Jan 14, 2013 – 10:42 AM EST

NEW YORK and TROY, Mich., Jan. 14 /CSRwire/ - Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), The Kresge Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have launched a first-of-its kind $100 million investment fund that is designed to expand access to health care and affordable...

New Economics Institute Merging with New Economy Network

Posted: Jan 10, 2013 – 10:10 AM EST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 10 /CSRwire/ - Last June, nearly 500 people from across the country came together at our Strategies for a New Economy Conference to discuss the next steps for building a just and sustainable economy. It was an historic event. Never...

High-Level Leaders in Malawi to Celebrate Nation's Success in Providing Family Planning Services to Women; Will Call on Donors to do More

Posted: Jan 08, 2013 – 12:14 PM EST

LILONGWE, Malawi, Jan. 08 /CSRwire/ - Malawi today welcomed high-level members of the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health (GLC) to Lilongwe, here at the invitation of Her Excellency Mrs. Joyce Banda, also a member of the group of former presidents, global health...

Pact’s New Myanmar Partners to Offer Loans to 45,000 Farmers and Women in Country’s Most Isolated Communities

Posted: Dec 24, 2012 – 11:38 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 /CSRwire/ - Five Myanmar-based civil society organizations will soon begin lending more than US$3 million to farmers and women in rural and isolated communities, thanks to training and counsel from Pact Global Microfinance Fund, Myanmars largest nonprofit lender, and to...

Dow Helps to Rebuild Communities Devastated by Hurricane Sandy

Posted: Dec 20, 2012 – 05:24 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20 /CSRwire/ - In the wake of the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced the organizations that will receive $150,000 in community grants for relief and revitalization efforts in devastated communities in New York...

ERA and Wildlife Works Deliver First REDD+ Project in the Congo Basin Rainforest

Posted: Dec 19, 2012 – 06:34 PM EST

VANCOUVER And SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 /CSRwire/ - ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. and Wildlife Works Carbon LLC are pleased to announce the validation and verification of the first REDD+ project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The project has earned 2.5...

Mattel Brings Play to Thousands of Children with Winter Wonderland Events and Aims to Break Guinness World Record in Los Angeles with WWE Superstar The Miz & WWE Diva Eve

Posted: Dec 03, 2012 – 04:48 PM EST

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. , Dec. 03 /CSRwire/ - Today Mattel (Nasdaq: MAT) announced the start of its third annual global Mattel 12 Days of Play program, a philanthropic series of events that bring play to children who need it most. Taking place today...

A New Business for Springfield

Posted: Nov 30, 2012 – 08:00 AM EST

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 30 /CSRwire/ - The Spa at Gasoline Alley held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, November 29 in celebration of its Grand Opening being held at 250 Albany Street in Springfield, MA. Honored guests included Bud Williams, Athan Catjakis, Stephen Krevalin...