Montreal, Quebec, August 11 /CSRwire/ - Launched in Canada earlier this year, the world's first online encyclopedia of sustainable business practices now has the support of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Seeing the role this new resource could play in helping...
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 11 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced plans to become the first company to use the Smart Choices Program nutrition criteria to identify which products it advertises to children ages 6-11 in the United States....
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 10 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Water is an essential ingredient for creating delicious foods. But experts warn that it's becoming increasingly scarce. In fact, the United Nations suggests more than one in six people worldwide don't have ample access to...
The 2009 Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Summit will balance presentations, conversations, and experiential elements to inform, engage, and connect participants. The principal guide and facilitator for the event is renowned author, consultant, and creativity expert Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo...
LANDOVER, Md., Aug. 6 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - In a move that further strengthens its commitment to providing sustainable seafood to consumers, Giant Food, is working in cooperation with the New England Aquarium, to increase access to sustainable seafood available from seafood farms,...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /CSRwire - PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle brands, today announced stronger fiber sourcing standards that will increase conservation of forests globally and will make the company a leader for sustainably produced tissue products. Greenpeace,...
BETHESDA, Md. - July 2009 - Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) has been recognized by two prominent organizations-the FTSE Group and the Ethisphere Institute, for its commitment to corporate citizenship and ethics in the first half of 2009. Most recently, Marriott was named...
NEW YORK - Walmart has earned the honor of topping U.S. consumers' lists of both the most and least socially responsible companies, according to the 2009 BBMG Conscious Consumer Report. The finding is sure to validate the mega-retailer's recent moves toward sustainability while...
ORLANDO, Fla., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- iGPS Company, operator of the world’s first and largest pallet rental service offering all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID (radio frequency identification tags), today called for wood pallets, which number in the tens of millions, to be subjected...
David L. Meyer, a Partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP and former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice and Chuck Samel, a Partner in the law firm of Latham & Watkins to Outline Recent...