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InterContinental Miami goes 100% Green with Wind Power

Posted: Feb 03, 2012 – 01:02 PM EST

MIAMI, Feb. 03 /CSRwire/ - Luxury hotel InterContinental Miami today announced that it has partnered with Greenlight Energy to purchase 15,467,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power in 2012. The purchase is part of a broader corporate-wide sustainability strategy and makes InterContinental Miami the...

SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) Distinctions for Bombardier

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 – 11:33 AM EST

MONTREAL, Q.C., Feb. 02 /CSRwire/ - (Marketwire) - Following its fifth consecutive listing as an index component on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Indexes, Bombardier (TSX: BBD.A)(TSX: BBD.B) was awarded SAM Sector Mover and SAM...

Pre-Order Your Copy Of The 2012 Who’s Who Of CSR

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 – 10:00 AM EST

KENT, U.K. , Feb. 02 /CSRwire/ - The Ethical Performance 2012 CSR Professional Services Directory will be published in early February, and you can pre-order your copy for 29.95 ($47, 35). This is the directorys seventh year and the print version is the...

Kohl's Cares(R) Scholarship Program Accepting Nominations February 1 - March 15 For Outstanding Young Volunteers

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 – 08:00 AM EST

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Feb. 02 /CSRwire/ - The Kohls Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) Kohls Cares Scholarship Program will award more than $420,000 in scholarships and prizes, ranging from $50 Kohls gift cards to $10,000 scholarships, to more than 2,200 young volunteers who have...

TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" 2012: Issues, Impacts & Innovation

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 – 08:00 AM EST

COLD SPRING, N.Y. , Feb. 02 /CSRwire/ - On a snowy Saturday in January, more than 350 attendees, 60 viewing parties, and 9,000+ online viewers attended and tuned in to watch 17 leaders in the world of sustainable agriculture and food speak about...

The Dannon Company Announces 2012 Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grants

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 06:21 PM EST

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - Applications for the seventh annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition grants are now available on the Dannon website under the Dannon Cares section http://dannon.com/dannoncares.aspx. Applications are due by March 30, 2012. Dannon will award grants of $30,000...

Sustainability Roundtable Gives Strong Outlook for the Future of Municipalities, Corporations, and Government

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 06:03 PM EST

CHICAGO, Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - On the evening of January 25th, 2012, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), in partnership with CSRwire and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, hosted a Sustainability Roundtable Discussion and reception at the Hotel Monaco in Chicago. An...

First Peoples Worldwide Announces Partnership with Trillium Asset Management

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 02:00 PM EST

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a global indigenous nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Indigenous Peoples, today announced a new partnership with Trillium Asset Management. Under the terms of the partnership, Trillium is undertaking custom research and shareholder advocacy focused...

Solar Electric Light Fund Launches "Energy Is A Human Right” Campaign

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 01:52 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching Energy is a Human Right, a campaign to provide a voice...

Couple Makes Multi-Million Dollar Commitment to Screen Every Newborn Baby for "Bubble Boy" Disease

Posted: Feb 01, 2012 – 12:22 PM EST

NEW YORK, Feb. 01 /CSRwire/ - /PRNewswire/ - Frustrated with the slow pace of implementation of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), Vicki and Fred Modell decided to coordinate and fund the effort themselves. Today, they announced a multi-million dollar commitment...